{Friday, January 29, 2010} LOTS OF SUNSHINE In handicapping the $500,000 Sunshine Millions Classic Saturday afternoon at Santa Anita, Compari jumps off the page. After all, Compari, a 4-year-old gelding, has won four of five lifetime

{Thursday, January 28, 2010} John Piesen's Derby Top Ten: HORSE TRAINER BASED 1. Lookin at Lucky Baffert California 2. Winslow Homer T. Dutrow Florida 3. Buddy's

{Monday, January 25, 2010} WOODWARD WAS RACHEL'S BEST RACE There were so many top performances by 2009 Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra that it's difficult to pinpoint one as her most memorable effort of the year. Was

{Friday, January 22, 2010}   THEY'RE OFF!
The Derby Preps start Saturday!
by John Piesen Now that the Horse of the Year race thankfully is over we can get going on real racing. That of course

{Tuesday, January 19, 2010} ZENYATTA DESERVED HORSE OF THE YEAR
by John Piesen Even in defeat, Zenyatta made history. When Rachel Alexandra was announced as Horse of the Year at the Eclipse Award party Monday evening in Beverly

{Monday, January 18, 2010} Zenyatta will race this year -- thank goodness A troubled sport looking for ways to attract attention and excite fans couldn’t have received better news: Zenyatta will race this year. Brad Free of The Daily Racing

{Friday, January 15, 2010} SEIZING THE MOMENT
by John Piesen If Rachel Alexandra gets Horse of the Year, it will prove what I've suspected right along: that, when it comes to racing, the fans (players) know a lot more about what's going

{Wednesday, January 13, 2010} GO ZENYATTA The Eclipse Awards will be announced next Monday at a black-tie affair in Beverly Hills. Obviously, in this case there is no such thing as a home-field advantage, but I imagine they will tear down

{Tuesday, January 12, 2010} GO ZENYATTA
by John Piesen The Eclipse Awards will be announced next Monday at a black-tie affair in Beverly Hills. Obviously, in this case there is no such thing as a home-field advantage, but I imagine they

{Monday, January 11, 2010} Lookin at Lucky adds hood As good as Lookin at Lucky is, trainer Bob Baffert and jockey Garrett Gomez believe he can be better, and they think blinkers are the key. Lookin at Lucky worked in blinkers for the first

{Friday, January 08, 2010} ON SUPER SATURDAY AT THE GULF...
MY GULFSTREAM LONGSHOT II READY TO WIN BIG Can't think of a racing person who has had more of an up-and-down career than Angel Cordero Jr. Love him

{Thursday, January 07, 2010} THE WEEKEND AT GULFSTREAM
by John Piesen On Saturday, the eyes of the racing world will be on Gulfstream where five stakes races will be packaged as the Gulfstream Sprint Showcase: They are: 1) The $100,000

{Monday, January 04, 2010} Colt shows his Quality in Hal's Hope Edward P. Evans' homebred QUALITY ROAD (Elusive Quality) made his four-year-old debut a winning one on Sunday, drawing off to a 2 3/4-length victory in the $100,000 Hal's

{Sunday, January 03, 2010} Season of change begins at Gulfstream The 2010 Gulfstream Park meeting opens Sunday and everywhere you look there will be something new. New faces, new wrinkles, a new mall, and before the meet ends, perhaps even

{Friday, January 01, 2010} DOWN AND DIRTY
by John Piesen For racing fans in the northeast, 2010 has to be better than 2009. Doesn't it? Business at the New York tracks was down 12 per cent across the board in 2009. Stakes