Monthly Archives: April 2009

Here’s how some of the trainers based at Hollywood Park see Saturday’s 135th running of the Kentucky Derby, courtesy of Hollypark publicity man Steve Schuelein: Jesse Mendoza — “I’ve got to go for (trainer Jeff) Mullins’s horse (I Want Revenge). … Continue reading →

Hey, don’t ignore Arkansas Derby winner Papa Clem in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby … the son of Smart Strike is 20-1 on the morning line, which shocks trainer Gary Stute. He’s right … there are some very good reasons why the … Continue reading →

Check these out, courtesy of www.bodog.com … I mean, the Kentucky Derby is getting to be like the Super Bowl. You can bet on just about anything!!! Will any Horse win the 2009 Triple Crown? Yes +600 No -1100 2009 … Continue reading →

The superlatives keep pouring in for 3-year-old filly Rachel Alexandra, the 3-5 morning-line favorite in Friday’s $500,000 Kentucky Oaks — the filly version of the Kentucky Derby. Here’s what D. Wayne Lukas had to say about the Oaks drawing only … Continue reading →

Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, who heads up the Godolphin Stables, has this dream of winning the Kentucky Derby by preparing his colts in Dubai and then traveling to the States before the race. He’s failed in … Continue reading →

Who do you like in the Kentucky Oaks?(online surveys)

Hollywood Park was forced to cancel Thursday’s live racing because there were not enough horses to fill the eight-race card. The racing office was working Tuesday to fill Friday afternoon’s card — the only afternoon Friday card of the spring-summer … Continue reading →

The latest from Louisville … * Square Eddie, runner-up in last fall’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile and a colt who was attracting a lot of attention after his big effort in the Lexington Stakes on April 18, is out of the … Continue reading →

I submitted my final Kentucky Derby Top 10 rankings to The Paulick Report last night. Here is the way I see it: 1. I Want Revenge — Talamo rides this colt with confidence 2. Pioneerof the Nile — Looks like … Continue reading →

Each afternoon the Churchill Downs publicity crew e-mails a report to turf writers around the country wrapping up that morning’s activity of all the horses expected to start in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby. Here’s their report this morning on Santa Anita … Continue reading →