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Thursday, May 1st, 2008Oaks – Derby Double * What a Concept!

By Jude T. Feld Kentucky Oaks (G1) – Churchill Downs 10th Race, Friday May 2, 2008 Diminutive Golden Doc A has a great chance to upset in the Kentucky Oaks (G1)Benoit Photo PURE CLAN will be making her third start of 2008 in the Kentucky Oaks (G1). The daughter of Vinery stallion Pure Prize enjoyed […]

Friday, April 25th, 2008Jude and Carlo Look at the Kentucky Derby

Big Brown and Kent DesormeauxJohn M. Weber Photo International sports handicapper Carlo “The Iron Horse” Campanella, a regular vistor at racehorsereport.com, sent along his personal Kentucky Derby analysis for the benefit of our readers. You can read more by Carlo at vegasexperts.com and lazerwager.com. Still Eight Left By Jude T. Feld BIG BROWN – I […]

Sunday, April 13th, 2008My Absent Friend

By “J. T.” Feld Cliff Guilliams It was 1978 when I first laid eyes on Cliff Guilliams. He was a big fella with a large mustache, loud husky drawl and hairy legs hanging out of grey polyester coach’s shorts. “I’m Cliff Guilliams,” he said to me in the Ellis Park pressbox. “If you need anything […]

Friday, April 11th, 2008A Few Pints Lead to the Derby Trail

By Jude T. Feld Lexingtonians are more used to this kind of Kentucky bear. Dany Dion was downing a few pints at a local pub when a friend of his offered him an interest in a racehorse. Having had just enough to drink, Dion bought of a piece of his buddy’s runner, In Pursuit, and […]

Friday, April 4th, 2008“Hunches are for idiots, morons and suckers.”

By Jude T. Feld Hall of Fame trainer Nick Zito said Robert LaPenta’s heavily favored War Pass didn’t have a fever before his Tampa Bay Derby (G3) debacle.John M. Weber Photo War Pass capped his perfect two-year-old season last year with a resounding victory in the Bessemer Trust Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1), causing racing pundits […]

Monday, March 31st, 2008A Request from the Hennegan Brothers

From: “John Hennegan” Cc: “Brad Hennegan” Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 8:55 PM Subject: HENNEGAN BROTHERS FILM PREMIERES IN 20 PLUS CITIES STARTING FRIDAY, APRIL 18TH Dear friend, It’s post time for the Hennegan Brothers… We’ll keep it short. We need everyone to go see THE FIRST SATURDAY IN MAY during it’s opening weekend. FRIDAY, […]

Saturday, March 29th, 2008Notes on the Saturday Program

By Jude T. Feld Lots of great stakes action awaits players this afternoon. As usual, check the weather and the track conditions before heading to the windows. AQUEDUCT’s 8TH RACE is the Next Move (G3). It shapes up as a reprise of the Rare Treat – a matchup of RUNAWAY ROSIE and WILD HOOTS. WOW […]

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008Tomcito Has Big Shoes To Fill

By Jude T. Feld Canonero II returning to the Churchill Downs winners’ circle amid his happy connections. A small, wormy Kentucky-bred yearling with a quarter crack attracted few lookers at the 1969 Keeneland Fall Sale, but Venezuelan bloodstock agent Edgar Caibett saw something in the colt and bid him to a paltry $1,200. Shipped off […]

Friday, March 21st, 2008Notes on the Lane’s End (G2) Program

By Jude T. Feld Lane’s End Stakes (G2) day is the one day every year that all American horseplayers focus their attention on Turfway Park. With five stakes carded – one with Kentucky Oaks (G1) implications and two steppingstones to the Kentucky Derby (G1) – it is an afternoon that will certainly have an effect […]

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008Chernobyl’s Hero Has a Cause

This was passed along by our loyal reader, Noreen Sullivan, and I thought you would like to know about it. Room Near the Chernobyl Accident Chernobyl’s Hero makes his nineteenth start at 4:55 pm (EDT) in Aqueduct’s 9th race on Thursday, a mile and seventy yard New York-bred allowance event carrying a $47,000 purse. Kentucky […]

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