Tom  Pedulla

Tom Pedulla


Tom Pedulla has been the lead writer for America's Best Racing since its inception. He has covered every Triple Crown and Breeders' Cup race since 1997. He wrote the critically-acclaimed autobiography of Hall of Fame jockey Jerry Bailey, "Against the Odds: Riding for My Life," published by G.P. Putnam's Sons in 2005. He has written for The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Associated Press and the Boston Herald, among other publications, during a career that began in 1976 as a messenger for a weekly newspaper in the Bronx, N.Y.
The 2018 Belmont Stakes was an impressive one, but not without controversy. Did Mike Smith have a "wingman" in Florent Geroux? Tom Pedulla penned the story for the New York Post.