{Wednesday, May 28, 2008} CHURCHILL DOWNS NOTEBOOK A pair of graded events took place over the Memorial Day weekend. Louisville H. (G3): Claiborne Farm's homebred LATTICE (Arch) returned to his winning ways with a smart,

{Tuesday, May 27, 2008} Belmont Profile: Behindatthebar Behindatthebar comes into the Belmont Stakes (gr. I) a fresh horse, having scratched from the May 17 Preakness Stakes (gr. I) due to a bruised left front foot. But the son of Forest Wildcat hasn't

{Monday, May 26, 2008} Big Brown found to have 'slight' quarter-crack On Sunday, it was revealed that unbeaten Kentucky Derby (G1) and Preakness S. (G1) winner BIG BROWN (Boundary) has developed a "slight" quarter-crack on the inside of

{Sunday, May 25, 2008} LAND OF THE LOST
TRIPLE CROWN DREAMS BURIED AT BELMONT May 25, 2008 -- The 11 winners of the Triple Crown form the most elite fraternity in thoroughbred racing, with Big Brown poised to make it an even dozen on June 7. But we've

{Friday, May 23, 2008} BIG BROWN FULL SPEED AHEAD ON ROAD TO TRIPLE CROWN By Noel Michaels At only 23, Noel Michaels was Daily Racing Form's boy wonder, making selections at all major tracks, swapping angles with the sharpest minds

{Tuesday, May 20, 2008} Big Brown's arrival at Belmont met with much fanfare 2:05 p.m., and the dozens of photographers waiting for hours, for a horse, were about to receive the Belmont Park ground rules covering four-legged dignitaries. Don't run after

{Thursday, May 15, 2008} BIG BROWN LOOMS LARGE IN PREAKNESS By Noel Michaels At only 23, Noel Michaels was Daily Racing Form's boy wonder, making selections at all major tracks, swapping angles with the sharpest minds in racing. Today,

{Sunday, May 11, 2008} Jockey Kent Desormeaux eyes Triple Crown with Big Brown Six days after Kent Desormeaux romped to victory in the Kentucky Derby aboard Big Brown - a power display by the colt that still has the Hall of Fame jockey shaking his

{Friday, May 09, 2008} Will Big Brown Bounce in Baltimore? Rick Dutrow, who once ran Golden Man in the Long Branch Stakes (gr. III) at Monmouth on a Saturday and the Leonard Richards Stakes (gr. III) at Delaware the following day (finishing third and second,

{Thursday, May 08, 2008} BELMONT NOTEBOOK Reverting to rating tactics for Belmont Park's opening day feature, the Westchester H. (G3) on Wednesday, DIVINE PARK (Chester House) was able to roll to the lead in the stretch, and then ran clear

{Monday, May 05, 2008} Superhorse Many in the industry say it's a matter of time before big spender Sheikh Mohammed, ruler of Dubai, breeds one LEXINGTON, Ky. - South Korean bloodstock agent Jay Bang attended the American thoroughbred

{Thursday, May 01, 2008} At only 23, Noel Michaels was Daily Racing Form's boy wonder, making selections at all major tracks, swapping angles with the sharpest minds in racing. Today, 13 years later, as author of Wining Angles "A To Z" and Players Angle Almanac,