August 1, 2010:

Grand River Raceway is pleased to announce the special addition of a Meet ‘N Greet with Sportswriter for its Industry Day celebration on August 2

July 30, 2010:

World Champion Sportswriter p,2,1:49.2, 3,1:48.3 ($1,566,460) has been officially retired

July 19, 2010:

Originally scheduled plans to compete in this weekend’s Adios Pace eliminations at The Meadows have been canceled for North America Cup winner Sportswriter, who had one of those “if it could go wrong it did go wrong” road trips over the course of the last few weeks

July 14, 2010:

Not many horses can pace a mile in 1:48.1 after having three vets tending to him 48 hours prior to the race and leading the trainer to think the horse would be scratched from the eliminations of a million-dollar race

July 12, 2010:

Driver Mark MacDonald’s admiration of Sportswriter continues to grow. The colt overcame foot trouble to win the $1.5 million North America Cup on June 26 at Mohawk