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Then One Of Us Shall Be A Queen

While the will-she-or-won’t-she discussion continues over Rachel Alexandra’s possible participation in the Belmont (briefly mentioned in my latest blog posting at BelmontStakes.com), the other queen of the track is preparing to (finally) make her seasonal debut.

Zenyatta is defending her title and unbeaten record in the Milady at Hollywood Park. She won’t have much competition, […]

Possibilities

Like Val, I believe that this year’s thrilling Preakness result was the best the sport could have possibly hoped for; even before the race, I had colleagues and friends who otherwise never notice racing asking me about ‘the filly and the Derby horse’ – and even asking me to take money to Pimlico to bet […]

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 see a […]

Derby, Oaks Undercards Coming Together

Yes, we’ve heard by now that Quality Road is out of the Derby (but at least they’re doing right by the horse so we can see him later in the season) and we’ll have more Derby field discussion tomorrow, but let’s not overlook the undercards for both the Derby and Oaks – it’s going to […]

Listing

Well Armed may have had the most visually impressive victory on the Dubai World Cup card, but Timeform has ranked him the second-best horse in the world – with Dubai Duty Free winner Gladiatorus number one at a rating of 132 (in case you were wondering, the only other American-based horse apart from Well Armed […]

Goals

The Lane’s End is this weekend, but before we move on to that, I must first continue to glory in last night’s Major League Soccer season opener, in which the brand-new Seattle Sounders spanked the boys of Red Bull – it was a beautiful thing. It does make me wish we’d scheduled our trip for […]

Busy Breeding Season So Far

There’s a lot of breeding news today – yet another bay full brother to Barbaro arrived, Rags to Riches had a healthy Giant’s Causeway filly, and Dreaming of Anna is in foal to Street Cry. But perhaps the most interesting news in this genre is that Vertigineux, dam to Zenyatta and Balance, is in foal […]

In Which We Consult With An Expert

The Thoroughbred Times ran a feature article which focused on the welcome news that eight of last year’s champions will remain in training and explores some of the economic realities which have led to this unusual turn of events. However, some parts, alas, just don’t ring true – like this quote from Michael Iavarone:

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Hey, She Likes It!

There are, indeed, many things to like about ‘Jockeys‘ – the high-definition is fantastic, the action shots are great and the show has been very well-edited to keep the storylines (so far) tight and the pace steady. It even passed the test for Casa Superfecta’s courtesy race fan (who really doesn’t know/care much about jockeys/trainers/etc.) […]

Thoughts on ‘Jockeys’

Tonight, ‘Jockeys‘ premieres on Animal Planet and I’m curious to see how the show turns out (since I am not cool enough anymore to get an advance copy – it does make me miss my Women.com Entertainment days, when I got previews and press kits for everything, even if I did usually just stick them […]

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