http://www.raceday360.com/wire/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss R30 dana@superterrific.org http://www.anddownthestretchtheycome.com/2012/4/25/2974626/2012-kentucky-derby-contenders-breeders-cup-juvenile via Pinboard - The Breeders' Cup Juvenile is traditionally a race that can raise expectations and hope in the hearts of racing fans in the fall, only to dash those dreams in the spring. As almost all race fans are aware, since the Breeders' Cup began in 1984, only one horse has been… ]]> Thu, 26 Apr 2012 05:33:00 -0700 http://www.anddownthestretchtheycome.com/2012/4/25/2974626/2012-kentucky-derby-contenders-breeders-cup-juvenile http://sidfernando.wordpress.com/2012/04/06/only-four-2yo-grade-1-winners-have-also-won-derby-since-bc/ Sid Fernando + Observations - Only four 2-year-old Grade 1 winners have won the Kentucky Derby since 1985, a span of 27 years (15 percent). Before that, from the institution of Graded races in 1973 to the start of the Breeders’ Cup in 1984 , five Grade 1 winners at 2 won 11 Derbys (45 percent),… ]]> Fri, 06 Apr 2012 10:04:00 -0700 http://sidfernando.wordpress.com/2012/04/06/only-four-2yo-grade-1-winners-have-also-won-derby-since-bc/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IronMaidensThoroughbreds/~3/xPaaZSj8AYk/handicapping-precocious-babies.html Iron Maidens Thoroughbreds - Friday is opening day at Keeneland race track and that means the most precocious of this year’s two year old crop will make their debuts. I know, I know. Everyone is in the midst of Derby Fever and too busy to worry about a bunch of early maidens. Besides, those… ]]> Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:21:00 -0700 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IronMaidensThoroughbreds/~3/xPaaZSj8AYk/handicapping-precocious-babies.html http://sidfernando.wordpress.com/2012/04/04/thoroughbred-times-today-column-on-2yos-and-classics/ Sid Fernando + Observations - Specialist 2-year-olds versus late-developing classic colts: Only five of 27 Kentucky Derby winners since the first Breeders’ Cup races in 1984 have raced in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile. And only one BC Juvenile winner has won the Derby. More on the topic of my last few blog posts here in… ]]> Wed, 04 Apr 2012 07:00:00 -0700 http://sidfernando.wordpress.com/2012/04/04/thoroughbred-times-today-column-on-2yos-and-classics/ http://sidfernando.wordpress.com/2012/04/02/analysis-last-10-kentucky-derby-winners-and-their-form-at-2/ Sid Fernando + Observations - When he won the Grade 1 Florida Derby Saturday, Take Charge Indy became the eighth individual Graded stakes winner of 2012 to exit the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile of last year. Plus several others, including the highly regarded Dullahan, have placed  in a Graded race this year, making the race about… ]]> Mon, 02 Apr 2012 05:36:00 -0700 http://sidfernando.wordpress.com/2012/04/02/analysis-last-10-kentucky-derby-winners-and-their-form-at-2/ http://www.horseracingbusiness.com/the-worlds-richest-race-for-2-year-olds-8333.htm Horse Racing Business - Fact: Aussies bet more money on horseracing and poker machines than any other country in the world per capita. _____________________ The Golden Slipper Stakes is easily the richest horse race in the world for 2-year-olds. Since 1957, the race has been one of the most followed races in all Australia… ]]> Wed, 28 Mar 2012 06:00:00 -0700 http://www.horseracingbusiness.com/the-worlds-richest-race-for-2-year-olds-8333.htm http://hoofcare.blogspot.com/2012/02/racing-two-year-old-thoroughbreds-does.html via Pinboard - Before jumping to conclusions and overlaying this research on American Thoroughbreds, remember that there are environmental and medical differences in Thoroughbreds as you travel around the world. The way that horses are raised differs in the two countries, and in New Zealand, horses are racing almost exclusively on grass. They… ]]> Wed, 29 Feb 2012 09:01:00 -0800 http://hoofcare.blogspot.com/2012/02/racing-two-year-old-thoroughbreds-does.html http://www.equine-world.co.uk/news_read.asp?id=1835&title=New%20Evidence%20Suggests%20Training%20And%20Racing%20Thoroughbreds%20At%202%20Years%20Promotes%20Longer%20Career via Pinboard - New research, published this month in the Equine Veterinary Journal (EVJ), has suggested that exercise early in life has a positive effect on musculoskeletal health and may have a positive impact on the future racing careers of Thoroughbreds. ]]> Wed, 29 Feb 2012 07:43:00 -0800 http://www.equine-world.co.uk/news_read.asp?id=1835&title=New%20Evidence%20Suggests%20Training%20And%20Racing%20Thoroughbreds%20At%202%20Years%20Promotes%20Longer%20Career http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/maidenwatch/archive/2012/01/01/looking-back-and-forward.aspx via Pinboard - It looks like Hard Spun may have squeaked out a victory in the first-crop sire earnings race, with Spun Clear's 2nd-place finish at Turfway Park (see below). I say may have, because there still may be some foreign monies trickling in. Scat Daddy leads in number of winners and in… ]]> Sun, 01 Jan 2012 10:06:00 -0800 http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/maidenwatch/archive/2012/01/01/looking-back-and-forward.aspx http://lyricalshadow.blogspot.com/2011/12/2-year-olds-to-watch_28.html In the Money - Happy Holidays from In the Money!Here are the horses to watch from Dec. 20 - 27:1. Ismene [(filly, Tribal Rule - Never to Excess by In Excess (IRE)] - Bill Spawr's California-bred filly kicked off the Santa Anita meet with flair, winning the seven-furlong California Breeders' Champion Stakes in a solid 1:21.61. She's… ]]> Wed, 28 Dec 2011 07:33:00 -0800 http://lyricalshadow.blogspot.com/2011/12/2-year-olds-to-watch_28.html http://blogs.courier-journal.com/racing/2011/12/27/my-miss-aurelia-came-out-of-breeders-cup-with-shin-but-oaks-is-not-discounted/ via Pinboard - My Miss Aurelia, the unbeaten winner of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies, has what managing partner George Bolton termed “a small shin” from the Breeders’ Cup. In a series of texts Tuesday, Bolton said the shin has cooled out and the 2-year-old filly he named after his mother is getting… ]]> Tue, 27 Dec 2011 14:25:00 -0800 http://blogs.courier-journal.com/racing/2011/12/27/my-miss-aurelia-came-out-of-breeders-cup-with-shin-but-oaks-is-not-discounted/ http://lyricalshadow.blogspot.com/2011/12/2-year-olds-to-watch-2011-awards.html In the Money - What an exciting year for the juveniles. Here's the top In the Money awards to the 2-year-olds who deserve some recognition.Overall 2-year-old Horse of the Year: Hansen. The light gray son of Tapit thrilled Turfway fans with two easy wins on the synthetic surface. Most enthralling, however, was his front-running Breeders' Cup… ]]> Mon, 26 Dec 2011 07:53:00 -0800 http://lyricalshadow.blogspot.com/2011/12/2-year-olds-to-watch-2011-awards.html http://maryforney.blogspot.com/2011/12/secret-circle-works-in-company-may.html via Pinboard - Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Sprint winner Secret Circle worked in company with Candrea this morning at Santa Anita for trainer Bob Baffert. With jockey Martin Garcia aboard, Secret Circle went 6 furlongs in 1:11.60 – the fastest of 12 works at the distance. Secret Circle worked without blinkers this morning, a… ]]> Fri, 23 Dec 2011 08:24:00 -0800 http://maryforney.blogspot.com/2011/12/secret-circle-works-in-company-may.html http://fmitchell07.wordpress.com/2011/12/23/liaison-is-proving-a-connection-to-success-for-his-breeder-and-owner/ Bloodstock in the Bluegrass - In the 1998 Kentucky Derby, most of the attention at the finish was on Real Quiet, the knife-blade narrow son of Quiet American who came back two weeks later to win the Preakness Stakes. Real Quiet’s immediate victims in the Derby were second-place finisher Victory Gallop (by Cryptoclearance) and his… ]]> Fri, 23 Dec 2011 05:05:00 -0800 http://fmitchell07.wordpress.com/2011/12/23/liaison-is-proving-a-connection-to-success-for-his-breeder-and-owner/ http://bredblog.com/my-early-derby-watch-list/ via Pinboard - Hansen: He was my pick in the Breeders Cup Juvenile (G1) so he is first on my list. He has impressed me in all three of his starts. People question his stamina, but there is really no way of knowing until he tries the classic distance whether he will handle… ]]> Tue, 20 Dec 2011 07:32:00 -0800 http://bredblog.com/my-early-derby-watch-list/ http://lyricalshadow.blogspot.com/2011/12/2-year-olds-to-watch_20.html In the Money - Here are the ITM winners we had last week:1. Summer Front [(colt, War Front - Rose of Summer by El Prado (IRE)] - Christophe Clement's undefeated turf star topped a very competitive field in the Dania Beach Stakes, going a mile in 1:35.57. The colt overcame a severe stumble at… ]]> Tue, 20 Dec 2011 06:50:00 -0800 http://lyricalshadow.blogspot.com/2011/12/2-year-olds-to-watch_20.html http://www.anddownthestretchtheycome.com/2011/12/19/2646794/cashcall-futurity-results-liaison-bob-baffert via Pinboard - Bob Baffert won his record sixth G1-CashCall Futurity (and third in the last three years) when Liaison, 5/1 at post time, edged out Rousing Sermon by a neck at Hollywood Park on Saturday afternoon (video below). It was the second race in a row that Liaison bested Rousing Sermon at… ]]> Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:00:00 -0800 http://www.anddownthestretchtheycome.com/2011/12/19/2646794/cashcall-futurity-results-liaison-bob-baffert http://lyricalshadow.blogspot.com/2011/12/canani-and-calabreses-claiming-coup.html In the Money - So owner Frank C. Calabrese and trainer Nick Canani struck often at the claim box this past weekend at Gulfstream. Tell me something new, right?This time, the team tallied some talented two-year-olds who merit watching.Our Mr. Bud, a Florida-bred colt by Saint Anddan out of a Broad Brush mare, hasn't finished out of… ]]> Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:02:00 -0800 http://lyricalshadow.blogspot.com/2011/12/canani-and-calabreses-claiming-coup.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CUUHpXdamI&feature=youtube_gdata YouTube - ]]> Sat, 17 Dec 2011 17:02:00 -0800 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CUUHpXdamI&feature=youtube_gdata http://classicchampionthoroughbreds.blogspot.com/2011/12/cashcall-futurity-racing-roundup.html Classic Champion Thoroughbreds - The $750,000 CashCall Futurity (G1) is the last major race of the season for 2-year-old Thoroughbreds competing for graded stakes honors and a nice Christmas bonus in graded earnings for connections hoping to get their young horse into the 2012 Kentucky Derby starting gate.Majestic City heads the field of 13… ]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:19:00 -0800 http://classicchampionthoroughbreds.blogspot.com/2011/12/cashcall-futurity-racing-roundup.html