Ed is a freelance writer. His stories have been published in The Blood-Horse, The Backstretch, Thoroughbred of California and Gaming Today.

Ed Golden, a native Philadelphian, won an Eclipse Award honorable mention for thoroughbred writing while with the Philadelphia Daily News and, as publicist at Santa Anita, "discovered" Larry The Legend. While morning line odds maker at Monmouth Park and Garden State Park, he once went 134 straight days selecting at least one winner on the program during a Garden State meeting, including one day when the card was snowed out after just two races.

As handicapper at the Philadelphia Daily News, his best bets once won on 10 consecutive days. A $2 win parlay would have returned more than $19,000. In addition to being the first to uncover the Larry The Legend story, Golden also was first with the Jeff Lukas-Tabasco Cat accident, as well as other important and informative news from the world of thoroughbred racing. Presently a freelance writer, his stories have been published in The Blood-Horse, The Backstretch, Thoroughbred of California and Gaming Today.

Golden Glimpses --- 1996

• Track Lawyer Says O.J. May Be Thrown For A Loss #54
• Less Is More As Santa Anita Looks To The Future #53
• Trainer Finds Unexpected Death On Orient Express #52
• Dollase May Trump Wandesta In Bid For Eclipse #51
• P. Val. Could Be Back In The Saddle Again #50
• Cigar Gets Standing Ovation From Conqueror Mandella #49
• Hollywood, NPMA Playing Costly Hardball To The End #48
• P. Val And Antley: Whither They Goest? #47
• Desormeaux Goes To Beach In Bid For More Business #46
• Cigar: Not Only Horse Of Year, But Horse Of Century #45
• Top Clocker Likes Editor's Note To Extinguish Cigar #44
• Las Vegas Comes To Santa Anita Via NFL Games #43
• Grass Is Greener, But Wait For Other Seed To Drop #42
• Del Mar Could Host Breeders' Cup As Early As 1999 #41
• Oak Tree Unties Yellow Ribbon To Lure European Horses #40
• Agent McClellan Makes Winners Of McCarron, Solis #39
• Lights Out For Cigar, But He'll Forever Shine Brightly #38
• 'Legend's Next Start At Del Mar? #37
• Helmsman Needs Perfect Pace To Upset Cigar #36
• Cinderella Didn't Win The Prince #35
• Southern California Racing: Whither Thou Goest? #34
• Del Mar: A Refreshing Breeze In A Stale Season #33
• Allen Paulson's Longest (And Greatest) Day #32
• Frankel Ranks Cigar With Secretariat And 'Bid' #31
• Mandella Could Challenge Cigar With Siphon #30
• Top 10 Reasons Why Cigar Didn't Run In The Gold Cup #29
• Burt Bacharach May 'Walk On By' Hollywood Gold Cup #28
• Mandella Mixed On The Matter Of Cigar's Absence #27
• After The Gold Cup, Weight Will Be Over For Cigar #26
• P.Val Returns For 'Last Swan Song' #25
• Odyle Scans 3-Year-Old Scene Down the Road #24
• Baffert Wins The Kentucky Derby, Second Time Around #23
• Grindstone, Cavonnier In Picture-Perfect Derby #22
• Stevens, McCarron Agree: Derby Is America's Race #21
• Dollase Hopes He Doesn't Get (Aly)Robbed From Derby Start #20
• If Cigar Goes Hollywood, It Would Make The Meet #19
• Cavonnier, Semoran Put Baffert In Derby's 'Final Four' #18
• A Year Later, The Legend Still Lives For Craig Lewis #17
• Cayenne Pepper Creates A Hot Contoversy #16
• Travelin' Man Stevens Is On The Road To Dubai #15
• Another $500,000 Should Put Santa Anita On Right (Turf) Course #14
• Curses! Baffery Says Semaron Has Triple Crown Heart #13
• The Santa Anita Handicap: Close, But No Cigar #12
• Weighting On Cigar For Santa Anita Handicap #11
• 'Prince' May Be King On Lukas' Bountiful Triple Crown Trail #10
• Racing Will Miss Its Best Pal... #9
• The Longest Journey...#8
• Odd 'N Ends #7
• Go for the Home Run #6
• Trevor Denman: Moving Like A Winner #5



Golden Glimpses --- 1995

• Principle Pays Off For Mandella, A Trainer's Trainer #4
• A Trying Experience Pays Off For Fans and Gary Stevens #3
• The Future of Racing #2