BloodHorse.com

Search

Page 607 of 737 (7362 items) First ... Previous 605 606 607 608 609 Next ... Last
  • A Stroll to the Top

    It was Tax Day, and I was finishing up the MarketWatch Index calculations for the 2008 freshman sires. I re-sorted the spreadsheet so the sires would rank from highest to lowest by their MWIs, expecting to see Tapit rise to the top. But he didn't. Tapit was second to Stroll, the grade I-winning son of Pulpit who was bred and raced ...
    Posted to MarketWatch Blog (Weblog) by EJMitchellKy on 04-28-2009
  • Spring Traditions

    Courtesy of Lisa Grimm, Superfectablog.com   The Courier-Journal notes that all sixteen 'prominent' horses should make the Derby field this time around; it's a bit ironic that in a year which seems to have a much stronger group of three-year-olds than we have likely seen for some time, we may not hit the maximum field of twenty. ...
  • Who Says You Can't Go Home?

    The paddock is a popular place at old Atlantic City In walks Tom DeMartini with a s**t-eating grin on his face after a traffic jam on the Schuylkill Expressway turned a 90-minute trip into a three-hour journey. Never mind that. It's good to be back, isn't it, my friend? This is New Jersey racing as we remember it, and it doesn't ...
    Posted to At Large (Weblog) by JerseyTom on 04-28-2009
  • Higher Power - by Dan Liebman

    (Originally published in the May 2, 2009 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.)   This time of year people invariably talk about, and write about, the racing gods and Derby gods.Of course, we all know what really wins Kentucky Derbys is horses and ...
    Posted to What's Going On Here (Weblog) by Blood-Horse Staff on 04-28-2009
  • Haunui Farm Subscribes First in Southern-Hemisphere Stallion Roster to TrueNicks

    The historic Haunui Farm of Auckland, N.Z., has become the first Southern Hemisphere farm to subscribe its sire roster to TrueNicks, allowing breeders to run complimentary matings with the stallions Iffraaj, Elusive City, and Don Eduardo. Iffraaj (GB) (TrueNicks,SRO) was a three-time group II winner over seven furlongs in England, taking the ...
    Posted to TrueNicks (Weblog) by Alan Porter 1 on 04-28-2009
  • Haskin's Derby Report: Monday Madness

    Theres lots to catch up on, with several works of interest over the weekend and a star-studded array of works this morning. Read full column here.
    Posted to Hangin' With Haskin (Weblog) by Blood-Horse Staff on 04-27-2009
  • Lights On Broadway Prepares to Leave the Track for Greener Pastures

    Courtesy of Susan Dalebroux, Post Parade   The grooms call him Superpony'. Less than year ago, 2001 Texas Horse of the Year, Lights On Broadway, was purchased off the back of a slaughter truck for $200.  And after a few lackluster cheap claiming races, he was acquired by a group of energized horse lovers and shipped off ...
  • Kentucky Juvenile Stakes Offers Graded Black Type to 2-Year-Olds

    The Kentucky Juvenile Stakes (gr. III) to be run April 30 at Churchill Downs offers the first shot at serious black-type for 2-year-olds, and as such we thought it interesting to have a look at the TrueNick ratings for a field of stakes contenders that have yet to earn black type. Topping the likely runners with an A++ rating is Mission ...
    Posted to TrueNicks (Weblog) by Alan Porter 1 on 04-27-2009
  • Mike Smith + Giacomo = Chocolate Candy

      If one of my favorite bands of all time is The Police, then why can't one of my favorite sweets of all time win...Chocolate Candy? Truthfully I expect Pioneerof the Nile or Quality Road to win the derby. Photo: S. DormanCaption: Giacomo Many of you have negative thoughts on closers in the race with no ''speed'' represented in the Derby ...
    Posted to Adam's Turf (Weblog) by aspradling on 04-27-2009
  • Greatest Derby Winner Bred West of the Mississippi River

    While the majority of the winners of the Kentucky Derby have been bred in the Bluegrass state, history has proven that a great horse can come from anywhere.  Listed alphabetically below are the eight Derby-winning horses that were bred west of the Mississippi River, with the state they were bred in listed just below the poll.  Take a ...
    Posted to You Make the Call (Weblog) by Blood-Horse Staff on 04-26-2009
Page 607 of 737 (7362 items) First ... Previous 605 606 607 608 609 Next ... Last