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  • March 16, 2019 - Transportation: Big Wheels

    Transportation— Big Wheels by Amanda Duckworth TEN YEARS AGO Mine That Bird stunned everyone when he took the Run for the Roses at odds at 50-1. A most unlikely winner of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1), part of his story wasn't just how he won, it was how he got there in the first place.   Download this week's ...
    Posted to Health Zone (FileGallery) by Michelle Benson on 04-02-2019

  • International Horses With Derby Aspirations Meet at Meydan

    Some of the top international runners under consideration for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) should sort themselves out March 30 in the UAE Derby Sponsored by Saeed & Mohammed Al Naboodah Group (G2) at Meydan. Three runners of interest are based in Dubai with trainer Ahmed bin Harmash for owner Phoenix Ladies Syndicate. ...
    Posted to Keeping Pace (Weblog) by Frank Angst on 03-29-2019

  • Picks for the Florida Derby and Dubai

    By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman Get ready everyone! An action-packed day of racing is scheduled for March 30th, with a championship card of racing at Meydan in Dubai being followed by a stakes-laden afternoon at Gulfstream Park that includes the Florida Derby (gr. I). Let's dig in and examine five of the most ...
    Posted to Unlocking Winners (Weblog) by -Keelerman on 03-28-2019

  • Fair Play - By Evan Hammonds

    In this space last week the point was made that it was time for a national set of rules to govern Thoroughbred racing and that the industry should get behind the proposed Horse Racing Integrity Act and follow the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities and The Stronach Group’s lead on banning race day medication. That stance still ...
    Posted to What's Going On Here (Weblog) by Blood-Horse Staff on 03-27-2019

  • Derby Dozen - March 26, 2019 - Presented by Shadwell Farm

    1 Omaha Beach Richard Mandella War Front—Charming, by Seeking the Gold The more I watch the Rebel Stakes the more impressed I am with his performance. Game Winner appeared to have him measured, but he dug down deep and fought back gamely, and as I mentioned, was two lengths in front shortly after the wire. For a horse who had never faced ...
    Posted to Steve Haskin's Derby Dozen (Weblog) by Blood-Horse Staff on 03-26-2019

  • March 9, 2019 - Southeast: Day in the Sun

    Eight new stallions make their way to Florida for 2019 By Evan Hammonds THE FACTS AND FIGURES regarding the Thoroughbred breeding industry in Florida have been pretty much on par with those in the rest of the country.  Download this week's Regional to continue reading.
    Posted to The Blood-Horse Regionals (FileGallery) by Michelle Benson on 03-26-2019

  • Winx and the Midnight Express

    In the Eastern time zone of the United States, horse racing shuts down around six o'clock p.m. As night falls, all is quiet on the backstretches from New York to Florida. The horses are asleep, the lights are dimmed, the barns are empty of people except for a nightwatchman patrolling the shed row. But a few times a year in homes of racing fans up ...
    Posted to Hangin' With Haskin (Weblog) by Michelle Benson on 03-25-2019

  • Not Improvising in New Orleans

    Between the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico, plenty of visitors have wandered into New Orleans throughout its long history, but make no mistake, the equine star to date of the current Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots meet is in the Crescent City by plan. Last year trainer Mark Casse liked how the track with the long stretch, ...
    Posted to Keeping Pace (Weblog) by Frank Angst on 03-22-2019

  • Looking for a Longshot in the Louisiana Derby

    By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman If there has been one trend in the Road to the Kentucky Derby prep races this winter, it's been the trend of upset victories. Recent years have seen a high number of winning favorites in winter Derby preps, but 2019 has been noticeably different. A 29-1 upset in the Fountain of Youth, ...
    Posted to Unlocking Winners (Weblog) by -Keelerman on 03-21-2019

  • Pivot - By Evan Hammonds

    The spike of fatal injuries at Santa Anita Park since the meet opened Dec. 26 has been horrific to say the least. The closure of one of racing’s most important and iconic racetracks has cast a pall on the sport and takes an already fragile industry closer to the brink. For years we have been faced with the question, “How can we grow the sport?” ...
    Posted to What's Going On Here (Weblog) by Blood-Horse Staff on 03-20-2019
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