{Friday, February 27, 2009} TRACKING THE 3-YEAR-OLDS Born and bred in Brooklyn. Getting into horse racing as a kid. Now living the good life in suburban Central Jersey. Getting your cut at Tony's Barber Shop across the street from the Hess

{Tuesday, February 24, 2009} WHERE DO THEY GO FROM HERE? Sure saw a lot of nice horses in action across the country last weekend. In no particular order, there was Dunkirk

{Monday, February 23, 2009}   Einstein to make synthetic debut in Big 'Cap With Grade 1 wins on turf and Grade 1 placings on dirt, the next challenge for EINSTEIN (Brz) (Spend a Buck) will be a synthetic surface. After

{Sunday, February 22, 2009} Presious Passion Game in Mac Diarmida
By Jason Shandler, Bloodhorse Presious Passion proved he might just be in the top form of his career as a 6-year-old, scoring his second graded stakes victory in

{Friday, February 20, 2009} NEW SHOOTER(S) FOR DERBY Can you remember the last time when an Eclipse Award-winning jockey made a 6,000-mile, cross-country trip to ride an allowance race? I know I can not...so the news that Garrett Gomez was

{Thursday, February 19, 2009} Old Fashioned Recalls Smarty Jones
by Gary West, Telegram Sports HOT SPRINGS, Ark. -- It was dominant and convincing. It was a good start and a cogent statement. But more than anything, Old Fashioned’s

{Tuesday, February 17, 2009} WHO'S BETTER THAN OLD FASHIONED? Looks like a lot of folks took our advice. Last Friday, we suggested in this space that now was the time to get down in Churchill Downs' Kentucky Derby futures BEFORE

{Friday, February 13, 2009} TRACKING THE 3-YEAR-OLDS You don't need to be a rocket scientist to understand that if Old Fashioned is your Kentucky Derby pick, this is the time to get down in the Churchill Downs

{Monday, February 09, 2009} Scolara rallies from last to first in Marion County
by Ron Correll Haras Santa Maria de Araras’ 4-year-old homebred filly Scolara brought back a check in each of her last four stakes starts going back to last

{Sunday, February 08, 2009} Friesan Fire uses late kick to smoke field in Risen Star Stakes
by Bob Fortus, The Times-Picayune Friesen Fire won the Risen Star Stakes on Saturday at the Fair Grounds, and will run next in

{Friday, February 06, 2009} SPOTLIGHT ON FAIR GROUNDS & SANTA ANITA The national racing spotlight will shine on Fair Grounds and Santa Anita on the first Saturday of February, notably in the 3-year-old division. Of course, that makes

{Tuesday, February 03, 2009} Despite some bumps on the road, Old Fashioned as planned will make his 3-year-old debut in the $250,000 Southwest Stakes on Feb. 16 at Oaklawn Park. I know this to be a fact because I reached trainer Larry Jones on his cell phone Tuesday

{Monday, February 02, 2009} Kip Deville Turns Aside Stamina Questions Kip Deville set aside a question of his stamina capability for nine furlongs when he put away a quality field in the $300,000 Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap (gr. IT) at the

{Sunday, February 01, 2009} SARATOGA SINNER STUNS HOLY BULL Lally Stable's SARATOGA SINNER (Harlan's Holiday) wore down pacesetter Bear's Rocket (Lion Heart) in midstretch and edged clear to a three-quarters of a length decision in Saturday's