Belmont

Never trust a horse trainer. They are not inherently dishonest people, but like most coaches and athletes, when they are confronted with a microphone or notebook and asked to pointedly assess their chances, the truth...

If you call yourself a sports fan, you had better carve out two and a half minutes starting Saturday at about 6:38 p.m. ET to cheer for Smarty Jones as he bids to win the Triple Crown.

For a long time now our political journalists have been criticized for covering elections too much like horse races -- emphasizing just who's winning and not the issues.

After stalking in third place through the first half mile, Smarty Jones surged to the lead on the back stretch by running the Belmont's third quarter mile in 23 seconds flat. Way too fast. Pressed by Rock Hard Ten...

Smarty Jones will be a heavy favorite in Saturday's Belmont Stakes, and deservedly so. But at a trying distance (a mile and a half) at the end of a physically grueling spring he's beatable, and Preakness runner-up...