As the year winds down, a few closing thoughts on gifts given this year that will continue to bring a smile to my face as long as I live. Feel free to share favorite memories, but please leave your HOY and HOD arguments at home. I want to hear races, from Maiden Claiming to Foreign Allowance races to...

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...

Breeders' Cup I am off to Breeders' Cup Saturday morning at 6am. My plan is to try and give you all a few blogs from the track, sights and sounds, updates, and interesting observations. This will be my first time at Santa Anita, so I am excited about the trip. I wish Chantal was still around, but maybe...

My boy Einstein has done it. Become richer, yes, but that isn't my point. He has become a horse of all surfaces by winning the March 7 Santa Anita Handicap (gr. I). Photo: A. Duckworth Caption: Einstein He is a master on turf, a soldier on dirt (winning the grade II Clark Handicap and finishing second...

So you may be asking why embeded this video of a crazy guy walking a tight rope, or " slacklining " as we call it in climbing. It is pretty simple... we're hurting as an industry. We are bruised and have been roughed up a bit with the economy. Everyone, and especially the small farms, are walking a tight...

Being in the industry for a year and a half now, there is one thing I know. We need to engage younger people and bring in more fans to this wonderful sport. Though I feel the Breeders' Cup fell short in their advertising efforts for such a huge event, the coverage was great. The spike in national, and...

Pre-entries and my super quick take on the Breeders' Cup for those with a low attention span. Race: Filly and Mare Sprint: My Picks: Indian Blessing, Jazzy, Miraculous Miss, Dearest Trickski, and Intangaroo. My Thoughts: Intangaroo is actually being offered at the Fasig-Tipton November sale as hip 159...

Arlington Million Grade: I Purse: $1 million Distance: 10 Furlongs (T) Age: 3-Year-Olds & Up Track: Arlington Park TV: Saturday, August 9, 2008 @ 4:30 PM ET This race is just bursting at the seams with talent. This race is going to be amazing to watch and YOU MUST watch this race. Two foreign trained...

Caption: Stephen Foster - Photo: A. Duckworth Everyone said my experience on Stephen Foster day at Churchill Downs would be totally different than my experiences on Derby day. Man, there is no comparison. Besides not working, I could see and experience a lot of things not accessible during the Derby...

Curlin might not be the King of Pop, but he is the King of Romp. I am determined to go to Churchill Downs Saturday to watch the ruling power of the race course in the Stephen Foster Handicap (gr. I). It is also the fact he is racing against other favorites of mine that I am excited about, Einstein and...