In 2010, a novel about a run-down West Virginia racetrack won the National Book Award for Fiction. Its publisher was so small it couldn’t print copies fast enough to meet the demand. That’s the kind of story you won’t find on most lists of the top 10 horse racing books. Most stop at five or […]

In 2026 alone, Aqueduct in Queens closed after 132 years, a rebuilt Belmont Park opened its gates, and the Preakness ran at Laurel Park instead of Pimlico. That is why so many lists of the best horse racing venues to visit in the US are now wrong. Some still send you to tracks that are […]

Everybody at the table wants the 7. It is the most common roll on two dice, so it feels like the safe bet. On one common style of wooden board, though, the 7 horse wins less than 3% of races. The 2 and the 12 win far more often. That surprise is a good reason […]