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Will Friday be Blind Luck's lucky day? Breeders’ Cup pre-entries are out, so it’s time for the handicapping to begin in earnest. Here are a few initial thoughts on Friday’s races: Marathon Horse (weight) / Trainer A. U. Miner (126) / Hanna Eldaafer (126) / D. Alvarado Temple City (126) / Gaines Awesome […] We here at Superfecta HQ have long been fans of Brass Hat – and that’s not something you can say about many racehorses these days. His first mention on this site came in June 2006, in the wake of his still-irksome DQ from his gutsy second place finish in the Dubai World Cup. (In what […] William Nack’s Secretariat: The Making of a Champion is, far and away, the finest book ever written about horse racing. No one else has so convincingly portrayed the dramatics, enthusiasm and sense of serving as a witness to history that Nack took on in documenting Secretariat’s origins and Triple Crown. For those of us who […] In a word: Goldikova. A second semi-word: threepeat. Let’s see it happen. I had been planning a blog comeback for next week, coinciding with the release of Secretariat (the film, not some sort of terrifying reanimated zombie Secretariat), but a number of news stories earlier in the day – notably Kingmambo being pensioned and Real Quiet’s death in Pennsylvania yesterday – seemed likely to get me back […] You should know who these men are It may have been a pokey Belmont, but it was nice to see Bill Mott add a Triple Crown win to his resume, and we’ve got summer and fall racing to look forward to. WinStar farm will have to decide how to manage their two classic winners, […] It'll be Ice Box – unless it's not. True, it may not seem like the most distinguished group ever to line up for the Belmont – but where they truly fit in is hard to judge at this point in the year; someone could become a break-out star. Nick Zito makes a good point […] Is Gio Ponti still on Dubai time? First, the bad news – last year’s Belmont champ Summer Bird has been retired.  It’s particularly unfortunate, as he seemed to be coming into his own toward the end of last season, just before the injury.  Given the economy and the timing of his retirement […] Doing what he does best While things remain ludicrously busy in Superfectaland (a new job, Philly Beer Week and the World Cup are all converging), we don’t want to neglect racing, especially during Met Mile/Belmont week. First, of course, we must give props to Quality Road in the Met Mile for another fine performance. […] The equine Bill Bryson? The Met Mile takes place on Monday, and it’s generating some interest overseas; Britain’s Racing Post seems more excited about seeing Quality Road back in action than most of our domestic racing press does at this point – the race will even be shown live on At The Races. (Will […] |
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