Horse Racing News
September 13, 2024
Joe Quillen
The calendar may tell you it is still summer, but fall has arrived on the NYRA circuit after the summer...
September 12, 2024
Joe Quillen
We head north of the border for today’s QPW as we had to Woodbine as they start off their racing week....
September 11, 2024
Joe Quillen
It’s closing day today at Kentucky Downs, and their closing day feature is the Dueling Grounds Oaks which...
September 10, 2024
Joe Quillen
What the Preakness is to the American Triple Crown races, Fort Erie’s Prince of Wales Stakes is to Canadian...
September 9, 2024
Joe Quillen
We head north of the border today for Assiniboia Downs’ sixth race tonight. We have an interesting race...
September 8, 2024
Joe Quillen
Some say summer ended on Labor Day, but in Southern California, some will say summer is over today. Today...
September 7, 2024
Joe Quillen
Welcome to part two of the six stakes races at Kentucky Downs as we look at the final three races of...
September 7, 2024
Joe Quillen
After a successful trip to Del Mar, we head back to Kentucky Downs for their big day of racing today....
September 6, 2024
Joe Quillen
We head west to Del Mar for the final weekend of their summer meet, and we will look at their second...
September 5, 2024
Joe Quillen
We head a bit to the south and west of Horseshoe Indianapolis and head to Kentucky Downs for today’s...
September 4, 2024
Joe Quillen
We head to the Midwest to Horseshoe Indianapolis for today’s QPW. We have eight horses entered for the...
September 3, 2024
Joe Quillen
We closed out the summer season at Saratoga with a win in the Hopeful Stakes, and now we head west on...
September 2, 2024
Joe Quillen
Summer unofficially ends today. Any kids who haven’t gone back to school yet will be going back this...
September 1, 2024
Joe Quillen
We head to Saratoga for the penultimate day of their 2024 season and we will take a look at the 12th...
August 31, 2024
Associated Press
TORONTO (AP) — A racehorse named Swift Delivery that three-time Super Bowl-winning Kansas City Chiefs...
August 31, 2024
Joe Quillen
Today we head to where “The Turf Meets The Surf” for today’s QPW as it is Pacific Classic Day at Del...
August 30, 2024
Joe Quillen
We head back to Saratoga for another stakes race on the turf there in the waning days of their summer...
August 29, 2024
Joe Quillen
If The Masters is an event unlike any other, than Kentucky Downs is the North American racetrack unlike...
August 28, 2024
Joe Quillen
We have reached the final week of the Saratoga season, and we still have a ton of great races on tap...
August 27, 2024
Joe Quillen
After the hat trick at Parx yesterday, we head north of the border again as we look at the sixth race...
August 26, 2024
Joe Quillen
There’s no place like home! There’s no place like home! Dorothy may have said that in The Wizard of Oz,...
August 25, 2024
Joe Quillen
After the big Travers Stakes Day card where Fierceness held on to defeat Thorpedo Anna, we stay at Saratoga...
August 24, 2024
Joe Quillen
After Woodbine had the spotlight yesterday where I was able to get three winners out of the five races,...
August 23, 2024
Joe Quillen
I think the saying goes “if at first you don’t succeed, try again.” That is the case here today after...
August 22, 2024
Joe Quillen
We head to Del Mar for the Thursday QPW, and today’s race is an optional claiming race going a mile and...
August 21, 2024
Joe Quillen
We head south for the day today as we head to Louisiana Downs for their finale today. Today’s race is...
August 20, 2024
Joe Quillen
After last night’s late-night win at Assiniboia Downs, I have made the executive decision to steer clear...
August 19, 2024
Joe Quillen
We head back north of the border to Winnipeg for the finale tonight at Assiniboia Downs as we have an...
August 18, 2024
Joe Quillen
We had some rain issues yesterday. Woodbine had to cancel after the fifth race on their card because...
August 17, 2024
Joe Quillen
Hopefully we had some winners with some of the earlier races at Woodbine and with the bonus races at...
August 17, 2024
Joe Quillen
Woodbine is not the only track that has big races today. We also have two stakes races at Saratoga today...
August 17, 2024
Joe Quillen
We head north of the border for one of Woodbine’s biggest days of the year as it is King’s Plate Day...
August 16, 2024
Joe Quillen
We head out west to Del Mar for today’s QPW, and we will take a look at today’s seventh race which is...
August 15, 2024
Joe Quillen
We stay at Saratoga for today’s QPW, and we have another New York-bred stakes race to look at, as this...
August 14, 2024
Joe Quillen
We head to our East Coast summer hangout, as we head to Saratoga for today’s Quills Picks Winners as...
August 13, 2024
Joe Quillen
After selecting the winner in the hot, sticky weather at Louisiana Downs, we head north to the cooler...
August 12, 2024
Joe Quillen
We head down south to Louisiana Downs for today’s QPW, and we have Louisiana-bred fillies and mares going...
August 11, 2024
Joe Quillen
Tropical Storm Debby is somewhere in the North Atlantic and Saratoga returned to racing on Saturday....
August 10, 2024
Joe Quillen
With Tropical Storm Debby wreaking havoc on the eastern tracks the last few days, plans changed quite...
August 9, 2024
Joe Quillen
We head somewhere dry, at least on the track, as we head where the turf meets at the surf at Del Mar...
August 8, 2024
Joe Quillen
We stay at Saratoga for today’s QPW as we will take a look at an earlier race today as we will take a...
August 7, 2024
Joe Quillen
After last night’s win at Assiniboia Downs, we head back to Saratoga for today’s eighth race, which is...
August 6, 2024
Joe Quillen
Quills Picks Winners – Tuesday 8/6 – Assiniboia Downs Race 5Last night was the Manitoba Derby, and...
August 5, 2024
Joe Quillen
We head north of the border after yesterday’s win in the West Virginia Derby at Mountaineer Park for...
August 4, 2024
Joe Quillen
After a few days at The Spa, we head to the mountains. Well, Mountaineer Park to be exact as we will...
August 3, 2024
Joe Quillen
Happy Saturday everyone! We have a stakes laden card on tap today at The Spa and we will look at the...
August 2, 2024
Joe Quillen
We stay at Saratoga for today’s QPW and we will once again look at their ninth race on the card. This...
August 1, 2024
Associated Press
PARIS (AP) — Horse welfare has been a major topic of conversation around the equestrian competition at...
August 1, 2024
Joe Quillen
Happy August everyone and let’s open up the month with racing from Saratoga as we will look at the ninth...
July 31, 2024
Joe Quillen
After a winning night at Assiniboia Downs where I actually called the race while I was live on my stream...
July 30, 2024
Joe Quillen
We head back north of the border after a trip to Louisiana to Assiniboia Downs as we will look at tonight’s...
July 29, 2024
Joe Quillen
I thought I would switch things up a bit here and head down to Louisiana Downs for today’s QPW. We will...
July 28, 2024
Joe Quillen
We stay at Del Mar today for the Grade 2 Eddie Read Stakes which is a turf race going a mile and an eighth...
July 27, 2024
Joe Quillen
I hope you guys have the winner in the Jim Dandy at Saratoga, and now we will head to Del Mar for their...
July 27, 2024
Joe Quillen
Happy Saturday everyone and it’s a fun Saturday of racing around the country and I thought that we would...
July 26, 2024
Joe Quillen
Quills Picks Winners – Del Mar Race 7 – Fleet Treat StakesWe go from the turf course to the dirt for...
July 25, 2024
Joe Quillen
Though I did say yesterday that I would be looking at Saratoga today, with the rain that they received...
July 24, 2024
Joe Quillen
We head to Saratoga for week number three of their meet, and today at The Spa, we will take a look at...
July 23, 2024
Joe Quillen
After a successful trip to the Finger Lakes region after I advised of the scratch of my initial pick,...
July 22, 2024
Joe Quillen
If you follow me on Instagram (@JoeQuills), you saw my Finger Lakes reference with the reel that I posted...
July 21, 2024
Joe Quillen
Return of the QuillsWith Del Mar opening up yesterday as well as all the big races that occurred,...
July 20, 2024
Bleacher Brothers
Churchill Downs’ suspension of Hall of Fame thoroughbred trainer Bob Baffert has been lifted in...
July 19, 2024
Associated Press
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Churchill Downs has rescinded its extended suspension of Bob Baffert, allowing...
July 18, 2024
Joe Quillen
We stay at Saratoga after yesterday’s winning selection and we will look at another New York Stallion...
July 17, 2024
Joe Quillen
We head back to the United States today after a couple of days north of the border, and after last night’s...
July 16, 2024
Joe Quillen
We stay in the Great White North and at Assiniboia Downs for today’s QPW, as we will look at their seventh...
July 15, 2024
Joe Quillen
We head out from the heat that is hitting the east coast and head north of the border to a cooler area...
July 14, 2024
Joe Quillen
Quick Call StakesWe finish out the first week of the Saratoga season with the Quick Call Stakes which...
July 13, 2024
Joe Quillen
Happy Saturday and we are still at Saratoga for another edition of the QPW and today I will give my thoughts...
July 12, 2024
Joe Quillen
Saratoga Race 9 – Coronation Cup StakesIt’s race day number two at the Spa, and today’s featured race...
July 11, 2024
Joe Quillen
Schuylerville StakesAhhh yes! It’s time to go to The Spaaaaaaaaa! After ten months straight except...
July 10, 2024
Joe Quillen
Wednesday 7/10 – Horseshoe Indianapolis Race 7We head to the Midwest for another QPW as we head...
July 9, 2024
Joe Quillen
We head to Parx for Tuesday for today’s QPW, and today I chose to go with the ninth race on the card,...
July 8, 2024
Joe Quillen
We have a make up day here at Delaware Park after the races were cancelled on Saturday due to the extreme...
July 7, 2024
Joe Quillen
Delaware HandicapRemember when I was saying in these articles over the last couple of weeks that you...
July 6, 2024
Joe Quillen
After the win in yesterday’s Brooklyn Stakes, I have some options here. I could do with some races at...
July 5, 2024
Joe Quillen
We head to Aqueduct for today’s QPW and we will look at the Brooklyn Stakes which will be run today at...
July 4, 2024
Joe Quillen
Monmouth Park Race 5With the fact that I oversee this portion of the Bleacher Brothers site and write...
July 3, 2024
Joe Quillen
Horseshoe Indianapolis Race 4We head to Horseshoe Indianapolis for today’s regularly scheduled Quills...
July 3, 2024
Joe Quillen
Philly Big 5 Races at ParxI was looking around on my phone while I was working on Tuesday, and I saw...
July 2, 2024
Joe Quillen
Assiniboia Downs Race 6After a successful trip to Hastings in Vancouver, we had to the Canadian plains...
July 1, 2024
Joe Quillen
Hastings Racecourse – Lt. Governors’ StakesHappy Canada Day to our Canadian readers, and since it...
June 30, 2024
Joe Quillen
Belmont at the Big A Race 8After a day at Churchill Downs, we end the month of June with one more...
June 29, 2024
Joe Quillen
After a couple of days in New York, we head to Churchill Downs for Stephen Foster Day, which is the last...
June 28, 2024
Joe Quillen
Belmont at the Big A Race 6After the last minute decision to handicap a race from Canterbury Park...
June 27, 2024
Joe Quillen
So, we detour out of New York for the day and head for an evening race at Canterbury Park in Shakopee,...
June 27, 2024
Joe Quillen
After the upset winner that we selected at Horseshoe Indianapolis yesterday, we head east for a couple...
June 26, 2024
Joe Quillen
Horseshoe Indianapolis Race 8 – Nobody Listens HandicapWe head to Horseshoe Indianapolis for Wednesday’s...
June 25, 2024
Joe Quillen
It’s Tuesday, and today, we go north of the border to Assiniboia Downs for today’s race for today’s featured...
June 24, 2024
Associated Press
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge from Republican-controlled states to a horse racing...
June 24, 2024
Joe Quillen
by Joe QuillenParx Race 10 –Crowd Pleaser StakesWe head to Parx to start the new week of Quills...
June 23, 2024
Joe Quillen
Happy Sunday everyone and welcome back to another Quills Picks Winners as we will spend this Sunday down...
June 22, 2024
Joe Quillen
by Joe QuillenHappy Saturday everyone and welcome to another Quills Picks Winners where we are...
June 21, 2024
Joe Quillen
by Joe QuillenFriday 6/21 – Belmont at the Big A Race 2We stay at Belmont at The Big A for today’s...
June 20, 2024
Joe Quillen
We head back to the east coast with a trip to New York and Aqueduct, specifically the continuation of...
June 19, 2024
Joe Quillen
by Joe QuillenWednesday 6/19 – Horseshoe Indianapolis Race 7After a successful return to the...
June 18, 2024
Joe Quillen
After a successful trip to the northwest corner of Pennsylvania, we make the trip back home to Southeastern...
June 17, 2024
Joe Quillen
Today we head somewhere new as we had to Presque Isle Downs in Erie, Pennsylvania as we have the Tom...
June 16, 2024
Joe Quillen
Today is closing day, and like the closing day of every meet, everything must go! Well, all pools that...
June 15, 2024
Joe Quillen
Let’s head to the Jersey Shore as Monmouth Park has their Haskell Preview Day. We will take a look at...
June 14, 2024
Joe Quillen
We have state bred three-year-old fillies who are part of the New York Stallion Series today as they...
June 13, 2024
Joe Quillen
We head out west to Santa Anita for the beginning of the final weekend of their Spring/Hollywood meet....
June 12, 2024
Joe Quillen
We head down I-95 to Delaware Park for today’s race as we will look at three-year-old fillies going about...
June 11, 2024
Joe Quillen
We stay at Parx on this Tuesday, and we are back with race 6 for the QPW as we have optional claiming...
June 10, 2024
Joe Quillen
We head back home to Parx to start off this week here as we will head to the Parx turf course for today’s...
June 9, 2024
Joe Quillen
We stay at Saratoga for the final day of the Belmont Stakes Festival and we will look at the Commentator...
June 8, 2024
Bleacher Brothers
Given a stalking trip under jockey Luis Saez, Dornoch held off Mindframe and favorite Sierra Leone to...
June 8, 2024
Bleacher Brothers
When Luis Saez first rode Dornoch at Saratoga Race Course last summer, he told trainer Danny Gargan,...
June 8, 2024
Joe Quillen
It’s Belmont Stakes Day and though the scenery has changed as well as the distance of the final leg of...
June 8, 2024
Joe Quillen
With all the best racing running up at Saratoga today, we also have our eyes on Bensalem as the unofficial...
June 7, 2024
Joe Quillen
Happy Friday and happy Belmont Stakes Eve! We are here for day 2 of the Belmont Stakes Festival at Saratoga,...
June 7, 2024
Bleacher Brothers
Horse racing history of all kinds is being made Saturday in the final Triple Crown race of the year.
June 7, 2024
Bleacher Brothers
The 156th running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday will not produce a Triple Crown winner. However,...
June 6, 2024
Bleacher Brothers
The Belmont Stakes is the final test of the Triple Crown — the third resume booster to edge a horse into...
June 6, 2024
Joe Quillen
Do not adjust your computers or phones. We are at Saratoga for the next few days as Saratoga Race Course...
June 5, 2024
Joe Quillen
After two night races north of the border, we head somewhat close to home as we head to Delaware Park...
June 4, 2024
Joe Quillen
We stay north of the border at Assiniboia Downs for the QPW and tonight’s race is the Taboga Stakes going...
June 3, 2024
Joe Quillen
We head north of the border, and you can tell we are in the month of June when I pull out a race from...
June 2, 2024
Joe Quillen
After a win in the Jersey Derby, we head out west to Santa Anita for the Desert Stormer, which is a 6-furlong...
June 1, 2024
Joe Quillen
t’s Saturday, which means that I will give you my thoughts on two different races that AJ and I looked...
May 31, 2024
Joe Quillen
We are going to a track that you don’t necessarily hear from that often, and that is Penn National which...
May 30, 2024
Bleacher Brothers
Health, history and horses are the three H's carved into the welcome sign when travelers venturing into...
May 23, 2024
Joe Quillen
For the first time in 2024, we head north of the border to Toronto, Ontario where we will take a look...
May 21, 2024
Joe Quillen
We stay at Parx for Tuesday’s QPW, and we will be looking at race 6 once again. Weather will not be a...
May 20, 2024
Joe Quillen
After a trip to New York, we head back home to Parx for today’s Quills Picks Winners, and summer has...
May 19, 2024
Bleacher Brothers
Even without a Triple Crown on the line, the upcoming Belmont Stakes is one of the most anticipated horse...
May 19, 2024
Joe Quillen
I admit that sometimes when I go to the racetrack, like I did on Saturday to Harrah’s Philadelphia, I...
May 18, 2024
Bleacher Brothers
Rain was falling at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday hours before Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan goes...
May 18, 2024
Joe Quillen
We reach the second leg of this year’s Triple Crown as we stay in Baltimore for the Preakness. Here at...
May 18, 2024
Bleacher Brothers
Mystik Dan doesn't need a sloppy track — or "Seinfeld" character Cosmo Kramer's comedic endorsement —...
May 17, 2024
Bleacher Brothers
Jockey John Velazquez and favorite Gun Song stalked a pace-setting long shot through leisurely early...
May 17, 2024
Bleacher Brothers
BALTIMORE — There is little doubt that Bob Baffert is one of the most accomplished horse trainers...
May 17, 2024
Joe Quillen
We have reached Preakness weekend, and today’s race is one of the Friday graded stakes races on their...
May 16, 2024
Bleacher Brothers
Brian Hernandez Jr. spent the leadup to the Kentucky Derby watching replays of winning rides by fellow...
May 16, 2024
Bleacher Brothers
Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan slid into the favorite slot when Muth, a winner by six lengths over...
May 16, 2024
Bleacher Brothers
Mystik Dan’s path to winning the Kentucky Derby opened up about midway through the final turn after...
May 16, 2024
Joe Quillen
After a cancellation yesterday at Horseshoe Indy, we had to Queens for Aqueduct’s sixth race at maidens...
May 15, 2024
Joe Quillen
The field for the 149th Preakness Stakes has been set, and Muth was installed as the 8/5 morning line...
May 15, 2024
Bleacher Brothers
Preakness favorite Muth is out of the Saturday race after spiking a fever, trainer Bob Baffert said Wednesday.
Muth...
May 15, 2024
Joe Quillen
Happy Hump Day everyone, and I think I had the question answered that I was asking over the last month...
May 15, 2024
Bleacher Brothers
Preakness favorite Muth has been ruled out of the second leg of the Triple Crown after spiking a fever.
May 15, 2024
Bleacher Brothers
Preakness days in recent years have featured water and plumbing miscues. A large section of the grandstand...
May 14, 2024
Joe Quillen
We stay in Bensalem for today’s QPW as we will once again look at the sixth race, and this race is eerily...
May 13, 2024
Joe Quillen
It’s Monday, which means it must be race 6 at Parx in Bensalem, PA, and once again, that is the chase...
May 12, 2024
Joe Quillen
We stay in Queens for today’s QPW as we will look at the eighth race on their card, which is the Grade...
May 11, 2024
AJ-Johnson
Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan will continue his pursuit of the Triple Crown by competing in the Preakness...
May 11, 2024
Joe Quillen
We are looking at two races for three-year-olds as we will look at the Peter Pan Stakes, which is a prep...
May 10, 2024
Joe Quillen
I’m back. Did you miss me? I’m back after a couple of days off hoping to break my cold streak that I...
May 8, 2024
Bleacher Brothers
Mystik Dan worked out for the first time at Churchill Downs on Wednesday in Louisville, Ky., since winning...
May 6, 2024
Bleacher Brothers
The 150th running of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday had the attention of millions of viewers, and that...
May 5, 2024
Bleacher Brothers
The Kentucky Derby’s three-horse photo finish on Saturday undoubtedly had bettors on edge in what...
May 5, 2024
Joe Quillen
After a Kentucky Derby that did not disappoint, we head west for the Sunday Quills Picks Winners as we...
May 4, 2024
Joe Quillen
Mystik Dan had a perfect stalking trip at Churchill Downs Saturday evening along the rail to assume the...
May 4, 2024
Bleacher Brothers
Mystik Dan, with jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. aboard, won the 150th Kentucky Derby on Saturday in a three-way...
May 4, 2024
Joe Quillen
The sun shines bright on my ol’ Kentucky home. That will be heard with about 10 minutes to post time,...
May 3, 2024
Bleacher Brothers
Thorpedo Anna won the 150th running of the Kentucky Oaks by four lengths on a sloppy track at Churchill...
May 3, 2024
Joe Quillen
Welcome to one of my favorite weekends of the year, as today is Kentucky Oaks Day. The three-year-old...
May 3, 2024
Bleacher Brothers
The 150th running of the Kentucky Derby begins a little before 7 p.m. EDT on Saturday. And though it...
May 2, 2024
Joe Quillen
For this Horse Racing 101 course here at Bleacher Brothers University, we will go through the wagering...
May 2, 2024
Joe Quillen
Here’s the last 4 fillies that are entered in the Kentucky Oaks. Note that the 15 and 16 are also eligibles...
May 2, 2024
Joe Quillen
We will look at the third set of four fillies who will be running in the Kentucky Oaks on Friday afternoon...
May 2, 2024
Joe Quillen
Let’s head up to Aqueduct for an early race as we will look at the third race, which is the Affirmed...
May 2, 2024
Bleacher Brothers
For the second year in a row, the morning line favorite in the Kentucky Derby comes from the stable of...
May 2, 2024
Joe Quillen
We will look at the next four fillies who will be running in the Kentucky Oaks on Friday afternoon at...
May 1, 2024
Joe Quillen
We have reached the rite of passage where the three-year-old fillies run under the Twin Spires in the...
May 1, 2024
Joe Quillen
We head to Tampa Bay Downs for the final time for their meet as we will look at their seventh race on...
April 30, 2024
Joe Quillen
We close a successful month of April, at least with win wagers, as we look at the Daily Racing Form’s favorite...
April 29, 2024
Bleacher Brothers
Bob Baffert won’t have a horse in the race at the 150th Kentucky Derby, but he is vying to enter...
April 29, 2024
Joe Quillen
The weather will be summerlike at Parx today, with highs getting close to 90 degrees. Where did spring...
April 28, 2024
Joe Quillen
Happy Sunday everyone for the Sunday edition of Quills Picks Winners as we head back east to Aqueduct...
April 28, 2024
Joe Quillen
Unbeknownst to me, the fields for the Kentucky Oaks and Derby were announced on Saturday. We have a full...
April 27, 2024
Joe Quillen
We first took a look at the Royal Heroine, which is a Grade 3 race going one mile on the turf at The...
April 26, 2024
Joe Quillen
Today is closing day for the Keeneland April meet, and their featured race on their final card of the...
April 25, 2024
Bleacher Brothers
The owner of Muth, the winner of the Arkansas Derby, said Thursday he’s focusing on the Preakness...
April 25, 2024
Joe Quillen
Happy Thursday everyone and let’s head down to Keeneland for the Thursday QPW. They are starting to wind...
April 24, 2024
Joe Quillen
We head to Tampa Bay Downs for our weekly Wednesday stop as Tampa Bay Downs will close out their nine-race...
April 23, 2024
Joe Quillen
After a diversion to the featured race of the day which featured the Bleacher Brothers’ adopted horse...
April 22, 2024
Joe Quillen
Happy Monday everyone, and for those who celebrate in Bleacher Brothers world, Happy Uncle Ernie Day! I...
April 21, 2024
Joe Quillen
Happy Sunday everyone, and we have the second Preakness win and you’re in race here as we welcome back...
April 20, 2024
Joe Quillen
These are the two races I looked at today, and if you watched or listened to the show, I had an idea...
April 19, 2024
Joe Quillen
By Joe QuillenWe stay at Keeneland for the Friday QPW, and when I saw this race come up, I had visions...
April 18, 2024
Joe Quillen
We head to Keeneland for today’s Quills Picks Winners, where we have an overflow field of 15 horses....
April 17, 2024
Joe Quillen
We will look at the ninth and final race of the Tampa Bay Downs card and my good friend Jason Beem will...
April 16, 2024
Joe Quillen
We stay in the Sooner State of Oklahoma for another edition of Quills Picks Winners as we will look at...
April 15, 2024
Joe Quillen
After a successful trip to New York yesterday, we take a trip don’t take a trip down I-95 back home to...
April 14, 2024
Joe Quillen
With Santa Anita taking the week off before coming back next week, our Sunday still will be Aqueduct...
April 13, 2024
Joe Quillen
It’s Saturday and though the field for the Kentucky Derby is pretty much set for this year, we still...
April 12, 2024
Joe Quillen
We stay at soggy Keeneland for their featured race which is the ninth of ten on their Friday card. We...
April 11, 2024
Joe Quillen
Welcome back to another edition of Quills Picks Winners, and we are headed today to rainy Lexington,...
April 10, 2024
Joe Quillen
There’s about three weeks left in the Tampa Bay Downs season, so we will head there for our usual Wednesday...
April 9, 2024
Joe Quillen
After the celestial event of yesterday’s solar eclipse, we had home to Parx for today’s sixth race. We...
April 8, 2024
Joe Quillen
Horseshoe Indy is not the only track that will experience a total solar eclipse. Mahoning Valley is on...
April 7, 2024
Joe Quillen
We finish up with the Keeneland hat trick with today’s eighth race which is the Beaumont Stakes, which...
April 6, 2024
Bleacher Brothers
Resilience, Sierra Leone and Stronghold posted impressive victories on Saturday in New York, Kentucky...
April 6, 2024
Joe Quillen
After another 90-minute wait, we will close the day with the Santa Anita Derby, which is the tenth race...
April 6, 2024
Joe Quillen
After the race at Aqueduct, the spotlight turns to Keeneland for the Blue Grass Stakes where we have...
April 6, 2024
Joe Quillen
Happy Saturday everybody! We head into the final major weekend of prep races today though she still have...
April 5, 2024
Joe Quillen
About this time of year, we start talking about rites of passage. Baseball season has begun. Weather...
April 4, 2024
Joe Quillen
We rack up the frequent flyer miles today as we head out to the west coast for a stakes race at Santa...
April 3, 2024
Joe Quillen
We head to our usual Wednesday stop at Tampa Bay Downs for today’s fifth race which is a race for older...
April 2, 2024
Joe Quillen
Happy Tuesday everyone! We stay at Parx for Tuesday’s Quills Picks Winners, and today, we have 8 three-year-old...
April 1, 2024
Joe Quillen
It may be April Fool’s Day, but I am not going to fool you here. We are finally heading back to Parx...
March 31, 2024
Joe Quillen
We head to South Florida for Easter Sunday for the Sunday Quills Picks Winners as we take a look at the...
March 30, 2024
Joe Quillen
The second part of the final round (if I can call it that) of the Kentucky Derby prep season takes us...
March 29, 2024
Joe Quillen
We stay at Oaklawn Park for their Good Friday card, and we have a very interesting race here as we have...
March 28, 2024
Joe Quillen
Holy Thursday, Batman! We are heading to Oaklawn Park for the first of three days here in Arkansas in...
March 27, 2024
Joe Quillen
We head to our usual Wednesday hangout as we had to Tampa Bay Downs for today’s Quills Picks Winners as...
March 26, 2024
Joe Quillen
We stay at Will Rogers for the Tuesday edition of Quills Picks Winners and today we have seven Oklahoma-bred...
March 25, 2024
Joe Quillen
For the second Monday in a row, we head to the Sooner State of Oklahoma, where we will look at the eighth...
March 24, 2024
Joe Quillen
We close out another week of Quills Picks Winners with a trip to South Florida as we will take a look...
March 23, 2024
Joe Quillen
We begin the final major round of races for the Road to the Kentucky Derby, and we will head to the Fair...
March 23, 2024
Joe Quillen
Saturday is the main event for the Turfway Park season, and their big race is the Jeff Ruby Steaks, which...
March 22, 2024
Joe Quillen
Don’t adjust your eyes, as we will be taking a Friday race this week from Santa Anita this week as we...
March 21, 2024
Joe Quillen
After a successful trip to Tampa Bay Downs, we head down I-75 like we seem to do on Thursdays for a day...
March 20, 2024
Joe Quillen
We head back to familiar grounds today as we head to our Wednesday stomping grounds (for what I think...
March 19, 2024
Bleacher Brothers
We had back to Will Rogers Downs for the Tuesday Quills Picks Winners where once again, they do have...
March 18, 2024
Joe Quillen
Happy Monday everyone and today, I am adding a second race for a reason. First, the featured race is...
March 17, 2024
Joe Quillen
Top of the mornin’ to ya and Happy St. Patrick’s Day, as we head to Santa Anita for the Sunday edition...
March 16, 2024
Joe Quillen
With no Kentucky Derby prep races until next weekend, we head to Oaklawn Park for today’s ninth race,...
March 15, 2024
Joe Quillen
We head back to Gulfstream after a successful to Oaklawn yesterday for Pi Day, and today, the Ides of...
March 14, 2024
Joe Quillen
Happy Pi Day everyone! Let’s head down to Oaklawn Park for today’s eighth race, as older horses who have...
March 13, 2024
Joe Quillen
It’s Wednesday, so that means we head to Tampa Bay Downs for today’s edition of Quills Picks Winners, which...
March 12, 2024
Joe Quillen
We stay at Parx for the Tuesday Quills Picks Winners, as once again, we will look at race six today as...
March 11, 2024
Joe Quillen
We head back home to Parx for today’s sixth race for today’s Quills Picks Winners. Today we have older...
March 11, 2024
Joe Quillen
Domestic Product nosed out No More Time to win a blanket finish of Saturday’s Tampa Bay Derby which was...
March 10, 2024
Joe Quillen
Happy Sunday everyone, and I hope that everyone not in the states of Arizona and Hawaii moved their clocks...
March 9, 2024
Joe Quillen
Happy Saturday and hopefully everyone is doing well out there wherever you are, as today we will catch...
March 8, 2024
Joe Quillen
We will stay at Oaklawn for the TGIF edition of Quills Picks Winners as we will look at the ninth race...
March 7, 2024
Joe Quillen
We head to Oaklawn today for their eighth race, which is a one-mile allowance race. We have an overflow...
March 6, 2024
Joe Quillen
we head down to Tampa Bay Downs for their sixth today. Eight three year olds will go seven furlongs on...
March 5, 2024
Joe Quillen
f it’s Tuesday, that means it’s a trip to Parx, but for possibly the first time in 2024, we are not going...
March 4, 2024
Joe Quillen
Today, we head to one of the newer tracks in North America as the QPW heads to Youngstown, Ohio for the...
March 3, 2024
Joe Quillen
The Santa Anita Handicap is a classic race in more than just a race running at the classic distance of...
March 2, 2024
Joe Quillen
We reach the point on the trail to the Kentucky Derby where the races mean more and also are worth more...
March 1, 2024
Joe Quillen
We march over to Oaklawn Park for today’s ninth race, which is an optional claiming race for three-year-olds...
February 29, 2024
Joe Quillen
Let’s leap over to Gulfstream Park for Leap Day today as nine three-year-old maidens will go seven and...
February 28, 2024
Joe Quillen
We head south to Tampa Bay Downs for the Wednesday Quills Picks Winners, and today’s race is a mile and...
February 27, 2024
Joe Quillen
We stay at Parx for Tuesday’s Quills Picks Winners race as we have older horses are going six and a half...
February 26, 2024
Joe Quillen
Happy Monday everyone, and you know that if it is Monday, at least for this time of the year, we are...
February 25, 2024
Joe Quillen
We head to Santa Anita for Sunday’s Quills Picks Winners race for the ninth race on their 10 race card...
February 24, 2024
Joe Quillen
I hinted in yesterday’s article that today’s article would be for the races at Oaklawn Park, and in fact,...
February 23, 2024
Joe Quillen
We stay at Gulfstream Park for Friday’s sixth race of the day which will be the subject of today’s Quills...
February 22, 2024
Joe Quillen
We head to Gulfstream Park for today’s Quills Picks Winners for today’s eighth race as seven older fillies...
February 21, 2024
Joe Quillen
It was the first time I played a random card at Turfway Park in years. I would occasionally watch the...
February 20, 2024
Joe Quillen
The holiday is over and it’s time to get back into the regular routine that we seem to have here at Quills...
February 19, 2024
Joe Quillen
Today, we are looking at race seven, which is a optional claimer going seven furlongs on the main track....
February 18, 2024
Joe Quillen
We stay on the road to the Kentucky Derby, but this time, we head to New Mexico, specifically our first...
February 17, 2024
Joe Quillen
I am going to divert from Laurel Park which was the Daily Racing Form’s Race of the Day and give you...
February 16, 2024
Joe Quillen
We are staying at Gulfstream Park for the Friday edition of Quills Picks Winners as we have three year...
February 15, 2024
Joe Quillen
After a night in Oldsmar, Florida on Valentine’s Day, we head to what has become our Thursday racetrack...
February 14, 2024
Joe Quillen
But let’s get back to the racing here, and you know since it is a Wednesday, we are going to stay away...
February 9, 2024
Joe Quillen
Let’s head to the Southwest for today’s Quills Picks Winners as we head out to Oaklawn Park for their...
February 8, 2024
Joe Quillen
Let’s take our weekly trek from Tampa Bay Downs to Gulfstream for today’s eighth race on their Thursday...
February 7, 2024
Joe Quillen
Happy Wednesday everyone, and you know if it’s Wednesday, we make a stop down to Oldsmar, Florida for...
February 6, 2024
Joe Quillen
We stay at my home track as we will look once again at the sixth race at Parx. We have an overflow field...
February 5, 2024
Joe Quillen
After last Monday’s diversion to Turf Paradise, our usual Monday race track is back as we head to Parx,...
February 3, 2024
Joe Quillen
Welcome in everyone, as a special Saturday is planned here as I will be looking at the four Kentucky...
February 2, 2024
Joe Quillen
We head west for this Friday as we head to Oaklawn Park for the Grade 3 Bayakoa Stakes. This is a race...
February 1, 2024
Joe Quillen
We head across the state to Gulfstream Park for today’s QPW as we will look at the eighth race on their...
January 31, 2024
Joe Quillen
QPW heads down to what is becoming our Wednesday track as we will be looking at the ninth and final race...
January 30, 2024
Joe Quillen
There’s no place like home! There’s no place like home! Yes, you hear that in The Wizard of Oz, but you...
January 29, 2024
Joe Quillen
The featured race today is race 8 at Turf Paradise, the Hank Mills Sr. Stakes, which is a six furlong...
January 28, 2024
Joe Quillen
It’s Sunday, so that means we will head out to the west coast to Santa Anita for their seventh race of...
January 27, 2024
Joe Quillen
Welcome back for the Saturday edition of the QPW, and today we will take a look at the final four races...
January 26, 2024
Joe Quillen
As we get to today’s race from Laurel Park, we may have that situation again. If you like my selection...
January 25, 2024
Joe Quillen
We had back down I-75 and back over to Hallandale Beach for the eighth race at Gulfstream Park as eight...
January 24, 2024
Joe Quillen
After a couple of days off, Quills Picks Winners returns with a trip down to Tampa Bay Downs for their...
January 20, 2024
Joe Quillen
Since we have a Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks prep race today, I thought I would pivot away from my...
January 19, 2024
Joe Quillen
After originally planning to head to Arkansas for today’s QPW, we head instead to Gulfstream Park for...
January 18, 2024
Joe Quillen
I am imagining that in New York, specifically in Ozone Park where the Aqueduct Race Track is, has the...
January 17, 2024
Joe Quillen
After a couple of days of cancellations at Parx, we get out of the cold and snow for the warmer temps...
January 15, 2024
Joe Quillen
It’s Monday, so that means that we had to my home track Parx Racing for today’s Quills Picks Winners, and...
January 14, 2024
Joe Quillen
Sunday 1/14/24 – Santa Anita Race 7
We return to the Great Race Place for Sunday’s QPW as we will look...
January 13, 2024
Joe Quillen
Albert Hammond Jr. says it never rains in southern California, and at least for now, there is no rain...
January 12, 2024
Joe Quillen
Let’s head west today as we will stop off at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas for Friday’s eighth...
January 11, 2024
Joe Quillen
After a race Tampa Bay Downs, we had to New York for Thursday’s Quills Picks Winners. Today’s race is...
January 10, 2024
Joe Quillen
We had to some drier land today and we’ll take a look at the finale of Wednesday’s Tampa Bay Downs card...
January 9, 2024
Joe Quillen
We stay at Parx for the Tuesday edition of Quills Picks Winners as we will take a look at the sixth race...
January 8, 2024
Joe Quillen
Monday 1/8/24 – Parx Race 6Let’s head home today, or at least where I call home as we will head to...
January 7, 2024
Joe Quillen
Let’s head out to Santa Anita for their feature race of the day, the Grace 3 Santa Ynez Stakes going...
January 6, 2024
Joe Quillen
Drum Roll Please powered by a front-running El Grande O on a gray day at Aqueduct on Saturday to win...
January 6, 2024
Joe Quillen
Let’s head down to Gulfstream for today’s tenth race on the race. This race is the $100,000 Limehouse...
January 5, 2024
Joe Quillen
Let’s stay at Gulfstream today for their eighth race for an optional claiming $62,500 going five furlongs...
January 4, 2024
Joe Quillen
But we will dabble in today’s featured race, the sixth race at Gulfstream, as if yesterday never happened....
January 3, 2024
Joe Quillen
Let’s head down to Tampa today’s edition of Quills Picks winners as we will take a look at their finale,...
January 2, 2024
Joe Quillen
Sometimes, there’s no place like home. For me, that would be racing at my nearest race track Parx Racing,...
January 1, 2024
Joe Quillen
I thought that I would write something a little bit different here on Bleacher Brothers with this article....
January 1, 2024
Joe Quillen
Let’s begin the 2024 edition of Quills Picks winners down to Oaklawn Park in Arkansas for the Smarty...
December 31, 2023
Joe Quillen
It’s the final day of 2023, and it’s fitting that the final race I look at for 2023 is the Year’s End...
December 30, 2023
Joe Quillen
Once again, I am choosing to mix things up for my readers here as I will look at not one, not two, but...
December 29, 2023
Joe Quillen
Let’s head back to Santa Anita on this Friday for the Eddie Logan Stakes for two-year-olds going one...
December 28, 2023
Joe Quillen
Welcome back everyone, and today we are going to head north on Interstate 95 to Aqueduct Race Track for...
December 26, 2023
Joe Quillen
Merry Christmas everyone, and welcome back to Quills Picks Winners, as we celebrate the holiday that...
December 24, 2023
Joe Quillen
the Christmas Eve program at Gulfstream Park which runs as the sixth race of a ten race program that...
December 23, 2023
Joe Quillen
Saturday 12/23/23 – Gulfstream Park Race 10Another Quills Picks Winners article, and another race to...
December 22, 2023
Joe Quillen
We’re staying at Gulfstream Park for the Friday edition of Quills Picks Winners as we dissect race 7,...
December 21, 2023
Joe Quillen
Let’s head down I-75 and go through Alligator Alley as we spend some time at Gulfstream Park. This is...
December 20, 2023
Joe Quillen
Today, we will stay in the western part of Florida and take in the eighth race at Tampa Bay Downs, and...
December 17, 2023
Joe Quillen
The final race of the day and the brief December thoroughbred meet at Los Alamitos is the King Glorious...
December 16, 2023
Joe Quillen
Let’s switch things up a bit today. Let’s go with two races here as we will take our Saturday trip out...
December 15, 2023
Joe Quillen
Let’s head out to Oklahoma for the penultimate card on the Remington Park thoroughbred season. Initially...
December 14, 2023
Joe Quillen
Let’s go back to a familiar site here, at least on Thursdays, as we head to Aqueduct for the seventh...
December 13, 2023
Joe Quillen
Let’s go somewhere warm for today’s race as we head down to Tampa Bay Downs for race 5, which is an optional...
December 12, 2023
Joe Quillen
Welcome back everyone as we try to decipher a 2-year-old race at Parx Racing today as we’ll look at the...
December 10, 2023
Joe Quillen
Welcome back to another edition of Quills Speaks Winners and for this Sunday, we stay at Los Alamitos...
December 9, 2023
Joe Quillen
Welcome back everyone and happy Saturday as we leave Arkansas and head back to Southern California. We’re...
December 8, 2023
Joe Quillen
We are going to Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas for the feature race for the opening day of their...
December 7, 2023
Joe Quillen
After a day on the Gulf Coast area of Florida, we head back to New York for Thursday’s feature race at...
December 7, 2023
Joe Quillen
The final leg of the 2024 Triple Crown, the Belmont Stakes, will be run up in the capital region of New...
December 6, 2023
Joe Quillen
Let’s get out of the cold, raw weather of the Northeastern United States for at least for one day. The...
December 5, 2023
Joe Quillen
For Tuesday, we’re staying at Parx for the sixth race again, I’m still looking to break my maiden here...
December 4, 2023
Joe Quillen
I will take a look at my hometown track, Parx Racing as the 6th race is the featured race on the Daily...
December 3, 2023
Joe Quillen
Sunday is closing day “Where the Turf Meets the Surf” and their closing day feature is the Grade I Matriarch...
December 2, 2023
Joe Quillen
Del Mar Saturday December 2, 2023
First we’ll take a look at the first race of the day, the Grade III...
December 1, 2023
Joe Quillen
The feature race on the Daily Racing Form website for Friday coincides with the start of the 2023-2024...
November 25, 2023
Joe Quillen
Saturday’s Race of the Day brings us back to Ozone Park, NY as I will be taking a look at Aqueduct’s...
November 24, 2023
Joe Quillen
Before I get to my picks for Black Friday, I do want to recap the two races in case there is anyone out...
November 23, 2023
Joe Quillen
My dad would always tell me about his big hits while he was working when he would come home. He’d tell...
November 11, 2023
Joe Quillen
The Daily Racing Form’s Race of the Day has us returning to Aqueduct Race Track for the 4th race of their...
November 10, 2023
Joe Quillen
This Saturday’s featured race on the Daily Racing Form site is The Grade 2 Red Smith Stakes going a mile...
November 5, 2023
Joe Quillen
The story of Cody’s Wish is a heartwarming story that no one could root against, even if you did not...
November 5, 2023
Joe Quillen
White Abarrio powered past front running Arabian Knight in the stretch to win the $6 million Breeders’...
November 3, 2023
Dexter Foley
Only in the Breeder's Cup Classic can you find a field of 12 where you can find Grade 1 winners at mouth...
August 16, 2023
Joe Quillen
Steve Carlton in a San Francisco Giants, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians or Minnesota Twins uniform....
June 1, 2023
Joe Quillen
Joe Q's Horse Racing picks for each of the 6 races, but below is my pick 5 and pick 4 (as of right now)...
May 17, 2023
Joe Quillen
Remember Steve Coburn, owner of California Chrome? After his horse lost in the 2014 Belmont Stakes, dashing...
May 8, 2023
Uncle Rico
Somehow, the Kentucky Derby has avoided the standard protest of anything caked in southern tradition....
May 6, 2023
Reese Borges
Break out the mint julep glasses & big hats. It's almost time for the fastest 2 minutes on television....