Archive for 2014

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Shared Belief, Beholder, American Pharoah and Main Sequence made their cases for Breeders’ Cup favoritism with weekend wins but some upsets roiled the waters with only five weeks to go until the big races. Tonalist reminded fans he is the Belmont Stakes winner, posting a victory in a trouble-plagued […]

September 24, 2014 – “If you don’t understand how a woman could both love her sister dearly and want to wring her neck at the same time, then you are probably an only child.” Linda Sunshine

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Kentucky Derby winner California Chrome fizzled badly in his weekend comeback while Kentucky Oaks winner Untapable sizzled — at least by comparison. That left last year’s 2-year-old champion Shared Belief a likely favorite for the Nov. 1 Breeders’ Cup Classic — provided he passes one more semifinal — and […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer With the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe only weeks away, it’s a big scramble in Europe with Treve and Australia both losing on the weekend and Sea the Moon, Germany’s top hope, out of the Arc with a recurring injury. Meanwhile, in a big weekend of racing, Kingston Hill […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer A big upset at Baden Baden in Germany, a return to form by Vicar’s In Trouble and Za Approval and a successful return to action by Don’t Tell Sophia highlighted weekend racing. There were a couple upsets in early-season racing in Australia. And there was plenty of action among […]

September 1, 2014 – “You can’t help getting older, but you don’t have to get old.” George Burns

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Two-time Horse of the Year Wise Dan holding off Optimizer in Saturday’s Bernard Baruch (G2) at SaratogaNYRA Photo Wise Dan shrugged off colic surgery, a long layoff, some gate trouble and a lot of weight to highlight weekend racing with a dramatic victory at Saratoga. Meanwhile, Itsmyluckyday hit a […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Two horses who missed the Triple Crown races emerged during the weekend at the head of their class and candidates for the Breeders’ Cup Classic. Shared Belief, with a resounding victory in Sunday’s Pacific Classic, showed he’s all the way back from the injury that kept him out of […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer In a big weekend of turf racing, an upset in the Arlington Million spoiled an otherwise nice day for the Euros in Chicago but Kingman confirmed his supremacy with a handy win on soft going in France. Stopchargingmaria was a convincing winner of the Diana at Saratoga and a […]

August 17, 2014 – “How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it’s quite clearly Ocean.” Arthur C. Clarke