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Time, Like An Ever-Rolling Stream

Today’s first point of order is a welcome to new readers from TheRail – thank you for stopping by, it’s lovely to have you visit. And so on to business. As in politics, a week is a long time in horse racing. Only two short months ago, The Blood-Horse ran this headline:

Unknowns Big […]

Big Drama

While much of the news over the long weekend focused on Big Brown’s latest quarter crack (Fran’s HoofBlog will be getting more details direct from his farrier later in the week, so keep checking for updates), the rumors over who will ride Casino Drive continue to swirl. Garrett Gomez is now definitely out of that […]

We Criticize Because We Love

There are some great moments in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. There are also a number of brain-hurtingly bad things that could have been easily avoided with just a quick glance at Google Maps which make someone like me with a bunch of otherwise useless degrees in drinking archaeology get rather […]

Jockey Changes and Lawsuits

While it may seem as though it’s all Big Brown, all the time (and hey, you may as well get it while you can), there are, in fact, some older horses in training. Brass Hat (pictured) takes aim at the Louisville Handicap this weekend. He’ll be the high weight in the mile and a half […]

Speaking of Big Brown…

Big Brown has settled in well at Belmont:

Big Brown’s co-owner, Mike Iavarone, revealed the unbeaten three-year-old has already acclimatised to New York life.

“Once he arrived at Barn Two, Big Brown made himself at home,” said Iavarone.

“He munched some hay, awaited for his red, rubber […]

Horses Americans Should Know II: Soviet Song

Welcome to the second installment in our occasional series. Today’s featured horse is Irish-bred, British-based mare Soviet Song.

Soviet Song was bred and raced by Elite Racing Club; she remains a part of their operation today as a broodmare. The Club’s structure is one that would be most welcome in American racing; […]

More Work To Do

Even if he is victorious at Belmont in a little less than three weeks, Big Brown still has a way to go to prove he belongs in the pantheon with Secretariat et al. — and facing Curlin would go a long way toward addressing that (yes, sometimes I agree with Andrew Beyer — it happens!). […]

Effortless, And Rightly So

Big Brown’s easy Preakness victory was certainly visually impressive; it seemed absolutely effortless, and Kent Desormeaux seemed to be spending more time on slowing him down than anything else. Clearly the horse enjoyed his win — ears up, great demeanor; it’s a shame he will likely only experience the thrill of running once more, given […]

The Preakness Field

I hope to be checking in during today’s Black Eyed Susan and will be watching the Preakness undercard tomorrow; in the meantime, here is the Official Superfecta Preakness Field Evaluation:

1) Macho Again – He may prefer a shorter race; he seems to love about 7 furlongs.

2) Tres Borrachos – Trained by Beau Greely […]

Pardon Me While I Don My Tin Foil Hat

While we await the details of Big Brown’s massive stud deal (since that’s clearly going to overshadow anything he’s ever going to accomplish on the track in his final two starts), we can examine a few of the other related story lines.

Andrew Beyer’s article on IEAH and their Wall-Street-style […]

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