Good start eases minds at Del Mar
It’s odd to type “normalcy” to describe an opening day at Del Mar. There is very little “normal” about the first day of the summer season at the seaside racetrack. Practically every track has a […]
Articles by Jeremy Balan
Trainer Art Sherman bouncing back from cancer surgery
There hasn’t been a more welcoming presence on the Del Mar backside during the racetrack’s summer meet in recent years than trainer Art Sherman, and it’s likely to stay that way for 2019. The 82-year-old […]
From Pimlico infield to neighborhood, a most memorable Preakness
I was alone in my despair, with my hands on my knees and bent over at the waist, in the land of stumbling and slurring. Amongst lobster-red sunburns, quarreling drunk couples and gyrating youths, I […]
Spirit of The Dove still lingers at crumbling Pimlico’s “sunny spot”
BALTIMORE — The question was being asked so often, it was beginning to elicit a tired response. I was in my late 20s and just starting out covering horse racing full time, and this perplexed […]
War of Will enthusiastic on first morning at Pimlico
BALTIMORE — Preakness Week unofficially began Tuesday, as the first contender for the middle jewel of the Triple Crown placed his hooves on the Pimlico main track. The stakes barns behind the Pimlico grandstand were […]