Fresh start for historic Hialeah

The flamingos remained at Hialeah, nesting in the infield as they had for generations, long after the final horse van pulled out of the stable gate.

That's why it's Horse of YEAR

The divisive debate over Horse of the Year honors is not entirely about Rachel Alexandra versus Zenyatta, who the better horse is, or East versus West.

Lady Killer

...a win in the Vans Hawaiian Pro, the first stop of the $1,000,000 Vans Triple Crown of Surfing. Blanchard won $2,500 today but now leads the Vans Triple Crown series ratings...

American Lion ready to step up

Gone Astray will seek his third straight stakes win in Saturday's Grade 3, $100,000 Discovery Handicap for 3-year-olds at Aqueduct. In his last two starts, Gone Astray has won the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby and the $150,000 Ohio Derby.

Change hits the Derby trail

For me, the annual end of the Breeders' Cup season marks the beginning of the Triple Crown pursuit.

Fox Surf and Turf

...to hold it's Surf and Turf event than Oahu, during the start of the Vans Triple Crown? Fox is very legit family-owned racing company that has made serious inroads into the surf...

North Shore Survival Guide

Ten Things you need to know before going to Hawaii this winter.

Meals on big wheels

The doorbell rang a couple of days back to signal the delivery of a meal on wheels, a feast on airline wheels, game birds doused in winy herbs.

Zenyatta, 'Rachel' square off

If the very soul of racing is difference of opinion, 2009 will be remembered among the best of years.

This Week on ESPN Action, 11/15-11/27

Check out the goods floating through ESPN Action Sports all week long.

Open Ice: Miller, Smyth for real

Sean Allen takes a look at some of the top players on the Player Rater and determines if their performance will continue as it has, or if they are due for a fall.

North Shore Survival Guide

So, you want to make your pilgrimage? You've never been to the North Shore of Oahu and you're ready to suck it up and give it a go. In his or her life...

Game on at Haleiwa

It's official, the Hawaiian surf season is now underway. Today, in marginal three to four-foot surf, the Reef Hawaiian Pro got underway at Haleiwa, an...

Quality Road would rather take highway

Trainer Todd Pletcher has not ruled out running Quality Road in the Grade 1 Cigar Mile here Nov. 28, but there is a lot of work that needs to be done to make that goal a reality.

Haleiwa, Sunset Beach, Pipeline -- the three jewels of the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing. "Next to winning a world title there's nothing bigger," said Joel Parkinson last...