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Brujo de Olleros is the next potential star to arrive in the United States from Uruguay.
Last year's champion older male will try to extend his six-race winning streak in the Eddie Read Handicap (gr. IT), which he won in 2011.
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Spiral Stakes winner is sidelined with bone bruising likely suffered in Preakness.
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Yes, 'tiz the season to be jolly. Saratoga is here again, and it seems to be getting earlier and earlier.
Starting in the Haskell Invitational is a slight possibility, but the ultimate goal for 2-year-old champ Hansen is the Travers.
Friday, July 13, 2012
With the recent announcement that Holy Bull has been retired from study duty, Steve recalls the remarkable story of the The Bull and his owner/trainer Jimmy Croll.
f Americans are going to have any chance against the mighty Europeans in this year's Breeders' Cup Turf (gr. IT), they're going to have to show what they're made of. They can start July 14 in the $600,000 Man o' War Stakes.
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
The following guest blog was written by I'll Have Another's owner Paul Reddam in response to some of the concerns of the public regarding the colt's injury and retirement.
On Saturday at Betfair Hollywood Park, the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner bid farewell to racing and America, his place in history no more than an unfinished symphony.
Steve recalls Boo Gentry, Graustark, and Darby Dan in the late '60s and early '70s.
So, you've had it with drugs and wish racing was like it used to be -- just hay, oats, and water
Each year, I keep thinking there is no cure for Triple Crown trail withdrawal.
Steve and Lenny discuss Frankel's Queen Anne Stakes win, I'll Have Another scratching from the Belmont Stakes, the Kentucky Derby points system, the New York Times, and Lenny's big Belmont score!
This free report is a look back at the 2012 Triple Crown by award-winning turf writer Steve Haskin.
So, after nearly 40 years, the Maryland Jockey Club, following two hours of testimony and forensic analyses, finally has awarded the Preakness stakes record to Secretariat.
Dr. Kendall Hansen, majority owner of 2011 2-year-old champion Hansen, winner of the Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile (gr. I), said the son of Tapit will target the $1 million Travers Stakes (gr. I) Aug. 25.
Monday, June 18, 2012
It was Damascus who breathed life into a hollow existence, numbed from years of toiling mindlessly on Wall Street.
In his hauntingly melodic song, "Hallelujah," Leonard Cohen wrote, "Baby I've been here before. I know this room, I've walked this floor."
A photo gallery of a typical morning with Belmont Stakes contender Union Rags.
We won't even begin to express our disappointment and disgust over the scratch of I'll Have Another. All we will do for now is kill the paragraphs already written and leave the leftovers. This is what is left of the Belmont.
What do Bobby Frankel, Max Hirsch, and John Sabini, chairman of the New York State Racing and Wagering Board, have in common?
Steve Haskin talks with Dale Romans about his Belmont contender Dullahan.
Steve Jordan will be celebrating his 64th birthday on Saturday; a day that could be made more exciting if I'll Have Another should win.
Steve Haskin examines works for Belmont Stakes contenders Atigun, Dullahan, Paynter, Street Life, Unstoppable U, Guyana Star Dweej, and Union Rags.
After 34 years and 11 failures, this is the year the Triple Crown will be conquered...right? It's so close you can taste it.
Officially, there will be nothing on the worktab under the name I'll Have Another.
The New York State Racing and Wagering Board has issued a set of protocols for horses running in the Belmont Stakes, the most notable one being the use of a stakes barn, to which all Belmont starters must go beginning June 6.
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Seattle Slew, who under Turner's guidance and expertise became racing's only undefeated Triple Crown winner.
Patrice Wolfson, owner of the last Triple Crown winner, says I'll Have Another is a worthy successor to Affirmed.
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
What's Shakin' with Cal Board?
Fountain of Youth winner is looking for a clean trip this time under John Velazquez.
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Preakness third-place finisher will be given a little break and may try the grass.
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Mario Gutierrez has risen from obscurity to the threshold of the Triple Crown.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
The cheers that accompany his star pupil, I'll Have Another, are always within ear shot, and Lava Man has no reason to believe they are not meant for him.
Here we go again. This is where we left you two weeks ago trying to decipher a formula of countless possibilities.
Creative Cause just may turn out to be the overlay special of the Preakness.
Native Dancer's stall bears little memory of the "Gray Ghost," other than a wooden plank across the door, deformed by years of gnawing and still bearing The Dancer's teeth marks.
Haskin's Preakness Report: Cozzene and Nerud
Stakes-placed colt will represent trainer Dale Romans in second leg of Triple Crown
Monday, May 14, 2012
Preakness Report: Jack Sisterson
After 34 years (and we've been there through all of them) we're entitled to think or dream ahead.
Resorts World Casino New York Wood Memorial (gr. I) winner suffered a foot bruise in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I).
Friday, May 11, 2012
Donegal Racing's Dullahan, a fast-closing third in the Kentucky Derby, will not run in the Preakness Stakes and will be pointed for the Belmont Stakes.
Friday, May 11, 2012
What can prevent I'll Have Another from finally ending the Triple Crown drought?
I'll Have Another, winner of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), will train up to the Preakness Stakes (gr. I) on gallops alone, trainer Doug O'Neill said during a national teleconference May 10.
Thursday, May 10, 2012
So, after three second-place finishes in the Derby, each one more agonizing than the one before, Zayat may now turn his attention to the black-eyed susans, hoping they smell sweeter than the roses.
Dressed in a white shirt and purple tie, the colors of his silks, Reddam appeared relaxed and confident, believing his colt, I'll Have another, was ready to prove to the world what he already knew
The time is getting near. No not the Derby, trying to finally decipher this intricate and confusing puzzle.
It sure felt like summer as several Derby horses schooled this morning and afternoon.
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