The road that leads to Kentucky Derby 152 is full of twists and turns. The ability to navigate the highway that ends at the starting gates on the first Saturday in May is a multi-part test. These ...

What’s the best book my child will read this year? If you have not asked your child’s teacher this question, you might be missing one of the simplest — and most telling — tests of a school’s ...

As influences on the breed go, the impact of Silent Cal has been almost negligible. Indeed, there are probably few readers of this column for whom the name will mean anything at all. Nonetheless, he ...

Litmus Test and Boyd, two of the leading 3-year-olds in the Bob Baffert barn, each worked on Saturday at Santa Anita. Other notables on the tab included Madaket Road for Baffert; Gold Phoenix and ...

Litmus Test and Start the Ride, both eyeing the San Felipe (G2) on March 7 for their next starts, were among several notables on Saturday’s work tab at Santa Anita. Litmus Test, trained by Bob Baffert ...

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Apologies in advance to readers who aren’t interested in the Down Range banner saga. Some weeks, despite all that’s going on in our community and globally, developments distill to a singular focus.

Days after Charlie Kirk’s assassination, actress Jamie Lee Curtis appeared on the left-leaning podcast, “WTF with Marc Maron.” Lovely name for a podcast, don’t you think? Anyway, during the podcast, ...