Early Kentucky Derby Favourite Tops Smarty Jones In Season Debut

Early Kentucky Derby Favourite Old Fashioned crushed a field of lesser likes at Oaklawn Park on Monday evening. The 1 mile dirt race was completed in an extremely relevant 1:37.41. Old Fasioned broke...

Kentucky Derby Futures Pool #1, Derby Hopeful Disappoints

Vineyard Haven last years most accomplished dirt bound juvenile suffered a set back Thursday afternoon at Dubai’s Nad Al Sheba racecourse finishing fourth well behind a trio of fellow American bred’s. the...

2009 Preakness To Ban Outside Beer

Details were announced about the 2009 Preakness Stakes, and beer drinkers on a budget may be disappointed. Preakness officials say that spectators will no longer be allowed to bring in beverages to the public...

Kentucky Derby Already!

The icicles have barley melted from my front porch but somehow I find myself thinking about mid May and Kentucky’s annual Run for the Roses. Colt’s This ones for Phil (117) , You Luckie Mann (1**) and...

Just an observation...Politicos and the State of Illinois Racing

Just an observation... If Illinois Politicos like state Governor Rod Blagojevich and house member Bobby Rush spent as much time trying to prop up the Illinois State Racing Commission as they have trying to...

The Other Side Of The Story: Grooming A Dead Horse

An informative on-line response to this Now Public Thread."For further clarification and perspective on the rather sensational quotes, I spoke to Alex Brown, a champion of the cause to end horse slaughter who has...

Patrick Fitzgerald Says Governor Blagojevich Engaged in ‘Political Corrupti...

U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald opened his news conference late this morning by describing Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich as having been “in the middle of a political corruption crime spree.”During the...

Jump racing carnage kills three horses

"In what can only be described as a day of carnage for the Australasian racing industry, three horses lost their lives in two races on either side of the Tasman on Saturday. The deaths have prompted horse welfare activists to renew their calls for an end to jump racing....

FedEx Must Be Giddy After Big Brown’s Loss

The marketing folks at FedEx have to be excited over the outcome of this weekend’s big race at Belmont Park. After all, Big Brown — the horse bearing the name of their chief rival, UPS — finished last after...

Big Brown Gets Rail for Triple Crown Bid

Big Brown will begin his quest to be the first horse to win the Triple Crown in thirty years from the rail.  He’s a huge favorite at 2 to 5 and, in my opinion, will no doubt go off at odds closer to 1 to 5 or maybe 1 to 9. When it was all said and done, after...

Calling the 2008 Belmont Stakes

We’re always preaching about trying to figure out how a race will unravel so let’s take a look at the weekend’s Belmont Stakes and try to project exactly how the race will unfold. In alphabetical order, Anak Nakal kicks if off. He broke from post 3 in...

Big Brown’s Odds More Than Fair in Belmont Stakes Week

According to Big Brown’s trainer, Richard Dutrow, his victory in the Belmont Stakes is a “foregone conclusion.”  Dutrow will know that Big Brown has won the race once the gigantic colt “gets the lead.” Those are big words from Dutrow who...

134th Kentucky Derby

Pre-race May02/08 The term instant classic has become a favourite quip amongst sports casters and fans alike and no other North American sporting event has been able to achieve the annual success of being branned...

A gamblers diary

Exhibit patience, Control your emotions, Exhibit patience, Control your emotions. I found my shelf repeating these two confirming statements over and over as I made my way to the front gate at Woodbine Racetrack....

Does NBC Sports Winning 2007 Eclipse Award Have Any Real Meaning?

"Athens, GA (Jan 4, 2008) - NBC Sports as been awarded the 2007 Media Eclipse Award for their coverage of the 2007 Kentucky Derby. This is the 7th consecutive year they have won the award. This is the headline you may be reading in the newspapers yesterday and today. But if...

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