Monthly Archives: August 2009

Trainer Bob Baffert and owner Mike Pegram’s great filly Silverbulletday won’t be the only Hall of Fame inductees on Friday in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. with Southland ties. Tiznow, the only two-time winner of the Breeders’ Cup Classic also will be … Continue reading →

The Breeders’ Cup did a good thing this week. Officials announced Monday that, in addition to the ban on steroids that was adopted last year, all trainers of Class 1 and Class 2 drug violations will face a one-year suspension … Continue reading →

Shortly after Zenyatta had run her unbeaten streak to 12 on Sunday with a dramatic victory by a head in the $300,000 Clement Hirsch Stakes at Del Mar, trainer John Shirreffs was asked if the Pacific Classic on Sept. 6 … Continue reading →

Lost in the aftermath of Zenyatta’s dramatic victory in the Clement Hirsch Stakes on Sunday at Del Mar was the fact another breakdown occurred shortly after the start of the 10th race — a maiden claiming event for colts and … Continue reading →

Sitting here in the Del Mar press box, waiting for Zenyatta and the Clement Hirsch, and … * I’m shaking my head over this gentleman who truly believes Secretariat was not a great race horse. I mean, you can question … Continue reading →

We might have seen two future Breeders’ Cup winners in action Saturday during the Arlington Million at Arlington Park and the Bing Crosby Stakes at Del Mar. Except for Rachel Alexandra, is there a sharper race horse in America than … Continue reading →

Some leftover notes from the Del Mar meet while waiting for the start of the Bing Crosby Stakes: * Trainer Eric Guillot was obviously quite pleased with Mi Sueno’s resounding victory in Friday’s Sorrento Stakes, setting the 2-year-old filly up … Continue reading →

As Chevy Chase was heard saying before he jumped into the pool with Christie Brinkley in “Vacation” — “This is crazy, this is crazy.” Yes, it is a little bit crazy that nine fillies and mares have been entered to … Continue reading →

Here’s what six inches of rain in about an hour’s time will do to a race track. A torrential rainstorm in the Louisville, Ky. area early Tuesday morning left huge portions of the dirt and turf courses at Churchill Downs … Continue reading →

Reader Alysse advised on 8/06 that the Woodward is at Saratoga. Zenyatta’s connections have taken a lot of heat both from the media and bloggers for keeping their unbeaten 5-year-old mare home in California for the most part and continuing … Continue reading →