
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…
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…
Improbable moved his sterling mark to three wins from as many outings with an impressive, five-length score in the Los Alamitos Futurity (G1) on Saturday.
The American Graded Stakes Committee announced recently that the Los Alamitos Futurity (G1) would be downgraded next year to Grade 2 status. Trainer Bob Baffert has won the 1 1/16-mile event 10…
Recently, I was added to the media mailing list of the Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC). With their four big international races coming up this weekend, my mailbox is being filled up…
Although Maximus Mischief stayed 1 1/8 miles to win the Remsen (G2), pedigree suggests that could be his maximum trip. Bred by Martha Jane Mulholland in Kentucky, the $340,000 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic juvenile…
If Kentucky Jockey Club (G2) winner Signalman has a blue-collar pedigree up front, you don’t have to go far to find influential players along with the Rasmussen Factor. Signalman was bred by…
Game Winner wins the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) at Churchill Downs (c) Coady Photography by Dick Powell Gary and Mary West’s GAME WINNER capped off his brilliant juvenile campaign with a fine…
by Dick Powell CODE OF HONOR is from the first crop of Noble Mission, a full brother to superstar Frankel. Noble Mission is off to a decent start at stud but only…
by Dick Powell ANTHONY VAN DYCK is by the legendary Galileo. His dam is the Exceed and Excel mare Believe’n’succeed, making him a half-brother to New Zealand champion sprinter and Group 1…
by Dick Powell BABY NINA is a daughter of Flatter who was bred in Ohio. She is out of a dam by More Than Ready whose first two foals to race are…
Breeders’ Cup Analysis: 3yo vs. Older – Who Has the Edge? by Joe Kristrufek How 3yo’s have fared in each of the nine eligible Breeders’ Cup races (% of wins). Race…