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Monday, March 24th, 2014UPI Horse Racing Roundup – March 24, 2014

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Add to the likely Kentucky Derby list: We Miss Artie, Chitu and Midnight Hawk, giving trainers Todd Pletcher and Bob Baffert five of the top six prospects. Baffert saddled Chitu and Midnight Hawk to a 1-2 finish in Sunday’s Sunland Park Derby in New Mexico. Pletcher sent out We […]

Friday, March 21st, 2014Make it rain…

March 21, 2014 – “Sex is like money. Only too much is enough.” John Updike

Friday, March 21st, 2014JUDE FELD’S GRADED STAKES ANALYSIS FOR SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 2014

Follow @racehorsereport SANTA ANITA RACE 4 – THE SAN LUIS REY (G2) Back in the day, when this race was weight-for-age, it was among the toughest races to win in the United States. Ruined now by allowance conditions and relegated to a Grade 2, only five horses are entered. With the short field, at this […]

Monday, March 17th, 2014UPI Thoroughbred Racing Round Up – March 17, 2014

By ROBERT KELLEY KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer A colt named Hoppertunity hopped right into the Kentucky Derby picture this weekend while, elsewhere, some fillies flashed fine form, the fields for Dubai World Cup night came into focus and a pair of embattled Hong Kong runners showed international promise. And a happy St. Patrick’s Day to […]

Saturday, March 15th, 2014Let’s go sailing!

March 15, 2014 – “Money can’t buy you happiness, but it can buy you a yacht big enough to pull up right alongside it.” David Lee Roth

Friday, March 14th, 2014Agreed!

March 14, 2014 – “It is better to spend money like there’s no tomorrow than to spend tonight like there’s no money!” An old Irish toast

Friday, March 14th, 2014JUDE FELD’S GRADED STAKES ANALYSIS FOR SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 2014

Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas sends out his Kentucky Derby (G1) hopeful, Strong Mandate, in the Rebel Stakes (G2) at Oaklawn ParkOaklawn Park Photo OAKLAWN PARK RACE 8 – THE AZERI (G2) Multiple Grade 1 winner CLOSE HATCHES makes her 2014 debut in this Hot Springs, Arkansas event, named for one of the […]

Monday, March 10th, 2014UPI Thoroughbred Racing Roundup – March 10, 2014

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Super Saturday at Meydan featured winners from around the world while Game On Dude proved best in the “Big Cap” at Santa Anita as the top three U.S. handicap stars stayed home. A bustling weekend of horse racing also included a victory by California Chrome in an important Kentucky […]

Monday, March 3rd, 2014UPI Thoroughbred Racing Roundup – March 3, 2014

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer The New York troupe of would-be Kentucky Derby players has a boffo hit on its hands. Undefeated Samraat bested fellow New York-bred Uncle Sigh for the second time in Saturday’s $500,000, Grade III Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct, cementing a rivalry that, with luck, will spice up this year’s Run […]

Monday, February 24th, 2014Act like you know what you’re doing!

February 24, 2014 – “Pretend to be completely in control and people will assume that you are.” Steve Jobs

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