Archive for 2012

TVG’s Christina Blacker Joins HRRN Broadcast Team For 2012 Edition Horse Racing Radio Network (HRRN), the Eclipse Award-winning broadcast organization based in Lexington, KY, announced Monday it will provide 20 hours of on-site Breeders’ Cup coverage live from Santa Anita Park beginning Tuesday, October 30. HRRN’s coverage kicks off Tuesday morning with the network’s popular […]

BY JUDE T. FELD Mike Penna and I will be hosting LEXUS, the sponsors of our popular “Equine Forum” radio show, at Keeneland this afternoon as they also sponsor the Raven Run (G2) at the Lexington track. Here is a copy of the selection sheet that the guests will receive: 1st Race) Trainer Mike Maker […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer It was an international weekend in Thoroughbred racing, with Europeans dominating in Canada and promising youngsters in England and Italy. While there were big purses and excellent runners in action all over North America, it seemed few if any of the weekend contests would have much bearing on the […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Cirrus De Aigles’ dominating performance in Saturday’s Prix Dollar (G2) should set him up perfectly for his meeting with the great Frankel at Ascot. Andrew Chesser Photo The stars were in just the right alignment for the French filly Solemia Sunday above the Bois de Boulogne. Japanese star Orfevre […]

October 5, 2012 – “An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile hoping it will eat him last.” Winston Churchill

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Camelot looks to add the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1) to his already outstanding resume this weekend at Longchamp.RP Photo Europe’s premier race meeting runs this weekend in Paris, minus some of the top expected players but tres bon nonetheless. Keeneland and Hawthorne are under way with enthusiasm […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Despite obvious Breeders’ Cup prep races all over the landscape, weekend racing did little to point the way to November’s World Championship winners. The biggest race of the weekend produced one of the biggest upsets. Some of the winners were testing new surfaces, looking for their best shot in […]

September 10, 2012 – “If you can’t explain it to a six-year-old, you don’t understand it yourself.” Albert Einstein

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer From the Super Derby in Louisiana to a super filly in Ireland, it was a superior weekend in Thoroughbred racing. Even before the leaves begin changing colors, racing started its fall shift with Belmont Park opening in New York and Sha Tin kicking off the season in Hong Kong. […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer A mild upset in the weekend’s biggest race in New York and a classy win in southern Germany’s setpiece event highlighted weekend racing. Sandwiched in between was a buffet of tasty racing treats, many of them likely to flavor the rapidly approaching year-end races. And, Sunday’s Labor Day desserts […]