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Despite a paucity of horses in early races, Friday represented an excellent card. The 52nd running of the Gr.2 $200,000 Bernard Baruch Handicap brought together seven decent turf horses, including the winner Get Stormy. The bay colt by Stormy Atlantic has taken seven of his last eight races and is now four for four on the Saratoga turf courses.The ...

Having finally cleared some matings – late Southern Hemisphere and very early Northern Hemisphere – off the desk, and taken our nose out of the middle of the 1300 or so strong catalog two of Keeneland September, we realized that we ought to take a quick look back at the pedigrees of some of the winners of major U.S. stakes events last ...

I mentioned in my last post that while I was on site at Lane’s End Farm ''life got even sweeter''.  Well, that's because I got the opportunity to photograph Sweet Life, dam of Life Is Sweet, and champion Sweet Catomine.  Sweet Life was named the 2009 Broodmare of the Year, so it was quite an honor.Order this Photo.Sweet Life and her ...

By Bill Pressey Thoroedge Equine Performance Pedigree and conformation are what you pay for at the sales. Once you have your prospects, don’t simply train them like everyone else – invest a little extra time and attention, not money for once, and you can gain an edge on the competition by the time you get to the track. HOW TO GET THE BONE ...

The King's Bishop Stakes (gr. I) will be run Saturday, August 28. Post time is 5:10 pm ET. Click the link for each contender to view a complimentary report.   1 – Latigo Shore (20-1) FREE TrueNicks report for Latigo Shore 2 – Hurricane Ike (6-1)FREE TrueNicks report for Hurricane Ike 3 - D’ Funnybone (5-2)FREE TrueNicks ...

As far as grade I races go, this weekend's Travers is as difficult as it gets. Here is just a sampling of what we, as handicappers, have to tackle: *Only two of the 11 horses in here enter off a win, and one of those was a maiden. *Several trainers have been quoted as saying something to the effect of ''I wouldn't be surprised if anybody ...

This week, Zenyatta and Rachel Alexandra came together in a strange sort of way.  On Wednesday evening, a framed photo of the Breeders’ Cup Classic winner, her halter and jockey’s autograph sold for $10,200 at the Belmont Child Care Association’s dinner and auction.  On Thursday afternoon, only 15 hours later, the reigning Horse of the ...

  UPDATE: Here is an interview with Larry Collmus from The Early Show on CBS from 8/26/2010.   Originally posted 8/24/2010 8:53am. So is your money on that your ''wifenos'' or ''doesntknow'' ? Monmouth park held a duel of conscience. Thewifedoesntknow is by Golden Missile and out of Aheadnotatail with a ...

How about a Saratoga suggestion box?  It should be easy to implement because NYRA has a Web site for everything.  Then the people in Sections H of the clubhouse could ask the authorities to relocate the garbage bins from under the simulcast television sets to a hideaway where the flies and the odor aren’t a nuisance.Stan Marcinkowski of ...

Todd Pletcher, his assistant Mike McCarthy, agent Ron Anderson, and clocker/bloodstock agent Gary Young were having dinner at a Mexican restaurant back in November of 2007, when Pletcher turned to Young and said, “I need to buy a horse who will absolutely win the next time I run it.” Pletcher was looking for a horse for Candy DeBartolo, wife of ...