I only met J.J. Crupi in 2012, but since then every occasion we were together was a very joyful, triumphant and entertaining experience, from Roma and Marks in Ocala, to Lexington, to Il Gabbiano and the little restaurant by the Miami River Crupi loved so much; talking about Sassicaia, Brunello, scungilli and Italian horse racing,

When Eric Hamelback, currently the CEO of the National HBPA, read a story in the TDN two weeks ago about how high school students from Mechanicville, N.Y., were benefitting from a program with ACTT Naturally, Inc., he was so thrilled to see that the horse in the program was MGSW Harlem Rocker (Macho Uno) that

‘TDN Rising Star’ Quip (Distorted Humor), a narrow last out winner of the GII Oaklawn H. Apr. 13, is preparing for a start in the GII Stephen Foster at Churchill Downs June 15. Last term’s GII Tampa Bay Derby winner was sidelined after finishing a distant eighth in the GI Preakness S. “Since we gave

Colonial Downs officials announced that veteran race caller Jason Beem will be the official track announcer for the 2019 Colonial Downs meeting, Aug. 8 – Sept. 7. Beem, who began calling races in 2006, is currently the race caller at Monmouth Park through late June. He was raised in Washington state, was the race caller

The American Turf is a less colorful place today as horsemen everywhere mourn the loss on Thursday night of one of its most vivid and accomplished characters, James “J.J.” Crupi. He was 79. His many grieving friends in the business could comfort themselves that while Crupi had suffered health problems for some time, he had