Archive for 2010

April 20, 2010 – “We’re not going to the junior prom here. We had better get ready.” D. Wayne Lukas on training Dublin for the Kentucky Derby.

By Jude T. Feld The road makes its final bend toward Churchill Downs on Saturday. How will the Coolmore Lexington (G2) affect the Kentucky Derby picture? Our friend Dick Downey, who covers the Triple Crown like nobody else we know, served this up on his www.thedowneyprofile.com: “There are Kentucky Derby implications embedded in the Coolmore […]

April 13, 2010 – “All brave men love; for he only is brave who has affections to fight for.” Nathaniel Hawthorne

By Jude T. Feld WinStar Farm’s Endorsement worked a super half-mile in :46 2/5, under trainer Shannon Ritter, Friday morning at Keeneland. Could he be sitting on a Kentucky Derby (G1) victory? With all the excitement last weekend’s Toyota Blue Grass (G1) and Arkansas Derby (G1) promised, the races left Derby trail followers feeling a […]

April 9, 2010 – “Remember, Lady Godiva put all she had on a horse and she lost her shirt!” W. C. Fields

By Jude T. Feld The field listed on Keeneland’s Toyota Blue Grass (G1) draw board.KeenelandPhoto To read our Kentucky Derby Radar – Chapter 6 click here. With only three weeks to the Kentucky Derby (G1) it is time to sort the contenders from the pretenders. There is only one last-ditch chance for three-year-olds to amass […]

April 8, 2010 – “He was so learned that he could name a horse in nine languages; so ignorant that he bought a cow to ride on.” Benjamin Franklin

By Jude T. Feld Eskendereya’s huge Wood Memorial (G1) victory makes it a strong possibilty that we could see the Zayat Stable silks in the Churchill Downs winners’ circle on the first Saturday in May. Last weekend’s racing underlined the fact that Lookin At Lucky and Eskendereya are probably the best three-year-old colts in the […]

By Jude T. Feld Will Lookin At Lucky win the Santa Anita Derby (G1) as easily as he would capture the Derby Day 5K? To read our Kentucky Derby Radar – Chapter 5 click here. With four weeks to the big dance it is make or break for many three-year-olds competing along the testing Triple […]

March 30, 2010 – ” A lot of good arguments are spoiled by some fool who knows what he is talking about.” Miguel de Unamuno