Archive for 2008

April 28, 2008 – “What do you call a lesbian from outer space?…Alien DeGeneres.” Craig Ferguson

Big Brown and Kent DesormeauxJohn M. Weber Photo International sports handicapper Carlo “The Iron Horse” Campanella, a regular vistor at racehorsereport.com, sent along his personal Kentucky Derby analysis for the benefit of our readers. You can read more by Carlo at vegasexperts.com and lazerwager.com. Still Eight Left By Jude T. Feld BIG BROWN – I […]

April 14, 2008 – “Everyone loves a French cowboy.” Jockey Julien Leparoux at the Don MacBeth Fund Team Penning

By “J. T.” Feld Cliff Guilliams It was 1978 when I first laid eyes on Cliff Guilliams. He was a big fella with a large mustache, loud husky drawl and hairy legs hanging out of grey polyester coach’s shorts. “I’m Cliff Guilliams,” he said to me in the Ellis Park pressbox. “If you need anything […]

April 11, 2008 – “Nothing dries faster than tears of appreciation.” John Carlton

By Jude T. Feld Lexingtonians are more used to this kind of Kentucky bear. Dany Dion was downing a few pints at a local pub when a friend of his offered him an interest in a racehorse. Having had just enough to drink, Dion bought of a piece of his buddy’s runner, In Pursuit, and […]

April 10, 2008 – “It’s never ‘just a game’ when you’re winning.” George Carlin

April 8, 2008 – “Buy land because they’re not making it anymore.” Mark Twain

April 6, 2008 – “In a country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.” John Ray

By Jude T. Feld Hall of Fame trainer Nick Zito said Robert LaPenta’s heavily favored War Pass didn’t have a fever before his Tampa Bay Derby (G3) debacle.John M. Weber Photo War Pass capped his perfect two-year-old season last year with a resounding victory in the Bessemer Trust Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1), causing racing pundits […]