Archive for 2015

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Solow, Simple Verse and Muhaarar starred in British Champions’ Day, Mongolian Khan won the Caulfield Cup, Mikki Queen was regal in Japan and Cannock Chase upset the Canadian International — all in weekend racing. George Strawbridge had a wonderful day, winning races at Ascot in England and Hawthorne near […]

October 12, 2015 – “Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There’s just too much fraternizing with the enemy.” Henry Kissinger

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Her Emmynency, Ageless and Messi won the big turf races that highlighted the weekend racing agenda. Otherwise, it was rather quiet as the sport awaits British Champions Day this weekend and Breeders’ Cup three weeks down the road. There was some graded stakes action in Australia. It was nothing […]

September 28, 2015 – “Who in the heck is this guy, Phil Harmonic?” Yogi Berra

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Some budding stars — Songbird, Smooth Roller, Wedding Toast, Nyquist and Rock Fall — joined the likes of super mare Beholder and Big Blue Kitten in winning weekend qualifying races for the upcoming Breeders’ Cup. Things get even more hectic next week with 12 Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Mr Speaker posted a promising win on the grass and Frosted was impressive on the dirt in highlights of weekend Thoroughbred racing. With little more than a month to go to the Breeders’ Cup World Championship races at Keeneland, stakes results take on added importance. The coming two weeks […]

September 8, 2015 – “The person who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The person who walks alone is likely to find himself in places no one has ever seen before.” Albert Einstein

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Liam’s Map plotted another leg of his trip to the Breeders’ Cup Classic with a handy win at Saratoga during the long holiday weekend as some of the potential stars of next year’s Triple Crown also started to twinkle. There were significant races on the turf and sprinting on […]

August 30, 2015 – “He was himself. He was his sweet self.” Bob Baffert the morning after American Pharoah’s Travers (G1) defeat.

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer American Pharoah may be headed for an early retirement after defeat in the Travers but Flintshire is on to the Arc d’Triomphe after dominating the Sword Dancer on one of the biggest racing weekends of the summer. There were some upsets and some favorite winners at Saratoga as the […]