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Stallion Durability

From the department of It’s About Time, there’s finally a sire durability index, compliments of the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation and The Jockey Club. This list (PDF) only covers stallions standing in North America (or recently standing in North America) and their Northern Hemisphere offspring, but it’s a good start.

In what will probably not […]

Travers Weekend Roundup

Hard Spun and Street Sense both stepped up to the plate this weekend and proved they could win in a situation where they were truly challenged. I was also pleased that I’d picked Shakis to win the Bernard Baruch and was a little surprised to see he returned as much as he did.

Despite somewhat […]

Saratoga Eve

It’s almost Saratoga time and the rumors swirl — will The Green Monkey debut? Is something wrong with Rags to Riches? (and no, I don’t have any inside information on that one). Will Sun King finally score a grade I victory? Steve Haskin makes his case, and it is a compelling one:

Perhaps the most […]

Del Cap Weekend

On paper, this Sunday’s Del Cap looks to be a showdown between the Todd Pletcher-trained Indian Vale and Patrick Biancone’s Asi Siempre. While I have a lot of respect for both mares, it’s impossible to ignore the little matter of Patrick Biancone and the Cobra Venom in the Fridge. You could argue that it’s admirable […]

Belmont Morning Quiz

Here’s a quick essay question for you early risers: Describe what these two horses have in common, as well as their differences.

Need a little help? Here goes:

Similarities: Horse A cost $16 million as a two-year old, making him the most expensive horse sold at auction in the US. Horse B cost […]

Green With Envy?

There is a wonderful summing-up of what $16 million could buy you in terms of Derby horses on ESPN.com; among the highlights:

All 20 of this year’s Kentucky starters would cost much, much less. Based on actual auction prices and estimates on the homebreds, maybe about 13 million give or take a few bags of […]

They Smile When They Are Low

The New York Times is in full pre-Derby mode with three feature stories (and more to come); one on Michael Matz and a nicely detailed piece on the road Nobiz Like Shobiz has followed to get to the Derby. It includes some interesting statistics which are probably not news to most hard-core racing fans, but […]

Green Monkey Alert!

Watch the skies! The Green Monkey will be returning to training in the not-terribly-distant future. There’s no word on the future plans for his more moderately priced (at $9.7 million) Godolphin counterpart Jalil.

No particular goals were mentioned either, but I’m presuming we won’t be seeing either of them at the Willowdale Steeplechase (at least […]

Comings and Goings

The Breeders’ Cup may be over (and, sadly, a chapter closed when Pine Island was buried at Claiborne) but auction and retirement season is in full swing. Just about 48 hours after competing in the Distaff, Sharp Lisa went through the ring, bringing a price of $3.4 million. Apparently she’s set for a visit with […]

(Late) Weekend Round-up and The Strange Case of Sis City

While perhaps not quite as impressively as Bernardini (but impressive nonetheless), Bluegrass Cat marked himself as a three-year-old to watch (again). ESPN correctly describes his victory in the Haskell as a ‘romp‘ — it will be interesting to see him face off against Bernardini as well as older horses.

Speaking of older horses, Invasor continued […]

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