Watching Beholder decimate her male opponents in the Pacific Classic and the aftermath on TVG and social media, it made me realize how times have changed; how the great fillies of the past never received...
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nbsp; (Originally published in the January 21, 2012 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine . Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column. ) By Eric Mitchell - @EJMitchellKy...
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All in all, it was a fairly odd and anti-climatic Breeders' Cup weekend, in my opinion. Of course, had I cashed a few more tickets or if my name was Bill Mott my opinion may have been a little different...
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Juvenile Sprint Secret Circle --Nobody is better at preparing young sprinters than Baffert, the former Quarter Horse trainer. Was as dominant as could be in first two starts and is fast, but tactical for...
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The Breeders’ Cup began 27 years ago at Hollywood Park with seven season-ending championship races and an unprecedented $10 million in purses. This year’s version, hosted by Churchill Downs, will be a...
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The more you study the past performances of the Breeders’ Cup Classic (gr. I) the more scenarios you find. We’re going to concentrate on two horses who we find intriguing in regard to the tactics they...
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For horse racing fans, Breeders' Cup pre-entries day always has that Christmas morning feel. I like the Kentucky Derby as much as anyone, but as a fan and especially as an avid bettor, having two days...
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Sometimes a trend is not just a trend, but the beginning of the end. Pardon the feeble attempt at poetry, but is it time to come to the realization that the Sport of Kings may be witnessing the end of...
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The late Emmy Award-winning producer Danny Arnold couldn’t have come up with a better script for his wife’s homebred colt Turallure than what transpired in the Ricoh Woodbine Mile Stakes (Can-IT) Sept...
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1. Visiting with trainers and jockeys during cold mornings on the Churchill Downs backstretch during the week before the Breeders Cup…I especially enjoyed my chat with trainer Steve Hobby in barn 15, where...
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