{Monday, November 30, 2009} Borel, Leparoux tie for leading jockey at Churchill fall meet Calvin Borel had twice seen Churchill Downs riding titles slip away by the slimmest of margins to Julien Leparoux, but the two-time

{Friday, November 27, 2009} BIG DOINGS AT BIG A
Trainer Rick Dutrow, he of Big Brown fame, currently is under suspension for a drug violation in Kentucky, but no matter. In his absence, his horses are running under the name of his top

{Monday, November 23, 2009} A BLAST FROM THE PAST No doubt many of us remember Hialeah Park from its glory days when the Miami facility was second to one, and attracted the best racehorses in North America. From a personal viewpoint, I had

{Friday, November 20, 2009} TWO HOT TRAINERS
by John Piesen At last look, trainers Mike Hushion and Chad Brown are a combined 12-for-17 at the Aqueduct meet. Needless to say, fantastic numbers. The laws of physics

{Tuesday, November 17, 2009} THE BOY FROM BROOKLYN
by John Piesen John Parisella and Bobby Frankel grew up on the mean streets of East Brooklyn, enjoyed playing the horses, and at a young age turned their

{Monday, November 16, 2009} Dominguez, Maragh dominate NYSS at Aqueduct UNCLE T SEVEN (Freud) gave jockey Ramon Dominguez a stakes double on Sunday at Aqueduct, rallying on the turn and going on to a 4 3/4-length victory over Mr. Windjammer

{Thursday, November 12, 2009}   ZENYANDRA GETS MY VOTE It was 9:30 a.m., PST, when I finally got around to opening some e-mail. Normally, I’m not jet-lagged going East to West, only on the return home. Not so this time and I needed to

{Tuesday, November 10, 2009} A PLACE IN THE SUN
by John Piesen  Don't be fooled by the title to this column. This is not about the all-time great Liz Taylor film of that name. No, we're talking about the

{Monday, November 09, 2009} ZENYATTA'S GREAT...BUT RACHEL'S STILL BETTER We may never get to the bottom of her speed and power. The great Zenyatta dis¬played everything that is noble about the thoroughbred in the Breeders’ Cup Classic

{Sunday, November 08, 2009} Girl Power rules in Classic! Owners Jerry and Ann Moss and trainer John Shirreffs have received flak all year long for keeping their star runner ZENYATTA (Street Cry [Ire]) competing against the girls. On Saturday,

{Friday, November 06, 2009} LADIES DAY? When the Breeders' Cup people decided last year to expand the Big Day into Two Big Days, they chose to run the girls on Friday, and the boys on Saturday. And that is virtually again

{Thursday, November 05, 2009}   FOCUS ON WHO'S THERE Let's get over who isn't running in this Breeders' Cup, No. 1 being Rachel Alexandra, and celebrate who is.


Sure, it would be nice to have had the superstar

{Tuesday, November 03, 2009} A CLASSIC CLASSIC
by John Piesen Despite the defections of Rachel Alexandra and Sea the Stars, arguably the world's two best racehorses, this is the deepest and most talented Classic field in

{Monday, November 02, 2009} MCPEEK ROLLING INTO BREEDERS WITH FIVE CHANCES After taking a sabbatical from training for nearly a year in 2005 and ’06, trainer Ken McPeek figured he would need three years for his stable to completely bounce