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''It was perfect.'' ''He's as fit and sharp as he's ever been.'' ''He's ready to roll.'' These were the comments of Chip Woolley, Eoin Harty, and Bob Baffert, respectively, right after each of their BC Classic starters turned in their final works. Woolley, who has Mine That Bird, Harty (Colonel John), and Baffert (Richard's Kid), all sounded ...

The following was submitted by David Carrico, who spent 16 years with Churchill Downs, four years with TVG, and also was a consultant. Carrico said he's now an ''observer'' of the industry and believes there is more than meets the eye to a recent development: a pari-mutuel tax refund in Kentucky. This is an interesting take on takeout, which is ...

 Watching the beautiful sunrise over the mountains track side here at Santa Anita for the first time was just amazing. We had a few good shots of horse and rider riding in silhouette against the sun rise. There are a few horses working and a lot of horses I have not seen in person. I am tweeting on twitter all morning and have instant access ...

Being a Kentucky-bred ain't what it used to be as far as sales of young horses are concerned, according to Tommy Eastham of Legacy Bloodstock. Read what he has to say: ''The one thing I do think has been very apparent this year is that  everybody in the horse business and in state of Kentucky realizes that right now it's a disadvantage to ...

This year's Perfect Trip Award will recognize a Breeders' Cup Challenge race winner from this season's North American races that best exemplifies a ''Perfect Trip''. The winner will be selected from a panel of racing experts and will have the opportunity to experience his or her own ''Perfect Trip'' through Sentient Jet, with ...

Welcome to TrueNicks' Keeneland November Mixed sale page. TrueNicks are available for the 2009 Keeneland November offerings listed here by hip number. To generate a TrueNicks report, click on the link beneath the hip number.   Hip No. 1: Chestnut Colt (First Samurai--Madamascus). Run a free TrueNicks report for hip #1. Hip No. ...

Welcome to TrueNicks' Fasig-Tipton Kentucky November Selected Mixed sale page. TrueNicks are available for the 2009 Fasig-Tipton November offerings listed here by hip number. To generate a TrueNicks report, click on the link beneath the hip number.   Hip No. 1: ch c (A.P. Indy--Safari Queen (ARG)). Run free TrueNicks reports for ...

The TrueNicks Auction Guide pages for the November sales at Keeneland and Fasig-Tipton are now available. TrueNicks ratings are available for the progeny of all TrueNicks enrolled stallions as well as for in utero foals by subscribed stallions. This information is provided free of charge. Hip-by-hip for Fasig-Tipton Kentucky November Selected ...

 I am sitting trackside at Santa Anita. The sun is bright, sky blue and mountains rocky. We saw Careless Jewel, Colonel John and several other horses working out very nicely. You can tell there are a great number of high quality horses jogging around the synthetic and turf tracks. Now we are off to the barns for a bit. I will try to keep you ...

Shadwell is home to several very promising young stallions, inluding Invasor (ARG) (TrueNicks,SRO). The son of Candy Stripes was an unbeaten Horse of the Year in South America and he earned that same distinction in North America by reeling off successive victories in the Pimlico Special (gr.I), Suburban H. (gr. I), Whitney H. (gr. I) and Breeders ...