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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Even more Road to the Kentucky Derby...Spotlight...Desert Party

Desert Party has been flying under the radar en-route to North Americas premier horse racing event, the Kentucky Derby. Sure John Asher vice president of communications at Churchill Downs has ranked Desert Party...

Even more Road to the Kentucky Derby...Spotlight...Quality Road

Quality Road Connections Trainer James Jerkens has an opportunity to accomplish something his hall of famer father never could... ...Win the Kentucky Derby. For all the accomplishments of H. Allen Jerkens, 4...

Even more Road to the Kentucky Derby...Spotlight -- Dunkirk

Dunkirk Blue Blood racer Dunkirk has his work cut out for him if he expects to showcase his immaculate lineage on May 2nd in the Kentucky. Saturdays running of the Florida Derby may be Dunkirk’s only chance to...

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 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...

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