A field of seven has been entered in the Withers Stakes (G3) at the “Meat Locker,” formerly known as Aqueduct. Racing was canceled there on Thursday and let’s hope for everyone involved…
Articles by Author: Dick Powell
Race 2 at Meydan on Thursday morning is the $250,000 UAE 1000 Guineas for three-year-old fillies going about one mile on the dirt. The race will start on a chute and make…
Race 4A at Scone is for older horses going 1 3/8 miles around right-hand turns. Australia is in the midst of record heat and drought so I expect the course to be…
Race 4 at Meydan on Thursday morning is the $250,000 Cape Verdi Stakes (G2) for older fillies and mares going one mile around the sweeping left-hand turn. The even-money favorite is POETIC…
Race 8 at Australia A (Geelong) Wednesday night is a handicap going 5 1/2 furlongs around a left-hand turn. I’m a sucker for well-bred horses, even all the way down under, and…
Race 2 at Meydan on Thursday morning is the $100,000 Dubai Trophy Stakes for three-year-olds going seven furlongs on the turf. It will be run around one wide, sweeping, left-handed turn and…
Race 1 at Australia A (Muswellbrook) is a maiden handicap for three-year-olds going 1250 meters (just over six furlongs). Numbers 6, 12 and 17 are early scratches, and the ground is supposed…
About 30 years ago, a friend of mine had a horse with a very famous trainer. I talked to my friend and he told me that the horse had a chip removed…
With over two full days to spare, I submitted my 2018 Eclipse Awards ballot. That is an upset in itself. The last Grade 1 stakes race of the year was run on…
The race for the Eclipse Award for trainers looks like a two-person duel – four-time winner Bob Baffert against Chad Brown, who has won it the past two years. It’s a lot…
Some years, the Eclipse Awards do not require a lot of research as some horse or person is far ahead of everyone else. We know the Horse of the Year vote will…
If any horse this year has earned his retirement and a subsequent lifetime of “work” in the breeding shed, it’s MENDELSSOHN. He made six cross-Atlantic trips to America this year and one…