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...

Summer Bird Wins Belmont Stakes 2009

Summer Bird wins the Belmont Stakes 2009 and pushed in front to win with just a few hundred metres left to go in the race. The official time was 2 minutes and 27.54 seconds. The biggest challenges were Dunkirk...

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...

Belmont Stakes Odds: Race on June 6, 2009

The Belmont Stakes is on June 6, 2009 and entries closed June 3.  The final contenders list includes ten horses, including 2009 Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird.  The 10 Belmont Stakes contenders are; Chocolate Candy, Dunkirk, Mr. Hot Stuff, Summer Bird, Luv...

Belmont Stakes 2009 Entries: Contenders List Closes June 3, 2009

There is not yet a definitive list of Belmont Stakes 2009 Entries but there is speculation about who the top contenders will be.  With the announcement May 29, 2009 that Preakness winner Rachel Alexander would not compete stakes holders had to rewrite their...

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...

Calvin Borel rides Rachel Alexandra and Mine That Bird to victory

Calvin Borel, the now famous jockey to have ridden Mine That Bird to the second biggest upset in Kentucky Derby has just won the Preakness with Rachel Alexandra. Rachel Alexandra became the first filly to win the...

Rachel Alexandra wins 134th Preakness stakes 2009

Rachel Alexandra has won the 134th Preakness Stakes, with Mine That Bird finishing second. Rachel Alexandra is the first filly to win in 85 years.Previous reporting:The Preakness Stakes take place today, May 16,...

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...

Moses and The Bird , 2009 Kentucky Derby Afterthoughts

Known commonly by the working folks along the Churchill Downs back-stretch as Calvin Bo-Rail and routinely referred to as simply "Moses" amongst my own inner circle Calvin Borel became a two time Kentucky Derby...

Mine That Bird: the unlikely winner of the 135 Kentucky Derby

Mine That Bird, is this year's unlikely winner of the 135th Kentucky Derby, and this horse is truly a surprise, as it has had very few wins in its past. It was the top two-year-old horse in Canada in 2008, and as...

Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird wins with 50-1 odds

The 135th Kentucky Derby Winner is Mine That Bird, who won with 50-1 odds. Calvin Borel was the jockey and he broke free in the last stretch to cross the finish line first. " The Churchill Downs track had sloppy...

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