Thru The Binoculars
By: JOHN PIESEN
Joe Torre has been taking much of the heat for the Yanks' dismal season, but
don't feel sorry for ol' Joe.
A few weeks back, Torre bought a piece of the 3-year-old colt Wild Desert...and

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Betting Trainer Angle
By: Ray Taulbot
Many players believe that horse trainers are crooks. Instead of making their
selections on the basis of sound handicapping and logic, they work with a
presumptive i

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AMERICAN TURF CLUB LEAD
It certainly is cause for wonder when a horse, after finishing far back of the winner several times in a row, comes out and wins a race. Is it possible there is a hint, somewhere in the running line of its last beaten-off race, that th

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Funny Cide in Suburban with Bailey
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Elmont, NY (Sports Network) - Former Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes
winner Funny Cide will face seven rivals in Saturday's $500,000 Suburban Handicap
at Belmont Park. The 1 1/4 mi

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Wild Desert captures Queen's Plate
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Toronto, ON (Sports Network) - Wild Desert, co-owned by New York Yankees
manager Joe Torre, defeated eight rivals Sunday to win the $1 million Queen's Plate
at Woodbine Racecourse. The Queen's Plate is the first le

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Weekly Television Schedule
July 1
- 60 Minutes on Classic, 9:30-10:00pm, ESPN Classic (blood doping in racehorses)
July 2
Weekly Stakes Race Schedule
- July 1
- Hastings Racecourse, Lt. Governors' H. (G3), $125,000, 3&up, 9f
- Prairie Meadows, Iowa Derby, $250,000, 3yo, 8.5f
- Iowa Oaks (G3), $125,000, 3yo f, 8.5f

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