Archive for 2007

By Ed Golden for the Oak Tree Racing Association Super Strut Under Tyler Baze Tyler Baze has overcome physical and emotional issues that might have permanently discouraged a less-determined rider. He now has his sights set with optimism on the future. The Eclipse Award winner as North America’s outstanding apprentice of 2000, Baze is winning […]

October 8, 2007 – “My grandmother has a bumper sticker on her car that says, ‘Sexy Senior Citizen.’ You don’t want to think of your grandmother that way, do you? Out entering wet shawl contests? Makes you wonder where she got that dollar she gave you for your birthday.” Andy Rooney

October 6, 2007 -“Speed never slumps.” Ron Santo – Former Cubs Third Baseman and Radio Color Man Guess Ronny’s never been to Keeneland.

By Jude T. Feld LONGCHAMP 5th Race) LIGHT SHIFT has been keeping top company and can handle soft ground. The daughter of Kingmambo from the Henry Cecil stable is already a Group 1 winner, having taken the English Oaks (G1) in June. MAHARA gets a huge rider switch to Frankie Dettori and should be used […]

October 3, 2007 – “Honesty may be the best policy, but it’s important to remember that apparently, by elimination, dishonesty is the second-best policy.” George Carlin

By Jude T. Feld Nashoba’s Key Has Seven Straight WinsBenoit Photo 1. NASHOBA’S KEY is the best turf filly or mare in training. (And her trainer, Carla Gaines, deserves a ton of credit for making her that way.) 2. Trainer Carl Nafzger has a plan with STREET SENSE and he executes it with aplomb. (Poly […]

By Jude T. Feld All eyes are on Florence, Kentucky this afternoon as Turfway Park hosts the Kentucky Cup races. Always a fun day of racing, Saturday’s card features a “Classic” matchup between the first two finishers in this year’s Kentucky Derby (G1). KADIRA exits two surprisingly strong River Downs races, including her game Pepsi […]

September 26, 2007 – “The racetrack is the only place where the windows clean the people.” Joe E. Lewis

By Jude T. Feld After MarketBenoit Photo 1. HARD SPUN – If trainer Larry Jones opts to run him in the inaugural Breeders’ Cup Mile (Should be a Grade 1), he is a lock. If Jones opts to run him in the TVG Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) instead, the son of Danzig should be the […]

September 19, 2007 – Legendary jock agent Vince DeGregory passed this on: Ben Franklin said, “In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is freedom, in water there is bacteria.” In a number of carefully controlled trials, scientists have demonstrated that if we drink one liter of water each day, at the end of the […]