Holy crap!! He's everything Gary Stevens said he was! He just *cruised* by Medaglia D'oro in the stretch of the Pacific Classic to win in a hand ride by 4 lengths, and he was running on the wrong lead through most of the race. Jockey Julie Krone is now the first female to win a $1 million race in the US. (I guess the Belmont wasn't $1 million purse ( Read more... )

MDO won the Oaklawn by three. A 9f workout as one the the TBC posters said. Maybe Bobby Frankel will send him against some real competition next time out? Sheesh.

This should be an interesting weekend of racing. Four big races to keep me glued to my TV ( Read more... )

No bob-tail nags to bet this weekend, not that I bet much anyway. I wonder how Congaree will handle the Big Cap? He ran third in Monarchos' sub 2 minute Derby, so I can't imagine he'll do too badly. I don't quite see why there's all this talk about him not being a mile and a quarter kind of horse. I haven't exactly followed his career, though, so ( Read more... )

...despite the fabulous weather. Well, fabulous in respect to the weather of the last few weeks. At a high of 45 degrees today, that's some 40 degrees warmer than it's been. It's very humid and foggy, and should be overcast all day. Which I like. It feels like slightly springish weather, like how I imagine English weather must be. Unfortunately, ( Read more... )