Monthly Archives: April 2009

Joe Talamo, who will ride one of the favorites, I Want Revenge, in the Kentucky Derby on May 2, is going to be on television tonight. A news release from the National Thoroughbred Racing Association: TALAMO TO APPEAR TONIGHT ON … Continue reading →

See what a 10-horse field at Hollywood Park does? It gets me eager to bet, and I really like a horse in the eighth today, a $25,000 maiden claimer going 1 1/16 miles on Cushion Track. Take a look at … Continue reading →

Will you attend the races at Hollywood Park sometime this year?(online surveys)

It won’t take you long to handicap today’s opening-day card at Hollywood Park. Let’s see, six horses in the first, five in the second, five in the third, six in the fourth … 53 in the eight races. You’re not … Continue reading →

Here’s my latest Kentucky Derby rankings that I submitted to The Paulick Report on Monday evening: 1. I Want Revenge — Mullins making more news off track than his colt 2. Pioneerof the Nile — Baffert’s now a Hall of … Continue reading →

When Silverbulletday was announced as the choice in the contemporary female division to join the 2009 class in the National Museum of Racing’s Hall of Fame, my first reaction was pretty limited. I mean, even though I covered some of … Continue reading →

Bob Baffert, who’s won three Kentucky Derbies and a record five Santa Anita Derbies, is now a Hall of Famer. Baffert beat out Robert Wheeler. On a conference call Monday morning to announce the inductees to the National Museum of … Continue reading →

The award winners for the 2008-09 Santa Anita meet: Horse of the Meet — Pioneerof the Nile Older Horse — Einstein Older Filly/Mare — Life Is Sweet Grass Horse — Midships Grass Filly/Mare — Magical Fantasy 3-Year-Old — Pioneerof the … Continue reading →

John Sadler just saddled the winner of today’s seventh race at Santa Anita, 7-2 shot Oil Man, and leads Mike Mitchell in the battle for top trainer of the meeting, 40-39. Sadler has overcome a 39-35 deficit by winning twice … Continue reading →

Just received the entries for the first two days of Hollywood Park’s spring-summer meet, and they’re not pretty folks. In fact, they’re worse than we could have imagined — six horses in the first race on opening day Wednesday, five … Continue reading →