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  This Month's Guest: Mark Taylor, vice-president Taylor Made Public Sales Podcast Available - 3/5/2009 A native of central Kentucky, Mark grew up working around Gainesway Farm where his father Joe was manager for forty years.  In 1991 Mark graduated from Clemson University with a B.A. in English. Upon graduation, Mark returned to ...

With all the buzz surrounding Rachel Alexandra's sparkling win in last weekend's Martha Washington Stakes at Oaklawn, I thought it would be a good idea to catch up with Hal Wiggins. Though the veteran trainer did not say his talented filly would be pointed towards a Derby run, he definitely left the door open. I'm not sure what to make ...

I have a couple of ''rants'' left in me, but I think I'll hold off on any more of my promised snarkiness for a while. Before I start looking at pedigrees again (watch for my early Kentucky Derby picks soon, and a return of ''Is This a Broodmare?''), though, I wanted to address someone else's small ''rant'' in a comment from a previous ...

Following the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. February select sale of 2-year-olds in training, OBS general manager and director of sales Tom  Ventura warned not to look at the sales results and assume they will be the  trends for the rest of the juvenile selling season. He did have a good point because only 154 horses were offered at the ...

There has been a lot of talk on this blog about Old Fashioned's performance in the Southwest. Considering what he did in the Remsen, was it all that we expected out of his 3-year-old debut? Were the relatively average final splits (:51 1/5) too slow for a legitimate Derby favorite? Was his victory just an average showing based on a) less than ...

By Frank Vespe, That's Amore Stable, LLC When True Quality (Elusive Quality-Louve Mysteriuse, by Seeking the Gold) snuck off to win yesterday's Grade II General George at Laurel, he not only earned his first graded stakes victory but also struck a blow for that hoary old chestnut of name type: the aspirational name. There are several common ...

Unless you stand a stallion in Florida, regularly breed and/or race in the state, or stable at Calder Race Course, you probably didn’t pay much attention to a news release regarding juvenile racing at the South Florida track and the Florida Stallion Stakes series.But you should pay attention, because the Feb. 13 announcement shows what can be ...

Although there was nothing over the weekend to knock your proverbial socks off, there were a few races that could steer you toward a horse or two as potential Derby material. With the Southwest Stakes having just been run, we’ll briefly discuss the race and go over it in more detail next week. Read the entire column here.  Watch the ...