It is, in one sense, Toronto versus Vancouver on Saturday in Lexington, Kentucky. Trainer Josie Carroll, born in the Toronto area, saddles morning-line favorite Luster in the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup. Grant Forster, who hails from...
ELMONT, N.Y. – Whether he’s running back in eight months or eight days, Caroline St. Beat has fired each time he’s raced. Trainer Miguel Clement believes Caroline St. Beat’s best remains in front of him. If he takes a step forward Saturday,...
In the last five years, Big City Lights has established a fine reputation as a main-track sprinter in California, winning six stakes. What’s missing is an extensive background on turf, making the 7-year-old horse’s first appearance at about...
Fireballing lefthander “Sudden” Sam McDowell has died. He was 84. McDowell was an 18-year-old phenom for Cleveland when he first arrived in the majors in 1961. In 1965, he had a record of 17-11 and recorded 325 strikeouts for a second-division...
Anne Carson, a Canadian poet and essayist, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday. The Swedish Academy cited Carson for what it called “her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition,...