http://www.raceday360.com/wire/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss R30 dana@superterrific.org http://www.flickr.com/photos/creepy_coyote/7004550114/ Flickr - creepy_coyote Hansen in the walkover before the 138th running of the Grade I Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, KY. 5.5.2012 ]]> Sun, 06 May 2012 17:55:00 -0700 http://www.flickr.com/photos/creepy_coyote/7004550114/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/lKCPy/~3/2lR6cMq0Oj4/it-all-starts-with-alpha.html Owning Racehorses - Welcome to the annual rite of futility.  Contrary to popular belief, I am not 0 for 138 in the Kentucky Derby (I had Regret in 1915), it only feels that way.  Yet here I am, giving it the old college try.  I don’t know if I should be proud of… ]]> Fri, 04 May 2012 06:00:00 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/lKCPy/~3/2lR6cMq0Oj4/it-all-starts-with-alpha.html http://givingmytencents.blogspot.com/2012/05/why-six-week-break-between-derby-preps.html Giving My Ten Cents - In today's racing, everyone is worrying about the "bounce" effect with their horses. This leads to a culture of big efforts and big layoffs, all to keep up winning percentages and avoid scrutiny. But for the Kentucky Derby, is this strategy a bad thing? The chart below shows the horses… ]]> Thu, 03 May 2012 18:45:00 -0700 http://givingmytencents.blogspot.com/2012/05/why-six-week-break-between-derby-preps.html http://www.flickr.com/photos/creepy_coyote/7140569549/ Flickr - creepy_coyote BC Juvenile champion Hansen schools the paddock in preparation for the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, KY. 5.3.2012 ]]> Thu, 03 May 2012 18:22:00 -0700 http://www.flickr.com/photos/creepy_coyote/7140569549/ http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/horse-racing-steve-haskin/archive/2012/05/03/haskin-s-derby-trail-thursday-potpourri.aspx Blood-Horse - The time is getting near. No not the Derby, trying to finally decipher this intricate and confusing puzzle. We’ve made a few more observations this morning that should help, as well as another trip to the paddock.First, the quote of day goes to who else but Bob Baffert, who drew… ]]> Thu, 03 May 2012 16:04:00 -0700 http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/horse-racing-steve-haskin/archive/2012/05/03/haskin-s-derby-trail-thursday-potpourri.aspx http://ratherrapid.blogspot.com/2012/04/derby-news.html via Pinboard - Derby video coverage continues to amaze me. Why does the Blood Horse send Lenny Schulman all the way to Churchill Downs to do 2 min. of video which show nothing. The KY Derby site this year has very little video up. Ways to promote the sport? Good grief. Get's worse… ]]> Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:57:00 -0700 http://ratherrapid.blogspot.com/2012/04/derby-news.html http://www.twitlonger.com/show/h5jr25 via Pinboard - OK, I've waited as long as I can, and it's a record for me, I've lasted all the way til midweek before the race before becoming infected with #KYDerby fever. There's always two interests--finding the potential winner, and finding a wagering strategy to build tickets around a horse or horses… ]]> Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:12:00 -0700 http://www.twitlonger.com/show/h5jr25 http://blog.twinspires.com/2012/04/hansen-and-bodemeister-fire-ice.html via Pinboard - As the field turned for home in last weekend’s Blue Grass Stakes, things were looking good for the 2011 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile champion Hansen. After breaking sharply, the son of Tapit appeared to be on cruise control as he recorded a moderate, yet respectable, -6 early speed ration (ESR) while… ]]> Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:34:00 -0700 http://blog.twinspires.com/2012/04/hansen-and-bodemeister-fire-ice.html http://www.anddownthestretchtheycome.com/2012/4/14/2949237/2012-blue-grass-result-trakus-dullahan-hansen via Pinboard - The implementation of the Trakus system at Keeneland when the Polytrack surface was installed has allowed horse players to view a race through a different and, in many ways, a more accurate lens with respect to time and trip. Instead of guessing at the fractions for individual horses based on… ]]> Sat, 14 Apr 2012 18:25:00 -0700 http://www.anddownthestretchtheycome.com/2012/4/14/2949237/2012-blue-grass-result-trakus-dullahan-hansen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEilpo9elzo&feature=youtube_gdata YouTube - ]]> Sat, 14 Apr 2012 15:35:00 -0700 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEilpo9elzo&feature=youtube_gdata http://www.horseracingnation.com/blogs/zatt/Better_beware_Hansen_Dullahan_is_ready_to_roll_late_123 Horse Racing Nation NewsWire - The best horse in tomorrow’s Blue Grass Stakes is Hansen. Thank you for reading everyone, drive safely, and have a pleasant evening.You know what? Believing that the 2012 Blue Grass is the best edition in years, like I do, perhaps we should dive a little deeper into this interesting 13-horse field.… ]]> Fri, 13 Apr 2012 08:11:00 -0700 http://www.horseracingnation.com/blogs/zatt/Better_beware_Hansen_Dullahan_is_ready_to_roll_late_123 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny12jp-e7eg&feature=youtube_gdata YouTube - ]]> Sat, 07 Apr 2012 09:32:00 -0700 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny12jp-e7eg&feature=youtube_gdata http://www.horseracingnation.com/blogs/zatt/Just_let_the_gray_horse_roll_Hansen_2012_Kentucky_Derby_123 Horse Racing Nation NewsWire - “His only chance is if they teach him to rate.”  I can’t tell you how many times I’ve read or heard many "experts" say this about Hansen’s prospects for the 2012 Kentucky Derby.  Balderdash, I say. Perhaps they do not remember horses like Bold Forbes, Seattle Slew, Spend a Buck, Winning Colors, Go… ]]> Mon, 19 Mar 2012 07:11:00 -0700 http://www.horseracingnation.com/blogs/zatt/Just_let_the_gray_horse_roll_Hansen_2012_Kentucky_Derby_123 http://foolishpleasure-valerie.blogspot.com/2012/03/when-old-ways-still-work.html Foolish Pleasure - Something Bill Pressey pointed out over at his ThoroEdgeblog this week has been rattling around my brain as sounding awfully familiar. Billnoted that, on his LouisvilleCourier blog, Hansen’s ownercasually mentioned that the morning of the Gotham, trainer Mike Maker galloped the near-whiteBreeders’ Cup Juvenile champion six furlongs—and how that relaxed… ]]> Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:55:00 -0800 http://foolishpleasure-valerie.blogspot.com/2012/03/when-old-ways-still-work.html http://www.drf.com/blogs/hansen-photographers-dream Barbara Livingston Blog - Barbara Livingston Has there ever been a year when the top two Derby contenders - 1-2 in last year's championship voting - were so visually captivating?  Here's the alabaster beauty HANSEN, last year's juvenile champ, romping in the Gotham at Aqueduct this past weekend.  How could a person help but… ]]> Wed, 07 Mar 2012 09:21:00 -0800 http://www.drf.com/blogs/hansen-photographers-dream http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/03/06/2678433/lets-be-frank-will-the-real-hansen.html via Pinboard - Sans blinkers for the first time in his career, Hansen was away alertly despite breaking from post 12. He was caught very wide into the first turn, but his natural speed allowed him to move ahead of horses into the three-path as the field moved into the backstretch. Most observers… ]]> Tue, 06 Mar 2012 08:36:00 -0800 http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/03/06/2678433/lets-be-frank-will-the-real-hansen.html http://www.forbes.com/sites/teresagenaro/2012/03/06/hansen-brings-hope-to-retired-racehorses/ via Pinboard - The horse is nearly white—grey or roan technically, but to the eye, nearly white. He’s a champion, and he’s one race from undefeated. He’s the horse considered by bettors to be the second most likely to win the Kentucky Derby. He’s under constant scrutiny, his every move analyzed. ]]> Tue, 06 Mar 2012 07:04:00 -0800 http://www.forbes.com/sites/teresagenaro/2012/03/06/hansen-brings-hope-to-retired-racehorses/ http://thoroedge.wordpress.com/2012/03/05/hansens-pre-gotham-blowout-non-lasix-at-gp-and-uk-goings-on/ ThoroEdge Equine Performance - ‘The Great White Hope’ is probably my favorite pre-Derby motto. Congrats to the hometown connections behind Hansen here in Louisville – I only wish he was training at Churchill’s Trackside facility which I drive by everyday as trainer Mike Maker did for many years past. Oh well. From Dr. Hansen’s… ]]> Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:32:00 -0800 http://thoroedge.wordpress.com/2012/03/05/hansens-pre-gotham-blowout-non-lasix-at-gp-and-uk-goings-on/ http://www.horseracingnation.com/blogs/zatt/Hansen_Hansen_Hansen_2012_Kentucky_Derby_123 Horse Racing Nation NewsWire - And I thought all the talk after Union Rags winning the Fountain of Youth was impressive. Due to some combination of his looks and his talent, clearly Hansen has captured the imagination of race fans throughout America. Here is just a small sampling of what they were saying about Hansen… ]]> Sun, 04 Mar 2012 08:35:00 -0800 http://www.horseracingnation.com/blogs/zatt/Hansen_Hansen_Hansen_2012_Kentucky_Derby_123 http://www.flickr.com/photos/rockandracehorses/6804923284/ Flickr - Rock and Racehorses ]]> Sat, 03 Mar 2012 20:36:00 -0800 http://www.flickr.com/photos/rockandracehorses/6804923284/