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At about 4:30 in the afternoon, the skies opened up, turning the Monmouth Park surface into a sea of slop. As a reporter covering my first race for a trade weekly, and having gotten to know the horses and their grooms up close and personal that afternoon, I was extremely disappointed to say the least. Dejected, I made my way up to the press box, ...

This weekend at Fair Grounds, the first important graded earnings test for 3-year-olds on the road to the Kentucky Derby takes place with the $100,000 Lecomte Stakes. It's still way too early to tell, but my guess is that we might see one or more of these on the first weekend of May. Just a gut instinct. Let's take a look at the ...

If you're on any of the Thoroughbred readers forums or state breeding association mailing lists, this is the time of year when you're probably receiving multiple notifications of stallion season auctions. Many of these sales of sire seasons are charitable -- the proceeds benefit a state breeders organization or a horse rescue fund or some other ...

It is beginning to look as if the stallions that were represented by their first runners in 2008 are quite a promising group. Two of them -- Speightstown and Friends Lake -- have been quick to make an impact in 2009. Speightstown (TrueNicks,SRO) had a great first weekend of the new year. On Saturday, Jan. 3, his son Haynesfield ...

Street Sense and Hard Spun were rivals on the racetrack, and Street Sense got most of the glory. He was the champion 2-year-old colt of 2006, and he defeated Hard Spun by 2 ¼ lengths in the 2007 Kentucky Derby Presented By Yum! Brands (gr. I). Street Sense also finished second to Hard Spun's third in the Preakness Stakes (gr. I). The two ...

Welcome back to Triple Crown Talk! It's hard to believe, but with the calendar now hitting 2009 it is time to start thinking Kentucky Derby already. The important 3-year-old prep races kick off with the Lecomte at Fair Grounds this weekend and the San Rafael the following week at Santa Anita. Like last year, we'll analyze all the major races and ...

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Courtesy of Teresa Genaro, Brooklyn Backstretch Last August, Jessica Chapel of Railbird and I were invited by Seth Merrow of Equidaily to appear on his show on Capital OTB to discuss how the Internet is affecting the relationship between racing and its fans.  Among the questions he asked:  ''Do you consider yourself ...

 There has been some negative discussion about the 2008 Eclipse Award for photography. Most, if not all, the gripes about the photo come from people that are disappointed with the winning selection.I have met Matt Goins and his associates, and they are great. They are fun to be around and cut up with. Matt is incredibly talented and so let's ...