http://www.raceday360.com/wire/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss R30 dana@superterrific.org http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/lKCPy/~3/s-wme2LMk9g/canterbury-opens-and-things-are-looking.html Owning Racehorses - Friday marks the start of the Canterbury Park racing season – the Saratoga of the Midwest, if you will.  Okay, that’s probably overstating it quite a bit, but the start of live racing ushers in summer in the North Star State and with temperatures predicted to be in the upper… ]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 10:00:00 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/lKCPy/~3/s-wme2LMk9g/canterbury-opens-and-things-are-looking.html http://www.paulickreport.com/news/ray-s-paddock/ray-s-take-on-the-field-for-preakness-137/ Paulick Report - Ray analyzes the chances of each Preakness contender in a series of videos made just for the Paulick Report site. Follow the link below to learn more about all eleven horses in the Preakness 137 field. Videos of Ray's analysis will be posted throughout today and tomorrow so check back… ]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 09:24:00 -0700 http://www.paulickreport.com/news/ray-s-paddock/ray-s-take-on-the-field-for-preakness-137/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/UyGJ/~3/3bhvtQveGWg/enforcing-owners-wishes.html View From the Racetrack Grandstand - Once a horse's race career is over, they are at risk for an uncertain future.  Sometimes it is due to the lack of concern of the owner, but there are times despite the owner's best intentions, the horse ends up meeting an unfortunate demise. ]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 07:46:00 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/UyGJ/~3/3bhvtQveGWg/enforcing-owners-wishes.html http://therail.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/17/the-case-for-using-lasix/ via Pinboard - A year ago, I was uncertain about the Lasix issue. Since then, I’ve studied the science, notably a South African study financed but now disavowed by the Jockey Club that shows (a) that some 80 percent of horses have at least internal bleeding when they race and (b) that Lasix… ]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 07:41:00 -0700 http://therail.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/17/the-case-for-using-lasix/ http://blog.twinspires.com/2012/05/why-ill-have-another-wont.html via Pinboard - After every Kentucky Derby, the question is inevitably asked: “Is this the year that another Triple Crown champion is crowned?” And every year — for 32 years — the answer has been the same: no. Will this year be any different? Veteran turf writer Steve Haskin seems to think so. ]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 07:18:00 -0700 http://blog.twinspires.com/2012/05/why-ill-have-another-wont.html http://blog.horseplayersassociation.org/2012/05/trainer-jamie-ness-14-for-16.html Horseplayers Association of North America - A buddy of mine who lives in the Philadelphia area called me up yesterday. I hadn’t heard from him in a while. Of course we talked about racing. For as long as I’ve known him, his favorite track has been Delaware Park. He was exited, as he always is this… ]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 07:09:00 -0700 http://blog.horseplayersassociation.org/2012/05/trainer-jamie-ness-14-for-16.html http://pullthepocket.blogspot.com/2012/05/on-one-item-theres-agreement.html Pull the Pocket - Exercise: Put a horseman group dude, a track exec and a horseplayer together on a sunny day and ask them "how's the weather".You'll likely get three answers.One issue where I find complete agreement is on the super, duper, holy smokes this is impossible, trainers.Tampa Bay Downs today announced they had… ]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 06:36:00 -0700 http://pullthepocket.blogspot.com/2012/05/on-one-item-theres-agreement.html http://www.horse-canada.com/thoroughblog/hill/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hill ThoroughBlog - Thursday news – PREAKNESS set to go Saturday…long weekend in Canada with 3 racing days this weekend…go Emma!!     ABSOLUTELY go and see CAVALIA: ODYSSEO, forget what you know about Cavalia, this is stunning, live music gorgeous horses, incredible sets. It’s in Toronto right now. ]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 05:57:00 -0700 http://www.horse-canada.com/thoroughblog/hill/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hill http://espn.go.com/horse-racing/blog/_/name/novak_claire/id/7939617/welcome-newcomers via Pinboard - Word in the press box regarding all new shooters for Saturday's 137th running of the Preakness Stakes: they've got no shot. Word in the press box is usually right. ]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 05:47:00 -0700 http://espn.go.com/horse-racing/blog/_/name/novak_claire/id/7939617/welcome-newcomers http://espn.go.com/horse-racing/story/_/id/7939403/bodemeister-leads-baffert-preakness via Pinboard - Bob Baffert led Bodemeister around the shedrow, or maybe Bodemeister led Baffert -- it was hard to say. Having just arrived Wednesday afternoon at Pimlico, the trainer quickly grabbed a shank and began walking Bodemeister so that a groom could prepare a stall to receive as its new resident the… ]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 05:46:00 -0700 http://espn.go.com/horse-racing/story/_/id/7939403/bodemeister-leads-baffert-preakness http://helloracefans.com/races/triple-crown/the-preakness/ Hello Race Fans! - A clock malfunction, a change of venue, a notorious party scene and a pristine piece of art are just a few of the things you should know about the Preakness. ]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 05:18:00 -0700 http://helloracefans.com/races/triple-crown/the-preakness/ http://www.tripledeadheat.ca/2012/05/woodbine-connections-hope-gutierrez.html Triple Dead Heat - It was going to take an historic effort for 25-year-old Mario Gutierrez, who enjoyed his North American debut at Vancouver’s Hastings Park, to capture the Kentucky Derby from Post 19 – a post from which no Derby winner had ever departed - when he sprung from the gate aboard I’ll Have… ]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 17:28:00 -0700 http://www.tripledeadheat.ca/2012/05/woodbine-connections-hope-gutierrez.html http://helloracefans.com/handicapping/2012-preakness-cheat-sheet/ Hello Race Fans! - Need to quickly get up to speed on the 2012 Preakness field? If not, share this thumbnail of the field with your friends and family who don't follow racing as closely as you do! ]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 17:10:00 -0700 http://helloracefans.com/handicapping/2012-preakness-cheat-sheet/ http://www.drf.com/blogs/royal-currier-csaba-top-beyers FormBlog - Dan Illman I'm writing this before the Preakness draw, but I'm a bit interested in CREATIVE CAUSE, the San Felipe winner that was fifth in the Derby.  He wasn't going to win with a perfect trip, but he may have been third with an ideal setup.  Instead, he was bumped… ]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 16:30:00 -0700 http://www.drf.com/blogs/royal-currier-csaba-top-beyers http://confessionsofahotwalker.blogspot.com/2012/05/back-on-work-tab.html Confessions of a Hotwalker - Our meet opened Kentucky Derby weekend. Spring is always full of promise and never fails to deliver a few surprises, both on and off the track. I just returned to work in our barn yesterday. My barn moves up north in a rolling sequence, just as it leaves. Today, we… ]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 14:15:00 -0700 http://confessionsofahotwalker.blogspot.com/2012/05/back-on-work-tab.html http://fmitchell07.wordpress.com/2012/05/16/broodmare-of-the-week-lottsa-talc/ Bloodstock in the Bluegrass - For those of us who like racing class in the dam, Lottsa Talc has lots to offer. The winner of 21 races from 65 starts in six seasons of racing, the daughter of Talc earned a smidge more than $1.2 million. Most owner-breeders would be elated to find such results… ]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 14:02:00 -0700 http://fmitchell07.wordpress.com/2012/05/16/broodmare-of-the-week-lottsa-talc/ http://www.horseracingnation.com/blogs/zatt/Who_Am_I_61_123 Horse Racing Nation NewsWire -  *Bred in Florida, I shared my grandsire with arguably the greatest Triple Crown winner of all-time. *I began each of my three seasons of racing among the pink flamingos. *In my finest season, I raced 19 times, with 9 wins, including 7 stakes victories. *I was a stakes winner in… ]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 12:59:00 -0700 http://www.horseracingnation.com/blogs/zatt/Who_Am_I_61_123 http://werkhorse.com/whoshotwhosnot/index.php/2012/05/16/awesome-gravy-train/ Who's Hot, Who's Not - By Elaine Belval Sometimes it’s hard for a stallion to establish a reputation, especially in a competitive market like Kentucky, California, or Florida, where top-name sires abound. But it has reached the point where if you are a breeder in Florida and you are not sending mares to Awesome of… ]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 11:12:00 -0700 http://werkhorse.com/whoshotwhosnot/index.php/2012/05/16/awesome-gravy-train/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/UyGJ/~3/PyOD00BfniQ/new-photo-credits.html View From the Racetrack Grandstand - If you noticed, there is a new photo being used for the background.  I would like to thank Yonkers Raceway and track photographer Mike Lizzi for permitting me to use the photo for the blog. ]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 10:14:00 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/UyGJ/~3/PyOD00BfniQ/new-photo-credits.html http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/horse-racing-steve-haskin/archive/2012/05/16/haskin-s-preakness-report-a-walk-through-history.aspx Blood-Horse - Then and now. Along the drive through historic Sagamore Farm, with its idyllic pastures, gently rolling hills, and spectacular vistas, you pass a small unobtrusive barn that at first doesn’t look like a barn at all, due mainly to its garage doors that were installed years ago to replace the… ]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 09:34:00 -0700 http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/horse-racing-steve-haskin/archive/2012/05/16/haskin-s-preakness-report-a-walk-through-history.aspx