http://www.raceday360.com/wire/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss R30 dana@superterrific.org http://sidfernando.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/in-the-spotlight-runs-away-with-the-indian-derby-sunday/ Sid Fernando + Observations - By Major Srinivas Nargolkar (Retd.) In The Spotlight (Alnasr Alwasheek – Radiate by Placerville) waited behind the early pace, struck the front at Mahalakshmi as soon as they straightened for the final run in, and stormed away to win the McDowell Signature Premier Indian Derby, Gr.1, by seven lengths from Smashing, who had won… ]]> Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:07:00 -0800 http://sidfernando.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/in-the-spotlight-runs-away-with-the-indian-derby-sunday/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/UyGJ/~3/iVEJuk42Qrk/i-can-doosit-captures-final-trotting.html View From the Racetrack Grandstand - I Can Doosit NZ, captured his second straight A$250,000 Trotting Inter Dominion at Tabcorp Park Melton in Victoria, Australia, winning the 2,760 metre race in 3:26.5 (2:00.4 mile rate) over the good track, winning by 5.3 metres.  This 6 year old gelded son of Muscles Yankee out of the New Zealand… ]]> Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:10:00 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/UyGJ/~3/iVEJuk42Qrk/i-can-doosit-captures-final-trotting.html http://www.gallopfrance.com/cagnes-week-2-and-3/ Gallop France - The past two weeks have been so busy I didn’t realize I’ve neglected to say what’s been going on! Backtracking to Deep Ocean’s race, which is where I left off: He finished only 5th, and I had expected better. Unfortunately I had to shoe him a few days before the… ]]> Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:29:00 -0800 http://www.gallopfrance.com/cagnes-week-2-and-3/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/keiblog/6822651651/ Flickr - keiblog.com The view from Tokyo Racecourse ]]> Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:07:00 -0800 http://www.flickr.com/photos/keiblog/6822651651/ http://www.horseracingnation.com/blogs/zatt/Hey_America_Get_to_know_Igugu_123 Horse Racing Nation NewsWire - Who is Igugu?Some have called her Africa’s Zenyatta. That’s great, but what does it really mean? Let’s take a look at some of her basic stats; Igugu, owned by a partnership that includes Sheikh Mohammed Bin Khalifa Al Maktoum, and trained by Mike de Kock, is a 4-year-old Australian bred… ]]> Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:52:00 -0800 http://www.horseracingnation.com/blogs/zatt/Hey_America_Get_to_know_Igugu_123 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSwOea5RF-s&feature=youtube_gdata YouTube - ]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:35:00 -0800 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSwOea5RF-s&feature=youtube_gdata http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/UyGJ/~3/Fsa1vD0XNS8/its-prix-damerique-time.html View From the Racetrack Grandstand - We are in the final countdown for the Prix D'Amerique which will be held this coming Sunday, January 29, 2012 at Vincennes-Paris in France.  This ultimate event in racing for older horses also known as the World Harness Racing Championship will be contested for the 91st time and is scheduled… ]]> Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:20:00 -0800 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/UyGJ/~3/Fsa1vD0XNS8/its-prix-damerique-time.html http://blogs.courier-journal.com/racing/2012/01/23/canadian-2yo-champ-sold-to-chechnya-president/ via Pinboard - Maritimer, expected to be crowned Canada’s 2011 2-year-old champion, has been sold to controversial Chechnya president (and racing fan) Ramzan Kadyrov for what is believed to be in the range of $1.7 million, the Toronto Star reports. “I have mixed emotions about selling him,” the Star quotes owner-breeder Howie Walton… ]]> Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:36:00 -0800 http://blogs.courier-journal.com/racing/2012/01/23/canadian-2yo-champ-sold-to-chechnya-president/ http://www.gallopfrance.com/cagnes-week-1/ Gallop France - It all started much more calmly than last year, but Cagnes sur Mer still has all the ingredients of a frat party for grown-ups (and the not-so-grownups). Sun, sea, alcohol and horse racing. If there’s a better combination than this, I don’t know it. I came down last Sunday with… ]]> Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:24:00 -0800 http://www.gallopfrance.com/cagnes-week-1/ http://sidfernando.wordpress.com/2012/01/22/vijay-mallya-usha-stud-get-a-smashing-indian-oaks/ Sid Fernando + Observations - By Maj. Srinivas Nargolkar (Retd.) Dr. Vijay Mallya and Usha Stud ended their draught of “classics” — neither had won even one of the sixteen, including the regional versions, since the start of the winter season in November — with the filly Smashing (Holy Roman Emperor – Exquisite by Galileo) winning… ]]> Sun, 22 Jan 2012 09:55:00 -0800 http://sidfernando.wordpress.com/2012/01/22/vijay-mallya-usha-stud-get-a-smashing-indian-oaks/ http://lyricalshadow.blogspot.com/2012/01/undefeated-panamanian-star-coming-to.html In the Money - With Zenyatta long retired and Rapid Redux winding down his campaign, who will carry on the torch of a win streak to follow? How about a speedy, undefeated gray mare who's known as Panama's superstar sprinter? Amor de Palacio, a 5-year-old daughter of Cashel Castle born and raised at Journeyman Stud, has… ]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:31:00 -0800 http://lyricalshadow.blogspot.com/2012/01/undefeated-panamanian-star-coming-to.html http://www.sportinglife.com/racing/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=racing/12/01/18/RACING_Caviar.html&BID=465 via Pinboard - Trainer Peter Moody has entered Black Caviar for two races at the Dubai World Cup meeting. The six-year-old mare is unbeaten in 16 starts in Australia, including seven Group One contests. Black Caviar was last seen when destroying the field in the Patinack Farm Classic at Flemington in November with… ]]> Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:40:00 -0800 http://www.sportinglife.com/racing/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=racing/12/01/18/RACING_Caviar.html&BID=465 http://blog.racingint.com/2012/01/16/black-caviar-is-back-in-training-for-2012.aspx via Pinboard - There was great disappointment when Australia's great sprinter mare, Black Caviar AUS, did not compete in the Winterbottom Stakes at Ascot, Perth, as expected. Her last race and 16th consecutive victory was the Group 1 Patinack Farm Classic at Flemington in November during the Melbourne Festival. ]]> Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:18:00 -0800 http://blog.racingint.com/2012/01/16/black-caviar-is-back-in-training-for-2012.aspx http://www.gallopfrance.com/bugging-out/ Gallop France - Five water buckets, five mangers, 10 rugs, two saddles, pads, bridles and a partridge in a pear tree. We’re packing for Cagnes. As I suspected last year, it’s come around again before I could blink. I can’t believe we’re making the expedition south again. I feel better prepared this year,… ]]> Sat, 14 Jan 2012 10:56:00 -0800 http://www.gallopfrance.com/bugging-out/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO1n-aXk8Ok&feature=youtube_gdata YouTube - ]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:32:00 -0800 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO1n-aXk8Ok&feature=youtube_gdata http://www.flickr.com/photos/jchan9193/6679853879/ Flickr - JChan9193 Sha Tin Racecourse in Hong Kong - holds races every Wednesday and Sunday. I still don't know exactly how I feel about horse racing. ]]> Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:01:00 -0800 http://www.flickr.com/photos/jchan9193/6679853879/ http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/jet-lag-can-make-a-horse-fly via Pinboard - We all know the perils of jet lag. Take a long-haul flight across a few time zones, and the chances are you'll spend a day or more feeling tired and out of sorts - and certainly not up to running a professional-level race. Be jealous, then, of horses. Scientists have… ]]> Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:06:00 -0800 http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/jet-lag-can-make-a-horse-fly http://www.gallopfrance.com/back-to-deauville-for-deep/ Gallop France - Deep Ocean heads back to Deauville tomorrow for another handicap, this time at a slightly shorter distance of 1,900 meters. He ran a nice third last time out at 2,400 meters, but I had the impression, shared by the jockey, that a little shorter would be better. Tomorrow, we shall… ]]> Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:23:00 -0800 http://www.gallopfrance.com/back-to-deauville-for-deep/ http://blog.horseplayersassociation.org/2012/01/italian-racing-effectively-bankrupt.html Horseplayers Association of North America - The Guardian Newspaper, January 8, 2012: "The future of horse racing in Italy appears to hang in the balance as protesters are set to target the government in Rome this week in an attempt to secure increased funding for the sport. "The betting model, through which money comes back to racing,… ]]> Mon, 09 Jan 2012 10:49:00 -0800 http://blog.horseplayersassociation.org/2012/01/italian-racing-effectively-bankrupt.html http://www.flickr.com/photos/keiblog/6666581857/ Flickr - keiblog.com The look on their faces is like "Did we make it?" It was a close finish in the Fairy Stakes! Mistress was 3rd. ]]> Mon, 09 Jan 2012 05:00:00 -0800 http://www.flickr.com/photos/keiblog/6666581857/