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  • Pegasus Puts Unbridled's Song on Top

    Nowhere is the impact of a $12 million race felt more keenly than on the general leading sire list for North America, where Unbridled's Song has made a meteoric rise to the top. In 1:47.61, the late son of Unbridled's progeny earnings went from $276,412 to $7,276,412. Now with Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes (G1) winner Arrogate primed for ...
    Posted to MarketWatch Blog (Weblog) by EJMitchellKy on 01-30-2017
  • Handicapping the Pegasus World Cup Showdown

    By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman  When talk of a rich ''Pegasus Championship'' began circulating in January 2015, no one knew for certain whether the race would come to fruition and if it would be embraced as a goal for the best horses in the United States. A year later, we have the answer--the $12 million ...
    Posted to Unlocking Winners (Weblog) by -Keelerman on 01-26-2017
  • Light Of Day - By Evan Hammonds

    Theyve been doing this Eclipse Awards thing for some time now. Over the 46-year history of the event to honor the best in Thoroughbred racing, the date has moved around the calendar, the venue has shifted from East Coast to West Coast and back again, and the format and dissemination of the voting results have changed. After a steady run under the ...
    Posted to What's Going On Here (Weblog) by Blood-Horse Staff on 01-25-2017
  • Derby Dozen - January 24, 2017 - Presented by Shadwell Farm

    1 Classic Empire Mark Casse Pioneerof the NileSambuca Classica, by Cat Thief Any of the top four horses could have been a legitimate No. 1, but it was decided on the champ because of one of my favorite handicapping tools for a winning horse a huge gap between second and third in a large classy field, as was the case in the Breeders Cup ...
  • Predicting Leading Freshman Sires of 2017

    Time to dust off the crystal ball and attempt to decipher which freshman sires of 2017 are likely to be at or near the top of the first-crop sire list at year's end. The only certainty in such an exercise is that someone will surprise us. For the past few years, BloodHorse MarketWatch has published statistical profiles of the first-crop ...
    Posted to MarketWatch Blog (Weblog) by EJMitchellKy on 01-23-2017
  • After the Eclipse: Songbird at WinStar Part 2

    by: Anne M. Eberhardt, @BH_AEberhardt  Songbird jogging at WinStar Order This Photo On the morning after the Eclipse Awards ceremony, it was business as usual at Kenny Troutt's WinStar Farm near Versailles, Ky. The farm was honored with the Eclipse Award for outstanding breeder Jan. 21 at Gulfstream Park.  On the way to the training ...
    Posted to Through the Lens (Weblog) by TakeChargeLady on 01-22-2017
  • For January Race, Pegasus Field Depth Impressive

    As if the attraction of seeing the two best dirt horses in the worldarguably the two best horses in the worldcurrently in training wasn't enough, the first edition of the Pegasus World Cup Invitational (G1) also features depth comparable to last year's Dubai World Cup (G1). The second part of that sentence may come as a surprise to those who ...
    Posted to Keeping Pace (Weblog) by Frank Angst on 01-21-2017
  • Chrome and Arrogate: Who to Root For?

    There is no doubt America has a love affair with California Chrome, with his hardcore worshippers proudly calling themselves Chromies.  They have formed what can best be described as a sub culture in the world of Thoroughbred racing. They love him in his victories and they love him every bit as much in his defeats, as rare as they have ...
    Posted to Hangin' With Haskin (Weblog) by Blood-Horse Staff on 01-21-2017
  • Slimmed Down Racing May Be Finding Its Footing

    While wagering on U.S. races in 2016 was flatup less than 1% compared with 2015 bettors continue to support a reduced Thoroughbred racing product. That is to say average handle per U.S. race in 2016 improved 2.3% to $280,408, which is the first time since 2007 that wagering per race has surpassed $280,000. The $280,408 in average ...
    Posted to Keeping Pace (Weblog) by Frank Angst on 01-20-2017
  • Guest Suite’s Class Can Prevail in LeComte Stakes

    By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman The Road to the Kentucky Derby will continue this Saturday with a competitive renewal of the $200,000 LeComte Stakes (gr. III) at Fair Grounds, a race that has produced many Kentucky Derby starters in recent years, including Mo Tom, Tom's Ready, Destin, War Story, Vicar's in Trouble, ...
    Posted to Unlocking Winners (Weblog) by -Keelerman on 01-19-2017
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