Saturday picks
Ed McNamara, Special to ESPN.comEddie Mac at the track gives you another weekend's worth of big race picks and analysis.
Story | Conversation | March 24, 2006Bailey will be missed
Ed McNamara, Special to ESPN.comFor the past few years, there was speculation that Hall of Fame jockey Jerry Bailey would quit, and he never denied that the day was far off.
Story | Conversation | January 18, 2006My Eclipse Award picks for 2005
Ed McNamara, Special to ESPN.comHere are my Eclipse Award picks for 2005, which I present to you on Christmas weekend in place of the usual betting column. I will not contribute to degeneracy by touting horses on Christmas Eve, which this year is a day to bet on pro football, not horses.
Story | Conversation | December 23, 2005McLaughlin ready for another fight in Preakness
Ed McNamara, Special to ESPN.comClosing Argument fell short by only half a length in the Kentucky Derby, but his trainer thinks his best is yet to come.
Story | May 13, 2005Breeders' Cup picks
Ed McNamara, Special to ESPN.comEddie Mac at the Track's picks for this Saturday's Breeders' Cup races.
Story | October 29, 2004The Breeders' Cup horse-by-horse
Ed McNamara, Special to ESPN.comEddie Mac at the Track gives you his horse-by-horse look at the contenders in this weekend's Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships at Lone Star Park.
Story | October 25, 2004Is it really a Breeders' Cup Preview Day?
Ed McNamara, Special to EPSN.comIt's always a showcase for classy thoroughbreds, as it was again Saturday at Belmont Park, but rarely do the winners of the Frizette, Champagne and Beldame Stakes and the Kelso Handicap also finish first on the big day three weeks later.
Story | Conversation | October 09, 2004Sulamani ready to conquer Arlington
Ed McNamara, Special to ESPN.comHis extended pedigree reads like a roll call of the immortals, and this weekend Godolphin's Sulamani will invade the Arlington Million.
Story | Conversation | August 12, 2003Ascot opener provides suprises
Ed McNamara, Special to ESPN.comThe world's longest-running garden party began again Tuesday, flashing an international flair rare even by Royal Ascot standards.
Story | Conversation | June 17, 2003The Derby, horse by horse
Ed McNamara, Special to ESPN.comEddie Mac gives you his impressions on each of the colts running in this Saturday's 129th Kentucky Derby.
Story | April 27, 2003In Bob We Trust?
Ed McNamara, Special to ESPN.comAlthough his 29 runners have earned more than $3.77 million on Cup day, trainer Bob Baffert's 27 losers have burnt much more money than that.
Story | October 21, 20022002 Breeders' Cup Pre-Entries
Ed McNamara, Special to ESPN.comThe horses pre-entered for the eight-race, $13 million Breeders' Cup card held on Oct. 26 at Arlington Park.
Story | October 17, 2002McNamara's Belmont analysis
Ed McNamara, Special to ESPN.comEddie Mac runs through the horses that will be gunning for War Emblem in this year's Belmont Stakes.
Story | May 30, 2002Baffert wins third Derby in six years
Ed McNamara, Special to ESPN.comWar Emblem did what he was expected to do at the start, and then what he wasn't supposed to do at the finish: Bob Baffert's colt went wire to wire and won the Kentucky Derby on Saturday.
Story | May 04, 2002Lessons from Derbys past
Ed McNamara, Special to ESPN.comToo much noise, too many horses, too much insanity -- that's what it's like at the Derby. How do you pick a winner?
Story | May 03, 2002TOP SEARCHES IN NOVEMBER
Bowl Projections tops ESPN.com searches in November. Did "dubai" make the list?