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Blood-Horse- Phippses Selling Some Mares at Keeneland September 9, 2010
- THS: Presque Isle Downs Masters and Mile September 9, 2010
- Cloudy's Knight Makes Return in KY Cup Turf September 9, 2010
- News Feature: Frying Plan September 9, 2010
- Alabama Dog Track to Use Escrowed Funds September 9, 2010
- Thoroughbred Times
- Zoffany takes aim at second Grade 1 win in National September 9, 2010
- TVG exclusive broadcast partner for Oak Tree at Hollywood September 9, 2010
- J P’s Gusto too strong in Del Mar Futurity September 8, 2010
- Rough Sailing tries Polytrack in Arlington-Washington Futurity September 8, 2010
- Ticket sales for 2010 Breeders’ Cup ahead of last year’s pace September 8, 2010
Under Wraps Archive
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WinStar Derby – what was could be what is again
Posted on March 28, 2010 | No CommentsI remember watching one of the first runnings of the Sunland Park Derby several years ago and thinking it was an interesting ungraded Kentucky Derby prep. It was like shipping your horse to Turf Paradise just to get him away from the SoCal powerhouses –... -
Media Chemistry: Picking a Horse, Not a Guy
Posted on November 9, 2009 | 1 CommentGet a group of horseplayers together and ask ‘em who they like and it’s going to sound a lot like this: Racing is a sport built on debate – do you see a toteboard in the middle of Lambeau Field? No. That’s because racing (unlike... -
Classic Day: Truly A Zen Moment
Posted on November 7, 2009 | No CommentsFor the 4th time this year, I get to write a blog about a filly beating the boys impressively in a major stake. But, for the 1st time this year, this is not a story about Rachel Alexandra. The list of racing’s greatest mares includes... -
Ladies Day: Who’s Your Mama?
Posted on November 6, 2009 | No CommentsA non-TrackRat friend asked me earlier this month why the Breeders’ Cup is special. “The Kentucky Derby is like the MLB All Star Game,” he said, “everyone’s heard of it, even if we don’t really understand exactly what it is.” If the Derby is the... -
Pure Magic: Drop the R-Bomb, Not the S-Bomb
Posted on September 5, 2009 | No CommentsMy Grandpa Dave led the world’s greatest Passover seder: there was a soundtrack and special lighting and such an audience that it required the entire ballroom of a Los Angeles Sheraton. Trust me, it rocked. And I used to love when he’d pick a different... -
How Apropos: Summer Bird
Posted on August 29, 2009 | No CommentsBefore I start to extoll the virtues of a small trainer from a small circuit with a small pool of owners with a small horse … let me take a second to make 2 points very very very clear: #1- Can we all stop with... -
Bullseye: Eye of the Leopard in the Queen’s Plate
Posted on June 24, 2009 | No CommentsAll right, race fans, we need to take a good long look at our neighbors to the north. Canada – and Woodbine in particular – do racing so right. Having spent two days here, I’m hooked. What started Saturday with amazing hospitality from the press... -
Belmont Bits: The Recap
Posted on June 6, 2009 | No CommentsAs they loaded into the Belmont starting gate, my mother called asking who was going to win. My answer was a son of Birdstone owned by doctors and ridden by a Cajun jockey. But I forgot one very important thing: there were two of those... -
See my pinky? See my thumb? See Rachel Alexandra coming, you’d better run!
Posted on May 16, 2009 | 1 CommentI’m in the sport of Thoroughbred racing because my great-grandfather was a professional gambler who ran with Bugsy Siegel and called Santa Anita his office. It was his love for the “horse beach” (as it was called by the kids), that led to Nana bringing... -
The Kentucky Derby: Mind the Small Moments (and That Bird)
Posted on May 2, 2009 | 1 CommentMy first Kentucky Derby was watching Smarty Jones win from the roof of Churchill with two secret service snipers. My second was seeing Big Brown cruise home from the Press Box. My third, this year: from the winner’s circle and then chasing jockeys through the...