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Why we need artificial surfaces now more than ever 2008-05-24 08:14:18 We are entering a dangerous time in the world of thoroughbred racing. The tragedy of Eight Belles, coupled with Barbaro’s death, have the wolves at the door, looking to end our glorious game. Congress is sticking their noses in, and PETA is doing what they do best, rousing the rabble. People who rarely talk to [...] Read more:surfaces
2008 Belmont Stakes Preview 2008-05-23 12:17:20 Looking at the contenders, one wonders is there the slightest chance of Big Brown getting beat?The simple answer is yes, they all get beat at some point. Secretariat is the best horse who ever lived, yet was beat by Onion. Man O War was beaten by the aptly named Upset. So yes, there is a [...] Read more:Belmont
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Big Brown - That was easy 2008-05-18 14:12:02 It’s too bad he is named after UPS, because he would have made a hell of a commercial for Staples. Picture a jockey, hitting the staples easy button and watch his mount cruise home to an effortless victory. That was easy….That was Big Brown
in the Preakness. I was amazed at how little it appeared [...]
2008 Preakness Preview 2008-05-16 12:22:33 When I try and figure out these races, I try to be objective and not just select the obvious favorite. What value would I add then? But after perusing tomorrow’s form, I cannot see Big Brown getting beat. The only thing which can beat him is him. What do I mean by that? There [...] Read more:Preview
2008 Preakness Morning Line 2008-05-15 10:56:43 1–Macho Again/Dallas Stewart/Julien Leparoux/West Point Thoroughbred/20-1
2–Tres Borrachos/Beau Greely/Tyler Baze/Beau Greely, John Greely IV, and Phil Houchens/30-1
3– Icabad Crane/Graham Motion/Jeremy Rose/Earle Mack/30-1
4–Yankee Bravo/Patrick Gallagher/Alex Solis/Richard Duggan, Bienstock and Winner Stables, and Harlequin Ranches/15-1
5–Behindatthebar/Todd Pletche Read more:Morning
Storm Cat Pensioned at 25 2008-05-13 15:56:47 Storm Cat - The most profitable stallion in history has been pensioned due to infertility at 25. From 2002 to 2007, he stood for $500,000. Roughly taking in $50,000,000 a year in fees (100 mares @ 500k), he was quite the profit center. Storm Cat sired 160 stakes winners and the earners of $112 [...] Read more:Storm
Curlin looking better than ever 2008-05-11 08:27:20 In all the Kentucky Derby talk, I forgot to mention Curlin. The big red horse schooled in the paddock a couple of races before the Derby. For those of you who have read my blog or articles on UWriteSports.com, you know how impressed I was when I first laid eyes upon this horse before the [...] Read more:better
2008 Preakness Field begins to take shape 2008-05-08 10:43:57 The Preakness is shaping up to be a snoozer of a race. If Big Brown is 70 percent of himself, he should win in hand. But, that my friends is why they have to run the race. The Preakness being 2 weeks after the Derby is something that needs to be changed. [...] Read more:Field
PETA wrong on horse racing 2008-05-06 16:12:30 Ok, I feel I need to weigh in on the PETA protests. This group needs to get a life. The fact that they can protest in the middle of the day, tells you a lot. Do they not have jobs or better things to do with their time? Believe me, no horsemen alive wants to [...]
Derby Recap 2008 2008-05-05 08:41:55 For the second year in a row, I had the opportunity to attend the Derby again Saturday. When I flew in the weather was iffy, but the day turned out to be ideal. Oaks day was a sea of slop, but Saturday the track was in relatively good shape and the sun was shining.
On the [...] Read more:Recap
It’s always something 2008-05-27 06:22:03 Just when you thought it was safe to finally predict the first Triple Crown winner since ‘78, they announce a quarter crack. Big Brown has been plagued with foot issues and this comes as no big surprise. But oh how cruel the timing. They are doing their best to downplay the crack, but [...] Read more:always
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Less Dutrow please 2008-05-30 06:20:30 When Big Brown came into prominence, a lot of people weren’t in his corner due to his trainer Rick Dutrow Jr. People didn’t want to see a former drug addict, known for bad tests having a horse this good. We heard how he was estranged from his father and never made up before he [...]
Big Brown’s Team Tainted 2008-06-01 11:52:48 Rick Dutrow’s history is not one that anyone would be proud of. Bad test after bad test, substance abuse and generally not a great guy. But people deserve the chance to change and overcome the demons.
At first glance, you give IEAH Stable a pat on the back for giving a hard luck story a chance [...] Read more:Brown
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2008 Belmont Stakes Morning Line 2008-06-04 15:17:01 140th BelmontStakes
(gr. I), June 7
Post Horse Jockey Trainer Morning
Line
1 Big Brown K. Desormeaux R. Dutrow, Jr. 2-5
2 Guadalcanal J. Castellano F. Seitz 50-1
3 Macho Again G. Gomez D. Stewart 20-1
4 Denis of Cork R. Albarado D. Carroll 12-1
5 Casino Drive E. Prado K. Fujisawa 7-2
6 Da’ Tara A. Garcia N. Zito [...]
Big Brown’s connections aren’t victims 2008-06-04 06:36:29 Funny, now it is the old me and you against the world. Victims of an evil media, and horrible bloggers.
No, the truth is that the connections
have been exposed. No one forced the trainer to give his horses, banned substances or to take them himself. No one forced the owner to conduct himself in [...] Read more:Brown
2008 Belmont Stakes Selections 2008-06-06 09:08:01 Here are my selections in order of finish:
Big Brown - Too much for these, will overcome the circus that is his connections.
Tale Of Ekati - Good race in the Derby, pointed to this, he gets up for second. Tagg seems to have him ready to go, and his 3/4 work in 12 move signals he [...] Read more:Belmont
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Bad Karma Beats Big Brown in Horrible Belmont 2008-06-07 20:23:50 Drug suspensions, NASD violations, Bragging, not paying your bills, and generally being bad people eventually catches up with you. Karma my friends can be the ultimate bitch. Don‘t mess with her, or she can spoil the party in a big way. That is what happened in New York yesterday, with all the world watching. I [...] Read more:Beats
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Yes they all use Winstrol, steroids 2008-06-09 06:38:03 Despise Rick Dutrow for his numerous drug violations or his bragging. If they had ruled him off and never let him back that would have been fine too. BUT, don’t give him crap for Winstrol and other legal steroids as they are a fact of life in horse racing. They are legal and so widely [...]
When in doubt blame the jockey 2008-06-10 07:09:37 In looking at the Belmont field, my guess was that Big Brown would put this bunch away by the time he hit the backstretch. This was not a tough field, more like a solid Grade 3 group, plus one maiden. When Desormeaux grabbed and fought Big Brown going into the turn, I assumed that [...] Read more:doubt
Trouble in Paradise? 2008-06-11 15:19:02 Has the love fest between IEAH Stable and trainer Dutrow soured? When the blame started flying around after the Belmont, trainer Dutrow blamed Kent Desormeaux.
Then the truth came out, that Dutrow never wanted Desormeaux in the first place. Edgar Prado was his choice but IEAH wanted Desormeaux.
Will this lead to a rift in the love [...] Read more:Trouble
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Winning Colors’ filly wins debut at Churchill 2008-06-13 18:45:38 Nice to see WinningColors
has what appears to be a nice juvenile filly in Ocean Colors. She won at first asking today at Churchill
, completing the 5/8ths in an impressive 57.08. With the tragedy of Eight Belles, it is possible Winning Colors goes down as the last filly to win the roses.
Winning Colors [...] Read more:debut
128 Pounds Can’t Stop Curlin 2008-06-14 19:15:01 Trainer Steve Asmussen has a job to do, that job is to train Curlin. A big part of that job is protecting his big red train. So he has to complain when racing secretaries pile a lot of wait on Curlin. The truth of the matter is that Curlin could have carried 138 and a [...] Read more:Pounds
Thoroughbred Safety Committee - Ok First Step, More Needed 2008-06-17 14:56:02 The Thoroughbred SafetyCommittee
made their first recommendations. Ban steroids and Toe Grabs and rules around whips. Not a bad first step, but more needs to be done.
The ban on steroids will work fine with honest horsemen who abide by the rules. The problem is that the lowlifes will continue to find non-testable alternatives [...] Read more:First
Santa Anita Decision - a win for artificial surfaces 2008-06-25 06:32:06 I was quite shocked that SantaAnita
made the move to install Pro-Ride synthetic racing surface. Truthfully, I figured with the Magna stock prices falling fast, they would bag the idea and go back to a conventional dirt surface. With the Breeder’s Cup around the corner, this move is a surprising one, but certainly a [...] Read more:surfaces
Does IEAH no drug plan also mean no Corticosteroids? 2008-06-23 14:20:43 Interesting headline grab today by the IEAH Stable. Those guys love being in the news don’t they?
No drugs, except for Lasix they decree.
Interesting, but a bit vague. Does no mean “no”, or does no mean nothing you can test for? Winstrol and anabolic steroids are getting the wraith of the general public, but how about [...]
Can we restore the Secretariat Belmont footage? 2008-06-20 12:56:31 Ok, we are at a tough place in the history of Thoroughbred Racing. We can make it a better, safer more honest sport. First off we need to keep Congress out the sport and self regulate before it’s too late. But that isn’t what this posting is about. We also need a great [...] Read more:Belmont
Phar Lap Mystery Solved 2008-06-19 09:04:12 Phar Lap, the greatest horse in the world died suddenly days after winning the Agua Caliente Handicap in 1932. The Mexican race was at the time North America’s richest race. The movie Phar Lap was in this writer’s opinion the finest racing movie ever. I know, a lot of you like Seabiscuit, and as fun [...] Read more:Mystery
Kudos to Suffolk 2008-06-30 10:24:26 Suffolk Downs over the years has been plagued with bad management, an ancient plant, and a legislature bent on not approving anything which may actually enhance racing and guarantee survival.
That being said, the last change in ownership finally has yielded some positive results. The new owner Richard Fields has put in place a management team [...] Read more:Suffolk
Shocker: A trainer with 72 rulings has bad test. IEAH contemplates firing Dutrow. 2008-06-28 10:52:34 Truth really is stranger than fiction. You wonder why companies employ PR firms, image consultants and people to put out the fires which spring up in the course of doing business. You always want to put your best face forward to the press and the public. The problem with IEAH stable seems to be they [...] Read more:firing
Horse Racing Networking Group on Linkedin 2008-07-24 10:39:32 For those of you unfamiliar with Linkedin, it is a great networking tool, totally free. The way it works is you join and invite connections. You then have access to their connections as well. I joined about a year ago and have over 1500 connections. This links me to over 10,311,800 professionals. So yes, [...] Read more:Horse
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