Archive for 2012

By Jude T. Feld Hansen will be heavily favored to win the $750,000 Toyota Blue Grass (G1).JOHN ENGELHARDT PHOTO With only three weeks to the Kentucky Derby (G1), it is put up or shut up time for many three-year-olds. A lot of runners this weekend have already posted enough graded earnings to get into the […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer A sizeable portion of the likely Kentucky Derby field was on display Saturday at tracks around the country. Close finishes in the Santa Anita Derby and the Wood Memorial probably propelled several horses on to the Run for the Roses. In the Illinois Derby, previously unheralded Done Talking earned […]

April 6, 2012 – “Being a celebrity is probably the closest to being a beautiful woman as you can get.” Kevin Costner

Saturday, April 7, 2012 Aqueduct Race 9 – #7 TIGER WALK has had two lousy trips on the Aqueduct inner track in his last two starts. Back on the main track for the Wood Memorial (G1), his closing kick should be more effective. He gets a pivotal rider switch to John Velazquez and has posted […]

April 4, 2012 – “A smile is the shortest distance between two people.” Victor Borge

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer The Dubai World Cup races and a pair of Kentucky Derby “semifinals” headline one of the biggest weekends on the racing calendar. In Dubai, the 17th running of the Dubai World Cup, now worth $10 million, caps a Meydan Race Course program that offers total purses of $27.25 million. […]

March 28, 2012 – “It’s easier to change a man’s religion than to change his diet.” Margaret Mead

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Bourbon Bay’s San Luis Rey (G2) victory was part of a successful weekend for Hall of Fame trainer Neil DrysdaleBENOIT PHOTO Went the Day Well, following in the hoofprints of last year’s winner, Animal Kingdom, is headed to the Kentucky Deby after an impressive win on Saturday. So likely […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer World Cup preps in Dubai shared the weekend spotlight with Kentucky Derby and Oaks preps in Florida, California and Arkansas. And it’s a good thing the “Super Saturday” races in Dubai were preps for World Cup night because it looked like many of the purported stars needed the run. […]

March 8, 2012 – “If Mark Twain had had twitter, he would have been amazing at it. But he probably wouldn’t have gotten around to writing Huckleberry Finn.” Andy Borowitz