http://www.raceday360.com/wire/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss R30 dana@superterrific.org http://www.horseracingnation.com/blogs/zatt/Animal_Kingdom_out_of_the_Dubai_World_Cup_123 Horse Racing Nation NewsWire - With a single tweet the dream of America’s defending three-year-old champion traveling half way across the globe to win the world’s richest race was dead.  “Sorry to report that AK will not be making the trip to Dubai. He came out of his work sore in the same leg that… ]]> Mon, 12 Mar 2012 04:42:00 -0700 http://www.horseracingnation.com/blogs/zatt/Animal_Kingdom_out_of_the_Dubai_World_Cup_123 http://www.forbes.com/sites/teresagenaro/2012/02/23/2011-kentucky-derby-winner-starts-his-comeback/ via Pinboard - You can’t really call it sibling rivalry, because they’re not related, so maybe you just call it an embarrassment of riches, with a couple of dollops of uncanny coincidence. Graham Motion has been training horses in this country for nearly 20 years, but his is not a name frequently associated… ]]> Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:38:00 -0800 http://www.forbes.com/sites/teresagenaro/2012/02/23/2011-kentucky-derby-winner-starts-his-comeback/ http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/horse-racing-steve-haskin/archive/2012/02/22/haskin-s-derby-trail-quot-veni-vidi-valor-quot.aspx Blood-Horse - Last year at this time, Team Valor International was as close to winning the Kentucky Derby as the Indianapolis Colts were to winning the 2012 Super Bowl. Their three top 3-year-olds were all grass and/or synthetic horses, two of whom hadn't even started at 3. The other, Crimson China, had… ]]> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:36:00 -0800 http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/horse-racing-steve-haskin/archive/2012/02/22/haskin-s-derby-trail-quot-veni-vidi-valor-quot.aspx http://helloracefans.com/races/weekly-roundup/week-of-february-20-2012/ Hello Race Fans! - 2011 Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom overshadowed the 2012 Kentucky Derby hopefuls with an impressive performance in his much anticipated return. Elsewhere formful races and exciting finishes were the norm. ]]> Mon, 20 Feb 2012 05:16:00 -0800 http://helloracefans.com/races/weekly-roundup/week-of-february-20-2012/ http://www.horse-canada.com/thoroughblog/zoo/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=zoo ThoroughBlog - Trainer Lorne Richards and True North may have a nice one in PERFECT TAY, maybe a Queen’s Plate horse,  read below…some Canadian winners, the Derby hero is back and other stuff….     Sparkling – A shiny morning at Payson Park in Stuart, Florida – photo by Janet Black  … ]]> Sun, 19 Feb 2012 06:32:00 -0800 http://www.horse-canada.com/thoroughblog/zoo/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=zoo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzzGdmAA56s&feature=youtube_gdata YouTube - ]]> Sat, 18 Feb 2012 11:56:00 -0800 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzzGdmAA56s&feature=youtube_gdata http://www.drf.com/blogs/animal-kingdom-tobys-corner-and-two-fair-hill-mornings Barbara Livingston Blog - Barbara Livingston: Toby's Corner and a Fair Hill sunrise, December 13, 2011... ]]> Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:56:00 -0800 http://www.drf.com/blogs/animal-kingdom-tobys-corner-and-two-fair-hill-mornings http://www.horseracingnation.com/blogs/zatt/Animal_Kingdom_and_Royal_Delta_top_Dubai_World_Cup_Nominations_123 Horse Racing Nation NewsWire - Not to be too much of a homer, but the first thing I did when I saw the nominations for the Dubai World Cup was scan the list for those horses trained in the USA. Surprisingly, a look at the long list of horses nominated to the big race reads… ]]> Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:26:00 -0800 http://www.horseracingnation.com/blogs/zatt/Animal_Kingdom_and_Royal_Delta_top_Dubai_World_Cup_Nominations_123 http://thebrocktalk.blogspot.com/2012/01/us-stars-have-dubai-world-cup-in-sights.html The Brock Talk - With the recent announcement by trainer Bill Mott (photo right) that Breeders’ Cup Ladies Classic winner Royal Delta will be pointed to the $10 million Dubai World Cup sponsored by Emirates Airlines, it appears the United States will again be well represented in the March 31 race. Earlier this month,… ]]> Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:52:00 -0800 http://thebrocktalk.blogspot.com/2012/01/us-stars-have-dubai-world-cup-in-sights.html http://www.paulickreport.com/index.php/news/thoroughbred-racing/animal-kingdom-returns-to-work-tab-eyes-dubai-world-cup/ via Pinboard - Team Valor International’s Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom had his first workout on the comeback trail for trainer Graham Motion under a bright blue sky on a crisp Saturday morning over the main dirt track at the Fair Hill training center near Elkton, Maryland. ]]> Sat, 24 Dec 2011 09:14:00 -0800 http://www.paulickreport.com/index.php/news/thoroughbred-racing/animal-kingdom-returns-to-work-tab-eyes-dubai-world-cup/ http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/racing-news/2011/11/13/motion-animal-kingdom-divisional-honors.aspx#.TsBa7OnuP5I.twitter via Pinboard - The results of the Breeders’ Cup World Championships left the three-year-old male division without a clear leader, and trainer Graham Motion hopes Eclipse Award voters do not forget the colt who won the division’s marquee race six months ago at Churchill Downs. ]]> Sun, 13 Nov 2011 17:18:00 -0800 http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/racing-news/2011/11/13/motion-animal-kingdom-divisional-honors.aspx#.TsBa7OnuP5I.twitter http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7AoEgDUtak&feature=youtube_gdata YouTube - ]]> Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:04:00 -0800 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7AoEgDUtak&feature=youtube_gdata http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ9-Z93T2jI&feature=youtube_gdata YouTube - ]]> Thu, 08 Sep 2011 12:37:00 -0700 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ9-Z93T2jI&feature=youtube_gdata http://werkhorse.com/pedigreematters/index.php/2011/05/27/forestry-yes-he-can/ Roger Lyons' Pedigree Matters - by Roger Lyons I have to admit that, even though I included Shackleford along with Animal Kingdom and Astrology at the top of my Preakness superfecta pyramid, I really thought it most likely that Animal Kingdom would win. Just in case it turned out Forestry could sire a classic winner… ]]> Fri, 27 May 2011 13:13:00 -0700 http://werkhorse.com/pedigreematters/index.php/2011/05/27/forestry-yes-he-can/ http://runroughshod.blogspot.com/2011/05/animal-kingdom-before-he-was-derby.html Running Rough Shod - John Velazquez and Heather Craig leading Animal Kingdom after his Derby victory. Having done a cover profile on Graham Motion for North American Trainer and a Q&A interview with Team Valor’s Barry Irwin for the May issue of Thoroughbred Owner & Breeder, I’d be lying if I didn’t say I had… ]]> Tue, 10 May 2011 10:04:00 -0700 http://runroughshod.blogspot.com/2011/05/animal-kingdom-before-he-was-derby.html http://werkhorse.com/pedigreematters/index.php/2011/05/09/best-dam-lines-dominate-derby/ Roger Lyons' Pedigree Matters - by Roger Lyons Even if I have to say so myself (and I do), the Dam Line Index (DLI) profiles presented in my pre-Derby post were very lucky in separating the contenders from the pretenders. That post cited 11 Derby qualifiers whose DLI profiles, while not necessarily distinguishable from one… ]]> Mon, 09 May 2011 13:16:00 -0700 http://werkhorse.com/pedigreematters/index.php/2011/05/09/best-dam-lines-dominate-derby/ http://runroughshod.blogspot.com/2011/05/kentucky-derby-footage-video.html Running Rough Shod - My very amateur footage of the Kentucky Derby -- before, during, and after -- in two parts: ]]> Sun, 08 May 2011 15:33:00 -0700 http://runroughshod.blogspot.com/2011/05/kentucky-derby-footage-video.html http://werkhorse.com/pedigreematters/index.php/2011/05/05/kentucky-derby-dam-line-index-profiles/ Roger Lyons' Pedigree Matters - by Roger Lyons The table introduced by this post lists the Dam Line Index (DLI) for the first seven dams of each of the 20 Kentucky Derby 2011 qualifiers. The DLI, remember, is derived from the number of runners winning stakes during the last 15 years and descending, tail-female, from… ]]> Thu, 05 May 2011 08:33:00 -0700 http://werkhorse.com/pedigreematters/index.php/2011/05/05/kentucky-derby-dam-line-index-profiles/