Monthly Archives: November 2006

As great a trainer as he is, two-time Eclipse Award winner Todd Pletcher went into today’s Breeders’ Cup 2 for 24 in BC races. After blanking with a record 17 starters at Churchill Downs, he’s now 2 for 41. He’s … Continue reading →

Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin deserves a ton of credit for the training job he did with Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Invasor, who was forced to miss his main Classic prep — the Jockey Club Gold Cup — because of a fever. … Continue reading →

Invasor’s victory was not even five minutes old, and the ESPN crew was debating whether Javier Castellano moved too quickly on Bernardini. Hogwash!!!! Invasor was just the better horse today. Give him credit. He’s now 9 of 10 lifetime and … Continue reading →

Another long shot, which makes five in the seven races. Red Rocks, one of the four Irish-bred horses in the race, gives jockey Frankie Dettori his second win of the day. Right now, Dettori looks like the Shoemaker Award winner. … Continue reading →

The four winners of today’s Breeders’ Cup races on the dirt have been won by the horses that had the No. 1 post. One more to go, and Brother Derek, 30-1 on the morning line, is on the rail in … Continue reading →

It just shows how fragile these big, powerful animals are. Track vet reports the injury to Pine Island was too severe to try to save the 3-year-old daughter of Arch. For the Phipps Stable, which owned the filly and has … Continue reading →

Tragedy strikes again on a big racing day when Pine Island, one of the favorites in the Distaff, reportedly dislocated a front ankle in a life-threatening injury. How ironic that the race would be won by a filly — Round … Continue reading →

Five races and three winners paying more than $30. Despite being a long-shot player, I haven’t had any of them, although I liked Thor’s Echo. Miesque’s Approval’s Beyer was not going up, but it wasn’t going down either. He had … Continue reading →

Thor’s Echo was the third Breeders’ Cup winner today whose Beyer Speed Rating was going up. We don’t know about Ouija Board because they don’t get Beyer ratings when they race in Europe. In the Mile, the next Breeders’ Cup … Continue reading →

I could kick myself. I tried to bet Thor’s Echo at the last minute and got shut out. NO WAY this horse should have gone off at 15-1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He had the second best Beyer in the race and had just … Continue reading →