Archive for 2014

December 29, 2014 – “The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don’t want and drink what you don’t like.” Mark Twain

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Best wishes for a happy 2015. May they all come back safe and may all the photos go your way. The “Horse of the Year” discussion didn’t get any easier this weekend as Shared Belief won a tough renewal of the Grade I Malibu Stakes on opening day at […]

December 22, 2014 – “Honesty is a very expensive gift. Don’t expect it from cheap people.” Warren Buffet

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Dortmund won the Futurity in California and Danon Platina won the Futurity in Japan in a big weekend for the 2-year-old Thoroughbreds. In Florida, Sky Flight looked like a late-blooming star in the turf ranks while winning the Tropical Park Derby. A new race caller was announced for Churchill […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Flintshire was the only foreign winner as Hong Kong dominated its biggest day of racing while, in America, a few more juveniles made their presence known in weekend preps for next year’s Kentucky Derby and Oaks. With winter settling in, Hong Kong was the focus as the Longines Hong […]

By Robert Kieckhefer UPI Racing Writer The Claiming Crown produced some big payoffs in Florida while the third time was the charm in Japan for the winner of the Champion Stakes. Meanwhile, some new talent surfaced in the early furlongs of the Kentucky Derby trail. Woodbine wound up its season with the appropriately named Valedictory […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Japanese runners dominated the Japan Cup and California Chrome won in his first try on the turf while the first big round of 2-year-old route races coincided with the first Kentucky Derby futures pool in a wild weekend in Thoroughbred racing. Let’s get right to it. Japan Cup The […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer With the initial Kentucky Derby futures pool opening later this week, Ocho Ocho Ocho and Mr. Z raced their way into consideration with a tight 1-2 finish in Saturday’s $1 million Delta Jackpot. Weekend racing also included more rich events for the juvenile set and a few lucrative stakes […]

November 23, 2014 – “An alcoholic is someone you don’t like who drinks as much as you do.” Dylan Thomas

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer With the Kentucky Derby less than six months away and the Epsom Derby only a month after that, it’s worth paying attention to some of the 2-year-old races staged this weekend from France to Japan, with many stops in between. In the meantime: Silver Max faded to defeat at […]