I'm bumping this post up for those of you who may have missed it. . . The Arkansas Derby winner, Line of David, ridden to victory by Jon Court (one of my favorite jockeys and a humble, "nice" guy), is out of a Capote mare. His gutsy "never say die" performance at Oaklawn certainly lived [...]
. . . and walked away The horse pictured here, Counter Move, ridden by Robert Landry, clipped heels when the 2 horse took his path. If anyone has updated info about Counter Move, please post it here In these photos, the horse's neck/head are "missing" in several shots. He fell in a sort of [...]
Champion Stardom Bound, whose five consecutive Grade 1 victories included the 2008 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, has retired from the racetrack. The 4-year-old Tapit filly is at Bluewater Farm near Lexington and will be bred later this spring to 2008's champion 3-year-old and Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown. [intlink id="those-racing-gods-sure-can-spoil-a-foregone-conclusion" type="post"]IEAH Stable campaigned [...]
"Queen" Zenyatta is a big horse who seems to gobble up the ground while lumbering ever closer to her rivals, ears up and forward, and looking like she barely bends her knees as she blows by every challenger before the finish line. So, what exactly is "it" that allows Zenyatta to trounce every field she's [...]
Undefeated Personal Ensign dies, while the never-beaten Zenyatta humbly accepts her crown and makes it 16 wins in a row Seems like an appropriate place to share a few lines I wrote about Zenyatta after her Breeder's Cup Classic performance Boy, did she run She ran for [...]
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