{Monday, March 30, 2009}   LOOKING BACK AT THE FLORIDA DERBY I should be delighted with the events of Florida Derby Day. After all, subscribers to my handicapping service (888 612 2283) were rewarded with Quality

{Thursday, March 26, 2009} THE ROAD TO THE KENTUCKY DERBY FLORIDA DERBY DAY AND THE BATTLE OF DUNKIRK Of the "Big Three" in the $750,000 Florida Derby, we pretty much know what we're going to get with

{Wednesday, March 25, 2009} DERBY DOINGS The above headline usually refers to the Kentucky Derby, but this week sports fans are  concentrating their attention on the $750,000 Florida Derby to be run late Saturday afternoon

{Monday, March 23, 2009}   SHOT OUT OF A CANNON Sports fans of a certain age surely remember the late Jimmy Cannon. Cannon -- along with colleagues Dick Young and Red Smith -- were the deans of New York sports writers for three

{Sunday, March 22, 2009} Ramon Dominguez To Be Replaced
By Jerry Bossert, New York Daily News Jockey Terry Thompson will replace Ramon Dominguez aboard Old Fashioned for the April 11 Arkansas Derby. "It's nothing against

{Friday, March 20, 2009} WHAT A HUNCH! On the same weekend that a revival of West Side Story opens on Broadway, West Side Bernie will go favored in the $500,000 Lane's End Stakes at Turfway Park. George and Lori Hall, New Jersey-based

{Wednesday, March 18, 2009} THE ROAD TO THE DERBY There may be a better guy in racing than Pat Reynolds. But maybe not. You'll recall that Pat Reynolds was the original trainer of Big Brown, but he had the rug pulled from under him when

{Monday, March 16, 2009} CHANGING OF THE GUARD Regular readers of the venue will recall that a month back we reported that barn insiders like Friesan Fire more than Old Fashioned. Bingo! Sometimes it pays to listen. While most of

{Sunday, March 15, 2009} Friesan Fire makes it look easy
By Jay Privman, The Daily Racing Form, from drf.com NEW ORLEANS - Number two packs a hell of a punch, too. There has been the perception that Friesan Fire is the understudy

{Friday, March 13, 2009} One would think that Rick Porter would be spending Saturday afternoon at Fair Grounds. After all, the Delaware-based car dealer owns a piece or all of Friesan Fire, Honest Man and Kodiak Kowboy...all of whom will be favored in

{Thursday, March 12, 2009}   Larry Jones Gears Up For Another Derby Run
Peter Finney, New Orleans Times-Picayune For the Jones family, it's Derby Fever, Act Three. As Cindy Jones remembers, Act One made her feel "like

{Tuesday, March 10, 2009} DOUBLES HIS PLEASURE I Want Revenge obviously cracked everyone's Derby Top Ten (mine included) with his Gotham Stakes blowout last Saturday at Aqueduct...but is it possible that trainer Jeff Mullins has

{Monday, March 09, 2009} Giant Oak, Free Country gear up for Louisiana Derby Louisiana Derby (G2) contenders GIANT OAK (Giant's Causeway) and FREE COUNTRY (Big Country) both turned in works over the weekend. Giant Oak exercised at Fair

{Sunday, March 08, 2009} I Want Revenge crushes rivals in Gotham Despite having to ship all the way from California and lacking any racing experience over dirt, David Joseph Lanzman's homebred I WANT REVENGE (Stephen Got Even) was

{Friday, March 06, 2009} BIG DOINGS IN GOTHAM CITY At first glance, the Gotham Stakes is no big deal. After all, there is not a single graded stakes-winner in the field of nine, and only two of the nine -- Russell Road and Haynesfield --

{Monday, March 02, 2009}
BEWARE THE RUNNERUP Quality Road is getting -- and deservedly so -- much attention in the wake of his four-length victory in the Fountain of Youth Saturday at Gulfstream Park, but it was Theregoesjojo, a fast-closing

{Sunday, March 01, 2009}   Proceed Bee Grinds Out Battaglia Victory
By Jack Shinar, Bloodhorse.com Stalking Proceed Bee collared odds-on choice Parade Clown mid-stretch and inched away in the