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(By Lizz Kunz) Coolmore Stud's Galileo continues to prove his power as a stallion through his progeny's ability to annihilate competitors on the track. The handsome chestnut Cape Blanco is no exception, a winner of two group I races in Ireland and a grade I stakes in the United States so far, he is a force to be reckoned with on the ...

George Hicker admits that buying a 6-year-old gelding might look like it doesn’t have much upside, especially when the horse hasn’t won a race in two years. But Tres Borrachos had back class and was training well for Hicker’s conditioner, Marty Jones. Besides, the Del Mar meet was about to begin. “I probably wouldn’t have bought him if Del Mar ...

On July 31, Bob Baffert lived a trainer’s dream, winning grade I races on both coasts, with Coil in the $1 million Haskell Invitational Handicap at Monmouth Park in New Jersey and with Euroears in the Bing Crosby Stakes in track-record time at Del Mar in California.The 58-year-old conditioner, who was inducted into the National Museum of ...

During the month of July, New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program hosted two horse shows that featured Thoroughbreds competing off the track. The first event was held July 9-10, during which nearly 40 Thoroughbreds gathered at the Kentucky Horse Park to compete in two Thoroughbred restricted hunter/jumper classes. It marked the second ...

Sheikh Mohammed moseyed over to the Fasig-Tipton auction grounds for the first time on Saturday.  He was surrounded by entourage, but acted mono-majestically. Someone had to tell him what rain was.  Being from the desert, horse racing’s man of the most means witnesses a downpour only now and then and rarely a deluge like Saratoga ...

Over 140 stallions standing in Australia and New Zealand have joined TrueNicks in advance of the 2011 Southern Hemisphere breeding season. Thoroughbred breeders who are currently busy working on their 2011 mating plans can now run complimentary TrueNicks Enhanced Reports with these stallions. (Click here for the full list) TrueNicks Enhanced ...

It’s been a long time since a day of Saratoga horse racing other than Travers Day caused as much anticipation as Saturday’s.  Too bad that after a long string of sunny, dry days, a little rain fell.  Nevertheless, it was an afternoon of roundly felt satisfaction – the best card of the year, three races for two-year-olds of substantial ...

Did baseball writers and fans really call New York Yankees outfielder, turned racehorse trainer, Mickey Rivers “Mick the Quick?”  That nickname seems like a fabrication of the truth for the sake of promotion. Maybe not.  But, heck, if it is, hooray for making the most of inviting a sports celebrity with limited appeal to the ...

I'm a little late getting to this today and it's already Friday afternoon, so let's get right into a few of the major weekend stakes. Whitney Handicap As I said of That Handicapping Show, the handicap division has been much-maligned this year with good reason, but the lack of a discernable standout makes this an especially good betting race. I ...

Thursday’s 10-race card wasn’t exactly the kind that horse players support with their greenbacks.  It began with two steeplechases, one a stakes and the second an allowance optional claiming race for $30,000 claimers.  Races three, four and five were for maidens on the flat tracks.  The odds of picking a winner improved after ...