{Sunday, May 31, 2009} BELMONT PACE MAY HURT 'BIRD' May 31, 2009

The defection of Rachel Alexandra from Saturday's Belmont Stakes could be a double-edged sword for Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird. On one hand, the gutsy

{Saturday, May 30, 2009} RECENT HISTORY SAYS LONG SHOT WILL WIN

May 30, 2009

THERE was a widely-held assumption that next Saturday's Belmont Stakes was going to be a two-horse race, but with Rachel Alexandra's withdrawal last

{Friday, May 29, 2009} Should Rachel Run At Belmont? Curlin was a four-legged Adonis, equine eye candy with world-class talent. Yet on that August day at Monmouth Park, the huge chestnut colt didn't look like himself. He'd trained

{Thursday, May 28, 2009} Borel winning in bunches LOUISVILLE, Ky. - When the Belmont Stakes is run in a little more than a week, Calvin Borel has a chance to become the first jockey ever to sweep the Triple Crown on different horses. Knowing

{Tuesday, May 26, 2009} BRIBON CLAIMS MET MILE
NO DECISION YET ON RACHEL BELMONT, N.Y. - Bribon picked the most opportune time to record back-to-back wins. In what was considered a wide-open renewal of the Grade 1, $600,000 Shadwell

{Monday, May 25, 2009} Rachel Alexandra: All Eyes On Monday Workout Jess Jackson did not buy Rachel Alexandra to run in the Delaware Oaks or the Alabama Stakes and then to finish up a sensational (and safe) 3-year-old campaign in

{Sunday, May 24, 2009} LIGHT TRAINING NOT THE PATH TO CROWN RACHEL Alexandra and Mine That Bird hardly had flashed under the wire in their stirring Preakness showdown, before Birdie's trainer Chip Woolley announced he was heading straight

{Friday, May 22, 2009}   Brave Victory, Miner's Escape breeze for Belmont At Belmont Park on Thursday, the Nick Zito-trained pair of BRAVE VICTORY (Lion Heart) and MINER'S ESCAPE (Mineshaft) breezed a half-mile in company

{Thursday, May 21, 2009} Belmont next for Charitable Man William K. Warren's CHARITABLE MAN (Lemon Drop Kid), winner of the Peter Pan S. (G2), will start in the 141st running of the $1 million Belmont S. (G1) on June 6, trainer Kiaran

{Monday, May 18, 2009} Can filly be a game-changer for horse racing? BALTIMORE — Standing just inside the indoor paddock at Pimlico to get out of the spitting rain falling outside, Bob Baffert was watching the Preakness Stakes post parade

{Sunday, May 17, 2009} SUPERSTAR FILLY JOINS RACING IMMORTALS BALTIMORE -- They have been calling her Alexandra the Great but today she has a spanking new name. Call her Alexandra the Greatest. Rachel Alexandra, the filly hyped to

{Friday, May 15, 2009} Preakness hopefuls begin final preparations The Florida-bred BIG DRAMA (Montbrook) has finished first in his last six races and would be seeking his seventh straight victory in Saturday's Preakness

{Tuesday, May 12, 2009} Mine That Bird works for Preakness; rival owners won't block Rachel Alexandra Trainer Bennie "Chip" Woolley Jr. waited until after the renovation break to send Kentucky Derby (G1) winner MINE THAT BIRD

{Monday, May 11, 2009} 'Rachel' Works Sharply In Kentucky For Middle Jewel; Two New Shooters Could Exclude Filly From Field By By MJC
May 10, 2009
BALTIMORE, 05-10-09---Kentucky Oaks winner Rachel Alexandra

{Thursday, May 07, 2009} Solid Field Entered For Peter Pan At Belmont The lone graded stakes winner in the field, Mr. and Mrs. William K. Warren’s Charitable Man will continue on his comeback trail when lining up for the $200,000 Peter

{Monday, May 04, 2009} Mine That Bird To Run In Preakness  Derby Note From Jim Hurley: I said all along

{Sunday, May 03, 2009} Mine That Bird Stuns Derby At 50-1 LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Trainer Bennie Woolley Jr. was running a horse in the Kentucky Derby for the first time, and he wasn't going to let a little thing like a broken leg keep him

{Friday, May 01, 2009} SOME PRICES IN THIS WIDE OPEN FIELD
by Ray Kerrison LOUISVILLE -- Against a backdrop of injured dropouts, confusing surface switches, weird speed figures, unseasoned horses and shippers from the