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Monthly Archives: January 2011
Bittersweet victory for Caracortado’s trainer
Caracortado and jockey Paul Atkinson made quite a team in 2010 as the gelded son of Cat Dreams won the first five races of his career with Atkinson aboard. After a 1 3/4-length victory in the Grade II Robert B. … Continue reading
Zenyatta will be bred to Bernardini
Lane’s End Farm released the following statement this morning. Someone on the Internet has suggested Zenyatta’s first baby be named Zendini. ZENYATTA WILL BE BRED TO BERNARDINI Owners Jerry and Ann Moss announced today that ZENYATTA, the 2010 Horse of … Continue reading
Gulfstream Park gets innovative
Much has been made of the increased takeout on California thoroughbred races that began Dec. 26. There is no doubt it has had some effect on Santa Anita’s handle, which is down appreciably compared to the 2009-10 meet. How far … Continue reading
Santa Anita to add more sand to new dirt track
There has been much concern through the first 16 days of Santa Anita’s winter-spring meet about the ultra-fast times that have already produced three track records. On Monday, Santa Anita management announced it’s going to attempt to correct the problem. … Continue reading
Santa Anita expected to perform work on track Tuesday
I hear Santa Anita is expected to announce Monday it will be performing some maintenance on its new dirt main track Tuesday in an effort to tone it down so it’s not quite so fast. Three track records have been … Continue reading
There are some slam-dunk Eclipse Award winners
The way I see it, the vote for Horse of the Year could go either way Monday night in Miami Beach, but I have a gut feeling Zenyatta is going to get the nod this time. I voted for Zenyatta … Continue reading
It’s time to give horseplayers a chance to speak
Excuse me if you’ve heard this question before, but can the California horse racing industry become any more messed up than it already is? Well, when dealing with organizations like the California Horse Racing Board and Thoroughbred Owners of California, … Continue reading
Gomez gets my Eclipse vote as top jockey
There aren’t any better big-race riders in horse racing than Garrett Gomez, who finished second behind Ramon Dominguez in national earnings in 2010 but had 672 less mounts than the East Coast-based rider. Dominguez, who had 1,475 mounts for earnings … Continue reading