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  • Looking for Longshots in the Malibu and La Brea

    By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman Horse racing in the U.S. will take its annual day off on Friday, Christmas Day. But the sport will return with a bang on Saturday when Santa Anita Park opens for its prestigious winter meet. Three Grade 1 races are on the schedule, including the $300,000 Malibu (G1) and the ...
    Posted to Unlocking Winners (Weblog) by -Keelerman on 12-23-2020

  • Greyes Creek: The Horse You Need to Follow

    By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman In reviewing the entries for the upcoming Saturday card at Gulfstream Park, I must admit to experiencing a feeling of déjà vu. The eighth race of the day is a 1 1/16-mile allowance optional claiming race in which #1 Greyes Creek (3-1) looms as a key contender. The 4-year-old ...
    Posted to Unlocking Winners (Weblog) by -Keelerman on 12-17-2020

  • Kentucky Trails - By Evan Hammonds

    Little did we know back in early February when we spent a snowy evening at Turfway Park what would come our way during the last 10 months of 2020. What followed might be best summarized by crazy, bizarre, exhilarating, isolated, thrilling, enlightening, and distanced. Let’s add challenging for good measure. But that evening in Northern Kentucky ...
    Posted to What's Going On Here (Weblog) by Blood-Horse Staff on 12-16-2020

  • December 19, 2020 - Midwest/Canada: One Handshake at a Time

    Relationships key to success of Poindexter's breeding, racing operations By Ron Mitchell ALLEN POINDEXTER BRINGS a ubiquitous presence when he attends a Thoroughbred auction, as the tall, white-haired Mid-westerner makes the rounds either to observe horses he's bred go through the auction ring or to network with industry professionals. ...
    Posted to The Blood-Horse Regionals (FileGallery) by Michelle Benson on 12-15-2020

  • December 12, 2020 - Northeast/Mid-Atlantic: There When You Need Him

    Trainer Rick Schosberg is always working to improve New York racing By Bob Ehalt RICK SCHOSBERG, by trade, is a trainer of Thoroughbred racehorses. Yet that's merely the tip of the iceberg in trying to describe all the tireless work Schosberg puts in to help his fellow horsemen and care for the sport's equine athletes. Download this ...
    Posted to The Blood-Horse Regionals (FileGallery) by Michelle Benson on 12-15-2020

  • December 12, 2020 - West Coast: Rising from the Ashes

    Oakhurst Farm became a hub for Oregon wildfire evacuees By Eric Mitchell WILDFIRES ARE RARE in Oregon, so when one erupted before dawn in early September, Silverton mayor Kyle Palmer was more curious than concerned. Download this week's Regional to continue reading.
    Posted to The Blood-Horse Regionals (FileGallery) by Michelle Benson on 12-15-2020

  • December 12, 2020 - Southeast: In Good Hands

    Peter Brant builds on Payson Park's winning legacy By Cynthia McFarland IT'S THE RARE individual who is both willing and able to step up to change the course of fate. It would appear that Payson Park Training Center, the 405-acre facility in Indiantown, Fla., has been graced by not one but two such unique individuals who intervened when ...
    Posted to The Blood-Horse Regionals (FileGallery) by Michelle Benson on 12-15-2020

  • Betting a Newcomer in the Harlan's Holiday

    By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman At first glance, Saturday's $100,000 Harlan's Holiday (G3) at Gulfstream Park isn't the most appealing betting race. Just seven horses have been entered in the 1 1/16-mile event, including four graded stakes winners. In situations like these, the best betting approach is usually to ...
    Posted to Unlocking Winners (Weblog) by -Keelerman on 12-11-2020

  • New Stallions, New Year - By Evan Hammonds

    Pandemic-infused 2020 has put most American workers in one of two camps. The first includes the most unfortunate: those who are unemployed and those who are underemployed “non-essential” types. The second group is COVID-be-damned and busier than they’ve ever been. Luckily, those in the Thoroughbred business are more than likely in the latter ...
    Posted to What's Going On Here (Weblog) by Michelle Benson on 12-08-2020

  • Pletcher Holds Strong Hand in Remsen and Demoiselle

    By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman The Road to the Kentucky Derby and the Road to the Kentucky Oaks will make stops at Aqueduct this week for a pair of important graded stakes—the $150,000 Remsen (G2) for colts and geldings and the $150,000 Demoiselle (G2) for fillies. Held over the testing distance of 1 1/8 miles, ...
    Posted to Unlocking Winners (Weblog) by -Keelerman on 12-03-2020
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