Lethal Heat to run twice @ the Breeders? Trainer loses marbles!

California conditioner Barry Abrams claims he'll enter filly Lethal Heat in both the Breeders' Cup Ladies Classic and the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint. Cross entering a horse in the world of Thoroughbred horse...

Rachel Alexandra, the Great

" Rachel Alexandra, the Great Yesterday, in what is likely to be the final bow of her three year-old campaign. Out of this world filly Rachel Alexandra took on older horses for the first time in her already...

Turn $2.00 into $656K at New York's lovely Saratoga Race-Track

This afternoon at 4:09 p.m. race four on today's Saratoga card will go to post with a little something extra on the line. Thanks to a host of long-shots that paraded to the winners circle during the first...

Poor Tyler Baze... ...Breeders' Cup Challenge 17 down & 46 to go

Y2K (00') top apprentice jockey Tyler Baze who does his best ridding in Southern California would have been the center of attention at Del Mar Racetrack if it weren't for a pesky broken finger that will keep the...

Commentator Retired... ...Does this mean there's a job opening?

Following a disappointing effort as the odds on favourite in Saturdays Whitney Handicap at Saratoga, multiple Grade 1 winner Commentator has been retired from active competition. The decision was made...

The Breeders Stakes... ...Redux... ...And The Results Are In

It's been seven days since the Breeders Stakes and quite frankly I've needed the time to allow the race to digest.  First of all... hats off to "the man in the hat" (Hall of Fame trainer Roger Attfield) who...

The Breeders Stakes.. ..Final Leg of the Canadian Triple Crown

Being Now Public's track-side pundit has it's advantages. The biggest one being, that I can post my selections, cold hearted and braggadocios without the risk of losing even a dollar. This is great because my...

Breeders' Cup Challenge: Tough luck weekend for trainer Pletcher

Last week thoroughbred trainer Todd Pletcher lead his charge Game Face to a victory in the Princess Rooney Stakes a Breeders" Cup "win & your in" challenge race at South Florida's Calder Race...

Grave-Yard of Champions -- Gallant captures The Prince of Wales

Posted @ 1 Minute To PostPre-race: With just a half-hour to go before six of Canada's finest three-year old equines will lineup to contest the 74th running of the Prince of Wales Stakes I've finally...

Bullish on the Breeders' Cup.. ..Are you Alien or something?

What does the acronym B.C.C. stand for? If the Breeders' Cup is the Super Bowl of the North American thoroughbred horse racing season then the Road to the Breeders' Cup "win and your in" championship...

Queen's Plate Preview: Horse Right Here

I got the horse right here... ... I must admit right off the top that my personal immersion into all things Kentucky Derby has left me a little bit behind the proverbial eight-ball when it comes to...

The Belmont Stakes : Ranting, Raving and Carrying On

A brief glance at the results of past Belmont Stakes reveals a telling secret. For at least the past twenty years the Belmont (the final jewel of the North American horses racing triple-crown) has been...

Rachel Alexandra, Preakness Winner Won't Run Belmont Stakes

Rachel Alexander, Preakness 2009 winner, will not run in the Belmont Stakes on June 6, 2009.  Rachel Alexander was the first filly to win Preakness, the second leg of the Triple Crown, in 85 years.  Preakness winning jockey, Calvin Borel, is likely to be in high...

A lesson learned from the Preakness Stakes... ...

It's really hard to write about the Preakness Pre-Race: A lesson learned I turn outs the Preakness Stake, the second jewel of North America's Horse Racing Triple Crown is a really tough thing to write...

Preakness Stakes 2009 Odds: Rachel Alexandra the Early Favorite

The Preakness Stakes is set for today, May 16. Post time is 6:05pm EST. The second race in horse racing's famed Triple Crown will take place at the Pimlico racetrack in Baltimore, MD. The first Triple Crown race took...

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