Nostalgic Horse

By Elizabeth Rancani
Curlin is back! Make no mistake about it. The horse of the spring is back for another round this fall. He may even be better, as this time he didn’t defeat a three year old, but a seasoned, top older horse. Lawyer Ron can get a mile and a quarter. That much is [...]

So Hard Spun finally got the better of Street Sense. Street Sense had no excuses today, except of course, that he doesn’t like the surface. His superstardom lost some of its luster today, as Hard Spun gamely held off the Derby champ, which leads us to again question, just how good is Street Sense?
Often it [...]

I remember back when Barbaro broke down one of the newspapers ran a comic strip where a little boy was looking at Barry Bonds and his steroid induced muscles, and the little boy said, “Aren’t there any heroes worth rooting for anymore?” Flash forward to a picture of Barbaro. I guess he was supposed [...]

by Jarrod Horak
The Super Derby is upon us once again, and it harkens me back to my humble handicapping beginnings.
The Louisiana Downs fixture was first run in 1980, the same year I started attending the races as a young lad in Maryland. That year’s Belmont Stakes winner Temperence Hill nabbed the inaugural edition, and other [...]

Many were sad to see Rags to Riches get beat. They had put her on a pedestal that only the immortals of the sport had previously occupied. She was compared to Ruffian, Lady’s Secret, Personal Ensign, all of them. And in one fell swoop the Belmont winner’s quest for immortality ended.
Or did it? Lear’s Princess [...]

I have been away so I am now catching up on all things thoroughbreds. This is a most exciting time of year, especially with the Breeders Cup being only one month away and the picture for champs is still pretty cloudy. The end of this month should clear things up a bit. Rags to Riches [...]

A Pedigree Piece on the Star Filly as She Readies Herself for a Fall Campaign.
by Don Coleman
Torpenhow is a small town in England’s Cumbria region. It’s a usual sort of place. There is a 12th century church there, but a lot of English towns and villages have 12th century churches. There

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I will preface this by saying that Lawyer Ron has won this writer over. I used to think he was a second rate horse at best, but this year he has been something special, and that is a good thing since Invasor is retired.
If Horse of the Year were decided tomorrow, he would get my [...]