Archive for the ‘Selections’ Category

By Jude T. Feld Is Regal Ransom ready to show his championship form? We’ll find out in Belmont’s Suburban (G2).Godolphin Photo Summer racing is the absolute best and this weekend kicks off what looks like a much better than average season of Thoroughbred sport. Pay attention, watch the replays if you miss a race or […]

By Jude T. Feld The Woodford Reserve Manhattan is not just a horserace on Belmont Day, it is one heckuva cocktail!Woodford Reserve Photo Race #3) Three good races in three lifetime starts coupled with a distinct advantage in age and strength gives CHEYENNE NATION the edge here. Hall of Fame jockey Edgar Prado should have […]

Sunday, May 23, 2010 Race 3 – HAMMERING BUCKEYE was claimed by Terri Pompay from a conditioned claimer at Gulfstream. The gelding shows the “golden triangle” signs of improvement and Ms. Pompay wins with 29% of her recent claims. Top rider Paco Lopez takes the mount and a solid effort can be expected at a […]

By Jude T. Feld To access our facebook page, click here. Here’s who we like in the $1 million guaranteed Preakness Pick Four: 9th Race) SHARED ACCOUNT is a talented filly who was purchased by my brother Bob for Maryland’s historic Sagamore Farm. Her distaste for Gulfstream Park allowed her the winter off, so she […]

By Jude T. Feld “Girl Jockey” by Leroy Neiman Twenty-five years ago, P.J. Cooksey arrived at Pimlico Race Course to become the first female jockey to ride in the Preakness (G1), Thoroughbred racing’s second jewel of the Triple Crown. Now 52 and living in Kentucky, Cooksey returns to Baltimore to break new ground again in […]

Sean ClancyST-Publishing Photo Woodbine 6th Race) Always highly regarded by trainer Christophe Clement, ALCOMATCH put it all together at Keeneland when switched from turf to the Polytrack for the first time. The son of Smart Strike earned a 92 Brisnet speed figure in that race, four points higher than any of his four competitors in […]

By Jude T. Feld To access our facebook page, click here. 1st Race) With a triple advantage in speed figures and a drop in class from Derby preps to an allowance race, STAY PUT should be tough to beat. If you had said earlier this year that he would win at Churchill Downs on the […]

By Jude T. Feld To access our facebook page, click here. For Kentucky Derby Day Selections click here. 1st Race) There are lots of things to like about DIAMOND SONG in the Kentucky Oaks Day opener. She excels at seven furlongs, she’s shown a liking for Churchill Downs and she’s drawn the advantageous outside post […]

SPECIAL EMERALD DOWNS SELECTIONS FOR CHRIS AND KACI 4-25-2010 2nd Race) VICTORIA CROSS (#1) shows a fast :59 flat workout for her debut. She hails from the red-hot Vann Belvoir barn and will be ridden by “Booger” Mitchell, who is one of the leading riders at Emerald Downs. 3rd race) REWRITTEN (#3) is owned by […]

By Jude T. Feld 1st Race) STRIVING (#6) was heavily bet in her debut at Fair Grounds in New Orleans. She broke slowly but still managed a third-place finish. With that race under her belt and a better break, the California-bred filly, who hails from the barn of sharp trainer Tom Amoss, figures to be […]