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Racehorses in History

March: Ta Wee
1966-1980
Why: A half-sister to Dr. Fager, Ta Wee won 15 of her 21 starts, including the Vosburgh and the Miss Woodford; her victories came despite imposts of up to 142 pounds. She was the granddam of Holy Bull.

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While the dust settles from the Triple Crown and many of the 3-year-olds take a little break (literally, in the case of Dunkirk, who is having surgery for a left hind fracture – although with luck he should be back in the fall – although it still adds fuel to the Unbridled’s Song = ’soft [...]

June 9th, 2009 | Category: Asiatic Boy, Curlin, Dunkirk, Einstein, Secretariat | One comment

Belmont Stakes Wrap-up

Apologies for the abrupt end of the live-blog on Saturday, but the wireless was getting increasingly temperamental – and we had some tickets that needed cashing.

All in all, this year’s Belmont was a great day out – perfect weather, a great undercard and an exciting Belmont Stakes. The fact that we left the track [...]

June 8th, 2009 | Category: Better Talk Now, Brass Hat, Court Vision, Dunkirk, Einstein, Mine That Bird, Rachel Alexandra, Summer Bird | 5 comments

2009 Belmont Stakes: On The Record

Yesterday we took a look at the Belmont undercard, so today, it’s time for the main event.

1 / Chocolate Candy / G. Gomez / J. Hollendorfer / 10-1I’ve been excited about Chocolate Candy for a while, and [...]

June 5th, 2009 | Category: Chocolate Candy, Dunkirk, Mine That Bird | Leave a comment

With I Want Revenge Out…

I’m now going for Friesan Fire/Papa Clem/Chocolate Candy/General Quarters in my boxed superfecta (although I am not loving the prices on FF/GQ). If Pioneerof the Nile stays at good odds, he’ll get a little support too.

If it stays wet, I’ll also put something on Dunkirk. Hmm…

Quite a surprising start to Derby morning so [...]

May 2nd, 2009 | Category: Chocolate Candy, Dunkirk, Friesan Fire, Musket Man, Papa Clem | Leave a comment

2009 Kentucky Derby: On the Record

It’s official – I’ve (almost) made some decisions. Without further ado, here is your official Superfecta Kentucky Derby handicapping exercise for 2009 – as ever, with the note that my recent successes with Smarty Jones and Barbaro are tempered by the fact that my last correctly-predicted winner was Winning Colors in 1988. You [...]

May 1st, 2009 | Category: Barbaro, Chocolate Candy, Curlin, Dunkirk, Friesan Fire, I Want Revenge, Papa Clem, Smarty Jones, Winning Colors | One comment

In Case of Rain…

It may be Kentucky Oaks Eve, but I seem to be spending most of my time looking at the weather for Saturday. If the predicted deluge does indeed materialize around post time, I’m leaning toward a Friesan Fire/General Quarters/Dunkirk trifecta (even though I’m not otherwise on the Dunkirk bandwagon). However, I could also [...]

April 30th, 2009 | Category: Chocolate Candy, Dunkirk, Friesan Fire, I Want Revenge, Papa Clem, Pioneerof the Nile, Rachel Alexandra, Zenyatta | Leave a comment

Nearly There

The best story to come out of last weekend’s Derby preps is certainly that of General Quarters; the Blue Grass victor’s tale has all the elements of a perfect script: former claimer, slow to mature, and single-horse owner-trainer (although, as the Blood-Horse pointed out, he’s had a little help here and there, which is no [...]

April 14th, 2009 | Category: Dunkirk, Eight Belles, Friesan Fire, I Want Revenge, Old Fashioned, Papa Clem | 2 comments

We’re Leaving Ground

Much of the talk surrounding Saturday’s Florida Derby is over the much-hyped and little-raced Dunkirk, who needs a win to ensure he’s got the graded earnings to make the Kentucky Derby field. To that end, his connections have provided a pricey rabbit in the form of Europe – a $2.6 million dollar yearling purchase [...]

March 26th, 2009 | Category: Dunkirk | 7 comments