Author: Ray Cotolo

The following is based on a true story, because it is a true story. I turned 18 back in July, so, needless to say, I do not have much time left. So, I decided bet …

Being at The Meadowlands for the Hambletonian, I watched the race while broadcasting live for US Racing up on the Victory Terrace, which provides a sky-high view of the racetrack. Naturally, being a part of …

The first Saturday in August every year on the harness racing calendar is reserved for the $1 million Hambletonian, which gathers the sport’s top three-year-old trotters to race for a spot in the final on …

Consider this the second big stakes night of probably 30 we’ll encounter over the course of this harness racing season. Sun Stakes Saturday gathers the best of each division to see which horse I fastest …

Elimination races are fun to watch, kind of like watching a Little League baseball game. Betting on them, however, is like being the dad watching his kid play in a Little League game, shouting from …

Mohawk Racetrack has a jam-packed stakes program prepared for Saturday, June 17, highlighted by the $1 million North America Cup. There are other races on the card, too, but it’s the North America Cup! Do …

It’s finally that time of year. Summer stakes season has arrived in harness racing just as summer will in the coming weeks. It’s both North America Cup time and, more importantly, shaming-our-colleagues-for-referring-to-it-as-the-North-American-Cup time. Alongside the …

Time has already pushed us into June, which is when harness racing stakes heat faster than the ozone layer. All the buzz within the harness racing industry currently revolves around the first million-dollar — though …

Here we are again ready to start the next lap of this stakes-season merry-go-round. We are coming off of a particularly good week with last week, which could only make our performance this week appear …

Every year around this time, stakes season pushes its frisky little face through the door frame to watch us, just as a new father observes his young. It grabs ahold of us like grandma at …

Last time we chatted about harness racing, we tackled the Dexter Cup eliminations at Freehold Raceway and reminisced about our beloved George Morton Levy and Blue Chip Matchmaker Series. Our travels this week will take …

Surprise, surprise! It turns out the harness racing guy also knows how to handicap and analyze the thoroughbreds.  I, too, have been captured by the Kentucky Derby allure, which shines brightly upon my reflective eyes. …

Ah yes, it’s that time of year. Now, I’m aware that I said the very same thing regarding the George Morton Levy and Blue Chip Matchmaker Series (God, I miss them), but it’s now another …

For the last five weeks, we have journeyed across the steepest of valleys, the driest of deserts, withstood the most tumultuous of tremors and cashed on a few nine-to-one shots. Now, our adventures draw to …

I am a fan of redundancies, so much so that I often repeat myself just to show how much I love them. But what I love more than redundancies are oxymorons, because, first, I relate …