Retired Las Vegas Review-Journal horse racing writer Mike Brunker offers analysis for the Breeders’ Cup at Del Mar, which concludes Saturday with nine races.
Mike Brunker
Columnist: Horse racing
Email: mbrunker@reviewjournal.com
Phone: (702) 383-4656
Mike Brunker is an assistant city editor working with reporters covering land use and environment, health care and immigration. He also writes a weekly horse racing column. Before joining the Review-Journal in August 2016, Brunker worked in various reporting and editing capacities for NBCNews.com, msnbc.com and the San Francisco Examiner.
Retired Las Vegas Review-Journal horse racing writer Mike Brunker will provide coverage from the Breeders’ Cup at Del Mar, which begins Friday with five races.
Retired Review-Journal editor Mike Brunker returns to give his betting tips for the 156th running of the Belmont Stakes on Saturday.
Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan will be favored in Saturday’s Preakness Stakes, but a follow-up victory is not assured with several fresh faces in the field.
Fierceness, the 5-2 morning line favorite for the Kentucky Derby, still needs to answer several questions, including his ability to overcome adversity.
Flightline has won his first five starts in dominant fashion, and he is the 3-5 morning line favorite for the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic on Saturday.
The Breeders’ Cup will take place Friday and Saturday at Keeneland Race Course, where most of the attention will be on unbeaten Flightline in the $6 million Classic.
Las Vegas businessman Ron Winchell says he may never get over the “tough beat” his 3-year-old colt Epicenter endured in the Kentucky Derby.
Las Vegas businessman Ron Winchell and his mother own Epicenter, the 7-2 second choice on the morning line for the Kentucky Derby. A Winchell horse never has won the Derby.
Nevada racebooks and Churchill Downs Inc. have signed a contract, ending a long-running dispute over the racetrack’s simulcast signal.
My biggest regret as I retire from the newspaper business is that I’m stepping away from a story I care deeply about, long before it’s done.
Clark County on Monday reported 12,701 new COVID-19 cases and 21 additional deaths during the preceding three days.
Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert has threatened a lawsuit against Churchill Downs over its two-year ban after a positive drug test by 2021 Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit.
Clark County on Monday added nearly 8,000 new COVID-19 cases during the preceding two days as the omicron variant continued to rampage, pushing the county’s case total past 400,000.
The awards offer a chance to relive a few brief shining moments of 2021 that might have been overlooked or underappreciated during what overall was a tough year for the sport.