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  • Growing Pains for Handicapping Tourney?

    It's well-established the National Handicapping Championship has grown substantially in recent years, so much so that some horseplayers have begun taking a closer look at how it all works, and where the money goes. My experience is limited to local contests at Keeneland, which does a very good job for a very reasonable fee. I don't keep track of ...
    Posted to At Large (Weblog) by JerseyTom on 02-21-2014

  • TimeformUS Saturday Plays from Gulfstream and Fair Grounds

    Saturday, Gulfstream Park, Race 11, Local Post Time 5:31pm ETThe G2 Fountain of Youth Stakes, 1 and 1/16 miles, Dirt, 3YOBy Alan MannThe Grade 2 Fountain of Youth is the final prep for the Florida Derby, an actual prep (finally) for the Kentucky Derby.  It will be run at a mile and a sixteenth with a short run to the first turn and a ...
    Posted to Unlocking Winners (Weblog) by TimeformUS on 02-21-2014

  • Can 'Vicar' Avoid Trouble in the Risen Star?

    By J. Keeler JohnsonIt's an age-old handicapping question—what do you do when the horse you like has drawn a poor post position?Attempting to answer this question is the key to unlocking the winners of the Risen Star Stakes (gr. II) and Besilu Stables Fountain of Youth Stakes (gr. II), both of which feature well-regarded contenders trapped in far ...
    Posted to Unlocking Winners (Weblog) by EJMitchellKy on 02-20-2014

  • Stallion Open House iPhoto Essay

    I'm going to do something a bit different from the norm with this blog. Since I'm now handling stud news for the magazine, I attended stallion open houses at Darley, WinStar, Castleton Lyons, and Gainesway in November and January to see some of these guys in person that I write about each week. While I was there, I took a ton of pictures ...
    Posted to Beyond the Blinkers (Weblog) by Esther Marr on 02-19-2014

  • 2/8/2014 West Coast: Going to Town

    Tom and Debi Stull thrive with Tommy Town Thoroughbreds by Tracy Gantz Most people have fond memories of the horse that lured them further into racehorse ownership. Not Tom Stull. His distinct recollection of an Irish-bred filly named Leccia is of ripping up betting tickets. “She was one of those horses who would run from 10-15 lengths ...
    Posted to The Blood-Horse Regionals (FileGallery) by aspradling on 02-19-2014

  • 2/8/2014 Southeast: Back on the Bridle

    John and Leslie Malone seek to revitalize historic Bridlewood Farm By Michael Compton If there is a template for success, it's a safe bet that John and Leslie Malone, the new owners of Bridlewood Farm near Ocala, Fla., are among the architects. Worth an estimated $6.7 billion, John, 73, is chairman of Liberty Media Corp., an Englewood, ...
    Posted to The Blood-Horse Regionals (FileGallery) by Blood-Horse Staff on 02-19-2014

  • 2/8/2014 Northeast/Mid-Atlantic: Pride of Pa.

    Houghton family’s Sylmar Farm early home to Princess of Sylmar By Steve Haskin The Houghton family can best be described as straight out of a Norman Rockwell painting, portraying a slice of Americana many people can only imagine and long for—the home fires burning bright, Ron and Betsy’s four children and 11 grandchildren gathered around at the ...
    Posted to The Blood-Horse Regionals (FileGallery) by Jennifer Whittle on 02-19-2014

  • Spinning Wheels in Kentucky - by Eric Mitchell

    Success has two faces, possessing equal power to drive progress or stymie innovation.Unfortunately, success may be the stake that kills this year’s effort to bring casino gambling to Kentucky and put the Bluegrass State on a level playing field with other racing states bolstered by slot machines.The first hammer strike on that stake apparently ...
    Posted to What's Going On Here (Weblog) by aspradling on 02-19-2014

  • Derby Dozen - February 17, 2014 - Presented by Shadwell Farm

    1 Top Billing Shug McGaughey Curlin—Parade Queen, by A.P. Indy He’s going to get quite a test for his stakes debut in the Fountain of Youth. Not only does he have to contend with a 13-horse field, he drew post 12, so his best case scenario is to take way back, drop in, and hope he can make his way through or around all those horses. He tuned ...
    Posted to Steve Haskin's Derby Dozen (Weblog) by Blood-Horse Staff on 02-18-2014

  • Who's fit for the Southwest Stakes

    In discussing the Southwest Stakes (click for free Brisnet.com Ultimate PPs w/ comments) with Steve Byk on his At The Races radio program Friday morning, I wondered whether fitness would be a factor for some entrants because of the lost training time this month at Oaklawn Park. Eleven of the dozen entrants are based at Oaklawn with the most ...
    Posted to Unlocking Winners (Weblog) by EJXD2 on 02-17-2014
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