Archive for 2011

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Classy racehorses, sand, surf and turf dominate the final 10 days of the Del Mar racing season.Del Mar Photo The Labor Day weekend unofficially closes out summer and semiofficially kicks off the final push toward November’s Breeders’ Cup World Championships. Headlined by Saturday’s $750,000, Grade I Woodward Stakes for […]

August 23, 2011 – “He was tall. He could dance the tango. And if you dance the tango with a nice, tall man, you know what eventually will happen, don’t you?” Nancy Wake

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Royal Delta made short work of five rivals in Saturday’s $500,000, Grade I Alabama Stakes at Saratoga, turning the tables on a couple of the nation’s best 3-year-old fillies. With Jose Lescano up, Royal Delta sat back of a moderate pace through the early furlongs of the Spa classic, […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer A million dollar secret for a very happpy Thoroughbred racehorse. There’s something for everyone – at least for the horses – on this weekend’s Thoroughbred racing schedule, right down to petting and peppermints. Saturday’s $500,000, Grade I Alabama for 3-year-old fillies at Saratoga highlights the action and could be […]

August 9, 2011 – “Falling out of love is chiefly a matter of forgetting how charming someone is.” Iris Murdoch

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Welcome to “The Spa!” To hear trainer James Bond tell it, the muddled handicap division suddenly is clear and his horse, Tizway, is on the road to winning the Breeders’ Cup Classic. After all, Tizway’s sire, Tiznow, won the Classic twice. And after cruising to victory in Saturday’s $750,000, […]

August 6, 2011 – “Normal is not something to aspire to, it’s something to get away from.” Jodie Foster

August 4, 2011 – “The only way to let your dreams come true is to wake up.” Paul Valery

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Haskell (G1) winner Coil adds his name to the list of prominent sophomres fighting for year-end honors.BENOIT PHOTO And so it goes with this year’s 3-year-old Thoroughbreds: Five big races, five different winners. Coil, a late-blooming son of Point Given, shipped across the country to win Sunday’s $1 million, […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer This weekend’s $1 million Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park and $500,000 Jim Dandy at Saratoga could help crown this year’s 3-year-old champion. There’s a lot of racing still to come, including the $1 million Travers Stakes – the “Midsummer Derby” – a month down the road at the Spa […]