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...

Canadians Dominate Alabama, in New York?

On Saturday afternoon Veteran Woodbine Jockey Robert Landry shifted his tack from the comforts of home to Upstate New York's and more specifically Saratoga Race Course. Landry, who could have stood pat in...

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.. ..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...

When will an Umpiress call balls & stikes in a big leauge game?

The All Boys Club -- It's 2008' and sometimes it seems like every possible barrier has been broken down. I mean the President of the United States has roots in Africa (don't we all). Hillory Clinton...

The Breeders' Cup Challenge... ...4 Down & 58 To Go

Precious Passion & Coal Play became the first North American based charges to qualify for Novembers Breeders' Cup. Coal Play, infamous for his performance in last years Haskell Invitational where he set...

the Breeders' Cup Challenge...Preview ...The Salvator Mile

Get to know the Salvator Mile Oceanport, New Jersey will host the sixty-first running of the Salvator Mile at Monmouth Park on Saturday afternoon and the winner will be granted a spot in the B.C....

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...

A pitching revolution...Randy Johnson; Last of a dying breed

The Revolution Will Be Televised... ...On MLB.TV Major League Baseball is currently undergoing a changing of the guard at the starting pitching position. Young hurlers like Detroit's Rick Porcello,...

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