Archive for 2012

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer It was a weekend for looking ahead in Thoroughbred racing — to the Preakness Stakes, to Singapore, to the Epsom Derby, to Royal Ascot and beyond. While there were some big races at Belmont Park and Hollywood Park, even those looked like preliminaries for the summertime fixtures that lead […]

May 11, 2012 – “If you bungle raising your children, I don’t think whatever else you do well matters very much.” Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

Jude T. Feld Bob trying not to call attention to himself during a Keeneland sale. My grandmother was standing over the ironing board, spraying starch on one of my Dad’s white shirts when the phone rang. “Oh precioso,” she said in Spanglish. “Roberto. Oh precioso.” It was then I knew I had another brother and […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer I’ll Have Another won the Kentucky Derby with a “one day at a time” approach and his owner thinks that bodes well for the rest of the Triple Crown chase. No horse has won the Triple Crown — the Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes — since Affirmed in 1978. […]

By Jude T. Feld Follow @racehorsereport 4TH Race) VERTIFORMER ran a lot better than his line indicates. Hot riding James Graham got to know him last time out and will time his finish better today. SOUPER SPECTACULAR has always had ability but has yet to break through. He is now in the barn of Hall […]

By Jude T. Feld Follow @racehorsereport 4th Race) FUNNY PROPOSITION has lived up to her Saratoga Yearling Sale hype and should appreciate the added distance of today’s race. CRESPANO has improved off her two-year-old season and is back in the Todd Pletcher stable. She can be counted on for a good effort. IRE broke her […]

By Jude T. Feld Follow @racehorsereport Just days until the Kentucky Derby (G1) and my list of contenders is narrowing. This is an unusually strong crop of three-year-olds. The 2011 Grey Goose Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) has proven to be the “key race” of the century with nine sophomore stakes winners eminating from that event. […]

April 24, 2012 – “Having your book turned into a movie is like seeing your oxen turned into bouillon cubes.” John le Carre

By Jude T. Feld Follow @racehorsereport With the Kentucky Derby (G1) just a couple of weeks away, it is time to post the list of three-year-olds I am considering for America’s greatest race. It is an unusually strong group this year, so there are more horses on this list than usual. In my capacity as […]

April 12, 2012 – “Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.” Socrates