All one say is, what manner of horse is Arrogate? Two races hardly defines a career, but after an artist paints two masterpieces, one can hardly wait to see what emerges from his next blank canvas....
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Godolphin didn't make the right decision pointing Frosted for the Breeder' Cup Classic instead of the Dirt Mile. They made the only decision....
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This column is split into two parts. One is a look at the career of Frosted, with comments from those around him, and the other is a repost of a column I wrote early last year that focused on Kiaran McLaughlin's daughter Erin....
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No one is expecting all the big names in racing to make the Breeders' Cup Classic, but one can always hope, especially when you have a year like this with such a wide variety of talent gearing up for a run at America’s richest horse race....
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Well, all the preps are over, and now comes the waiting; first for the pre-entries, then the entries to determine the starting fields. ...
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The Travers will be the 3-year-old showdown of the year with American Pharoah taking on Texas Red and Frosted, and several others, on their home turf at Saratoga....
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There are Triple Crown winners and then there is everyone else. We'll see if he belongs in the pantheon of immortals or in the chapters with all those who came so close and had to settle as footnotes of history....
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American Pharoah leads the masses and his contenders are thriving, view Belmont images from Steve Haskin....
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Not only were Frosted and Upstart the last two Derby horses to arrive, their plane was delayed about three hours in Florida. But both arrived safe and sound Tuesday evening and were out on the track this morning and feeling good in their respective strong gallops....
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Come on, people, forget all these big-name horses and their gaudy records and brilliant performances, it's May 2, it's Mayweather - Pacquiao, it's a knockout. You get it? I repeat, Itsaknockout....
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Peter Beagle wrote in The Last Unicorn, "Great heroes need great sorrow and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed. It is all part of the fairy tale."...
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