Archive for 2010

By Jude T. Feld The week before Christmas and the week after are really rather barren for Thoroughbred racing aficionados. Most major tracks are closed. The minor ones offer little to be thankful for. And even if you find a decent card somewhere, Mother Nature is likely to have a say in the outcome. So […]

December 17, 2010 – “By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you’ll be happy. If you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher.” Socrates

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer The running of the Japan Cup Dirt and preparations for Hong Kong’s big races dominated racing news on a slow weekend for American racing. Only a smattering of graded stakes and a few races for juveniles spiced up the domestic menu. Japan Transcend led all the way in Sunday’s […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer A tasty menu of big races for 2-year-olds highlighted a Thanksgiving weekend stuffed full of graded stakes action. From California through Kentucky and Toronto and on to New York, early prospects for the 2011 Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks were scrapping for a piece of the graded stakes earnings […]

November 26, 2010 – “In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different.” Coco Chanel

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing WriterBig money for the youngsters in Louisiana and final preps for Hong Kong’s big December races highlighted the weekend program. With $1 million on the line and Grade III status, the Delta Downs Jackpot is effectively a “Win and You’re In” for the following year’s Kentucky Derby – an irresistible […]

November 23, 2010 – “An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.” Agatha Christie

November 18, 2010 – “Success without honor is an unseasoned dish. It will satisfy your hunger but it won’t taste good.” Joe Paterno

November 15, 2010 – “In victory you deserve champagne; in defeat you need it.” Napoleon Bonaparte

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Some of the youngsters who were not quite ready for the Breeders’ Cup events started to make themselves known in weekend races on both coasts. At Calder Race Course in south Florida, especially, some contenders for 2011’s earliest Triple Crown preps may have surfaced during the eight-race “Florida Million” […]