http://www.raceday360.com/wire/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss R30 jnchapel@gmail.com http://thebrocktalk.blogspot.com/2010/07/haskell-has-skins-as-eclipse-award.html The Brock Talk - With a stellar and competitive field assembling on the Jersey shore for the $1 million IZOD Haskell Invitational (gr. 1) Sunday, perhaps the best bet of the race will be that the... ]]> Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:19:00 -0700 http://thebrocktalk.blogspot.com/2010/07/haskell-has-skins-as-eclipse-award.html http://www.paulickreport.com/blog/black-tie-affair-rip/ Paulick Report - Fan favorite and 1991 Horse of the Year Black Tie Affair died today at Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement Facility in Georgetown KY. Click here for a touching tribute... ]]> Thu, 01 Jul 2010 20:12:00 -0700 http://www.paulickreport.com/blog/black-tie-affair-rip/ http://fmitchell07.wordpress.com/2010/05/01/mud-and-roses/ Bloodstock in the Bluegrass - In Kentucky in the spring, sometimes it rains. When the clouds dark tumult yields rain like we have seen in the past 12 hours, there is not much a track crew can do. ]]> Sat, 01 May 2010 12:23:00 -0700 http://fmitchell07.wordpress.com/2010/05/01/mud-and-roses/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Railbird/~3/QFGT2uRjz9E/ Jessica Chapel / Railbird v2 - Gary West invokes (as I did on Twitter) the record of the great gelding Kelso, the only five-time Horse of the Year, in appraising Rachel Alexandra’s loss in the New Orleans Ladies... ]]> Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:41:00 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Railbird/~3/QFGT2uRjz9E/ http://theaspiringhorseplayer.com/2010/03/14/rachel-zenyatta-and-the-real-fans-of-horse-racin/ The Aspiring Horseplayer - Unbelievable: the word captures the feelings still peculating among the masses as they continue to deal... ]]> Sun, 14 Mar 2010 08:07:00 -0700 http://theaspiringhorseplayer.com/2010/03/14/rachel-zenyatta-and-the-real-fans-of-horse-racin/ http://theaspiringhorseplayer.com/2010/03/13/1980/ The Aspiring Horseplayer - Those who stop over here often know I tend to get a bit “pumped up” on big time racing days.  No speech in the history of mankind does the trick in terms of getting the mind ready... ]]> Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:57:00 -0800 http://theaspiringhorseplayer.com/2010/03/13/1980/ http://equispace.blogspot.com/2010/02/buzz-level.html EquiSpace - Happy Valentine's Day. With a lot going on in the major sports lately (Super Bowl, NBA all-star game, college hoops) and the Winter Olympics kicking off, I thought I'd grade out the... ]]> Sun, 14 Feb 2010 13:29:00 -0800 http://equispace.blogspot.com/2010/02/buzz-level.html http://www.paulickreport.com/blog/who-will-televise-the-apple-blossom/ Paulick Report - A potential April 3 matchup at Oaklawn Park between Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra and unbeaten, two-time champion Zenyatta may be the best news racing fans have heard in a long time. ]]> Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:22:00 -0800 http://www.paulickreport.com/blog/who-will-televise-the-apple-blossom/ http://www.paulickreport.com/blog/stud-fee-change-for-curlin/ Paulick Report - The 2010 stud fee for two-time Horse of the Year CURLIN, who stands at Mr. and Mrs. William S. Farish’s Lane’s End Farm near Versailles, Kentucky, has been reduced to $40,000 stands and nurses. ]]> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:42:00 -0800 http://www.paulickreport.com/blog/stud-fee-change-for-curlin/ http://www.horseracingbusiness.com/a-better-system-for-determining-horse-of-the-year-3542.htm Horse Racing Business - The Eclipse Awards for the champions in the various divisions of Thoroughbred horse racing and the award for Horse of the Year are determined by the voters from the... ]]> Sat, 23 Jan 2010 04:00:00 -0800 http://www.horseracingbusiness.com/a-better-system-for-determining-horse-of-the-year-3542.htm http://blog-beb.thoroughbredtimes.com/2010/01/vote-is-vote.html Big Event Blog - Steve Crist broke the story on his blog that the lone vote for Icon Project as champion older female was actually a mistake and that the DRF employee meant to vote for Zenyatta. ]]> Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:19:00 -0800 http://blog-beb.thoroughbredtimes.com/2010/01/vote-is-vote.html http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/triplecrowntalk/archive/2010/01/19/final-thoughts-on-horse-of-the-year.aspx Blood-Horse - It was more than a little disappointing that Hal Wiggins was not mentioned by Jess Jackson or Steve Asmussen... ]]> Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:49:00 -0800 http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/triplecrowntalk/archive/2010/01/19/final-thoughts-on-horse-of-the-year.aspx http://theaspiringhorseplayer.com/2010/01/18/rachel-alexandra-wins-horse-of-the-year/ The Aspiring Horseplayer - In perhaps the most hotly debated Horse of the Year vote in history, Rachel Alexandra did what no horse has been able to do on the race track; defeat Zenyatta... ]]> Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:01:00 -0800 http://theaspiringhorseplayer.com/2010/01/18/rachel-alexandra-wins-horse-of-the-year/ http://theaspiringhorseplayer.com/2010/01/18/horse-of-the-year-up-for-grabs-tonight/ The Aspiring Horseplayer - The arrival of January 18, 2010 has not come without ample anticipation. Fans of the great Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta have been locked in a desperate struggle to see their respective favorites honored in the highest possible fashion. ]]> Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:47:00 -0800 http://theaspiringhorseplayer.com/2010/01/18/horse-of-the-year-up-for-grabs-tonight/ http://thepapertyger.blogspot.com/2010/01/womans-and-mares-prerogative.html Via Google Reader - It's common knowledge that it is a woman's prerogative to change her mind, and to do so early and often. Apparently the adage applies to equine women (read as mares) as well, since all the news online is that "the big mare" will race again 2010. Zenyatta to race in 2010… ]]> Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:06:00 -0800 http://thepapertyger.blogspot.com/2010/01/womans-and-mares-prerogative.html http://mibredclaimer.wordpress.com/2010/01/14/the-haiku-handicapper-2009-eclipse-award-predictions/ The Michigan-Bred Claimer - Two-Year-Old Male Derby cred in doubt Not a dirt start among them Lookin at Lucky Two-Year-Old Female What East-Coast bias? Cup loss doesn’t dim campaign ]]> Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:32:00 -0800 http://mibredclaimer.wordpress.com/2010/01/14/the-haiku-handicapper-2009-eclipse-award-predictions/ http://farewelltokings.com/2010/01/zenyatta-2010/ Farewell to Kings - I have always subscribed to the idea that actions speak louder than words. So when a Breeders’ Cup Classic winner works 4 furlongs in :48 flat 2 months after winning the Classic... ]]> Fri, 08 Jan 2010 07:42:00 -0800 http://farewelltokings.com/2010/01/zenyatta-2010/ http://blog-beb.thoroughbredtimes.com/2009/12/illin.html Big Event Blog - There's a lot to like in racing, and of course there's a lot to despise. Racing has much bigger problems than what I'm about to discuss, but I'd like to exorcise some demons as the calendar... ]]> Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:22:00 -0800 http://blog-beb.thoroughbredtimes.com/2009/12/illin.html http://farewelltokings.com/2009/12/horses-of-the-decade-2000-2009/ Farewell to Kings - I skipped the customary Christmas Day movie/Chinese Food routine, so what better time to look back on a fascinating decade of racing and crunch some PP’s to figure out the best of the best in each category. Annual Eclipse Awards are sometimes difficult because there are no clear guidelines in… ]]> Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:42:00 -0800 http://farewelltokings.com/2009/12/horses-of-the-decade-2000-2009/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Railbird/~3/pJtNVo3vavg/ Jessica Chapel / Railbird v2 - I’ll leave it to others to debate whether it’s sexist or even right that Zenyatta finished second to tennis star Serena Williams in the Associated Press’ Female Athlete of the Year poll and instead merely note that the mare has been running second in quite a few rankings of late,… ]]> Wed, 23 Dec 2009 07:27:00 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Railbird/~3/pJtNVo3vavg/