Archive for 2013

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Palace Malice made it three different winners in this year’s Triple Crown races in a weekend spiced with classy performances and oddities. With his victory in Sunday’s Belmont Stakes over Preakness winner Oxbow and Kentucky Derby winner Orb, Palace Malice set up an interesting summer and fall of racing […]

Follow @racehorsereport BEL 6) $150,000 EASY GOER STAKES 1 1/16 MILES There are lots of things to like about #8 WABBAJACK. His speed figures have improved in every start and he owns the best last-race Brisnet fig. His late pace numbers are also on the rise and his running lines are becoming speedier. The Jimmy […]

Follow @racehorsereport Quick Casablanca should be set to return to his best form. With 3-5″ of rain in Thursday evening’s forecast, Friday’s turf racing is no doubt in jeopardy. I am posting this analysis in the event a miracle happens and Hurricane Andrea stays away from New York City and the surrounding areas. Please check […]

June 5, 2013 – “The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off.” Abe Lemons

June 4, 2013 – “Some things are just too coincidental to be a coincidence.” Yogi Berra

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Weekend racing ran the gamut from an upset in the venerable Epsom Derby to a successful new fixture in Pennsylvania. In addition, there was an upset in the Epsom Oaks, Clubhouse Ride finally got a win in California, a German-bred won a Group 1 in France and Japan’s super […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Three-year-olds caught the lion’s share of attention in weekend racing, with the Japanese Derby in the books and the Epsom Derby in final countdown. The long U.S. holiday racing schedule turned up some promising new star candidates on both the grass and the main track as far afield as […]

For Bob Kieckhefer’s Thoroughbred Racing Roundup – Preakness Weekend Edition, Click here. By Jude T. Feld Follow @racehorsereport Four o’clock comes early the Sunday morning after the Preakness. Saturday’s early post, the excitement of the races, the wonderment of the second jewel of the Triple Crown, way too much Old Granddad at the stakes barn […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer There will be no Triple Crown winner again this year but Orb’s defeat in the Preakness Stakes does tee up an interesting summer of racing. Meanwhile, some other potential stars, including Last Gunfighter and Fiftyshadesofhay, emerged from the weekend of racing at Pimlico. Hong Kong horses ran off with […]

Follow @racehorsereport The Shug McGaughey-trained Orb cruising to victory in Kentucky Derby 139. Can he win the Preakness and shoot for the Triple Crown?Amanda Duckworth Photo 4th Race) Trainer Wesley Ward is a magician with two-year-olds. He saddles NO NAY NEVER and SWEET EMMA ROSE for the Rollicking Stakes. Both come off impressive maiden scores […]