Horse Racing Bloggers | Michael Compton | 455 days ago
Photo of Algorithms courtesy of Gulfstream Park/Coglianese photo Sunday’s Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream Park promises answers in sorting out contentious 3-year-old division. As the Kentucky Derby trail kicks into high gear this weekend, Sund...
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Maiden Madness
2012 Triple Crown | 459 days ago
Jon & Joel talk about the continuation of new shooters onto the Kentucky Derby trail, and interview the owner that potentially holds the strongest hand in this year’s Kentucky Derby picture.
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Union Rags Works at Palm Meadows
Horse Racing Bloggers | Michael Compton | 460 days ago
Coglianese photo “He did it easy and galloped out fine. He’s ready to go.” –Trainer Michael Matz Union Rags continued his preparation on Sunday for his seasonal bow in next weekend’s $400,000 Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) at ...
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Animal Kingdom Returns at Gulfstream Park
Horse Racing Bloggers | Michael Compton | 462 days ago
Photo courtesy of Gulfstream Park/Coglianese photo “I hope he gets a chance this year to show what a super horse he is.” –Trainer Graham Motion on Animal Kingdom Last year’s Kentucky Derby (G1) winner and Eclipse Award champion Animal Kingd...
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Price is Paramount
Horse Racing Bloggers | Michael Compton | 464 days ago
NYRA Photo Performance and persistence key to success in Kentucky Derby Future Wager “Past results are no guarantee of future success,” they say in the investment world. When it comes to the Kentucky Derby Future wager, at least in my case, I hope ...
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More Young Guns
2012 Triple Crown | 466 days ago
Quick recap of the Hutcheson S. (G2) at Gulfstream Park and several other races that produced more Young Guns on the Kentucky Derby Trail. Is it too late for a maiden winner to make it to the Kentucky Derby? Wait till you see what Bob Baffert thinks.
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Thunder Moccasin Wins Stakes Debut
Horse Racing Bloggers | Michael Compton | 466 days ago
Photo courtesy of Gulfstream Park/Coglianese photo Starlight Racing runner is a son of Stonewall Farm Ocala sire A.P. Warrior Thunder Moccasin stormed alongside pacesetter Il Villano around the far turn of Saturday’s $150,000 Hutcheson Stakes (G2) at...
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Fast-Paced Derby Snapshot
2012 Triple Crown | 470 days ago
The TCI boys quickly catch you up on the progress of major Triple Crown contenders yet to make their 3-year-old debuts, and tell you where they will likely surface. They also discuss a couple of races this weekend that could have an impact on the Triple Crown Trail.
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Season Premiere
2012 Triple Crown | 480 days ago
Jon & Joel kick off the third year of TCI – aka Triple Crown Insider – and catch up on the three-year-old picture through the Holy Bull Stakes at Gulfstream.
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Weekend Stakes: Where to Watch brought to you by West Point Thoroughbreds
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 910 days ago
The racing year is winding down, but the holiday weekend is the setting for 17 graded stakes races, three of them already having been run on Thanksgiving Day. On Friday, a pair of Grade 1s will be run—the Clark Handicap at Churchill Downs a...
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Paulick Report Forum brought to you by Breeders’ Cup: Repole – Mo Responsibility for Owners
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 912 days ago
By Ray Paulick
To say Mike Repole is competitive would be a massive understatement. To say he’s a successful entrepreneur and businessman doesn’t do justice to his track record of building brands like Vitaminwater, Smartwater and PirateR...
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Moss and Bailey Talk Life At Ten
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 920 days ago
By Ray Paulick
ESPN racing analysts Jerry Bailey and Randy Moss — whose comments and pre-race interview with John Velazquez, the rider of Candy DeBartolo’s Life At Ten in the Nov. 5 Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic, revealed someth...
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LIFE AT TEN: Kentucky Stewards to Take No Action
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 925 days ago
By Ray Paulick
John Veitch, chief steward for the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, told Thoroughbred Times that stewards plan to take no action against jockey John Velazquez or trainer Todd Pletcher in the matter of Life At Ten, who was eased in Frida...
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Wrapping Up the Cup
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 926 days ago
By Ray Paulick
Things I know now that I didn’t know then…
The power of Zenyatta was measurable, particularly on television. The 3.1 overnight rating for the 6-7 p.m. time slot for Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Classic was nearly trip...
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Life At Ten: Did Stewards Ignore ESPN Interview?
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 928 days ago
By Ray Paulick
The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission is nearing completion of an investigation into the circumstances surrounding Life At Ten, who was eased as the 7-2 second betting choice in Friday’s $2-million Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ ...
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Uncle Mo emerges as clear leader in early Derby buzz
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 928 days ago
While there is a large amount of ground to cover before the 2011 edition of the Kentucky Derby, it is clear after Saturday’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile that Uncle Mo is the early favorite for the Derby. His resounding 4 1/4 length victory even ...
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Uncle Mo Blows Away Juvenile Field
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 929 days ago
Uncle Mo put on perhaps the most dominating performance of the Breeders’ Cup, winning the Juvenile by open lengths at Churchill Downs Saturday, giving trainer Todd Pletcher his third win at this Breeders’ Cup.
With John Velazquez aboard, Un...
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Pluck Takes Juvenile Turf, Gives Pletcher the Juvenile Turf Double
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 930 days ago
By Scott Jagow
Pluck overcame the widest post position in a field of 13 and stormed home to win the Juvenile Turf Saturday at Churchill Downs.
Under Garrett Gomez, Pluck shot past his rivals in mid-stretch to win the one mile race...
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Life at Ten: Will Not Be Sold
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 930 days ago
Life at Ten has been withdrawn from the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky November sale after an unknown problem caused her to run far back in the Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic.
Trainer Todd Pletcher said Life at Ten was fine Saturday morning, and...
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PLETCHER: I told him (John Velazquez) when we left the paddock that I was concerned about the way she saddled
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 930 days ago
Todd Pletcher (trainer, Life At Ten, DNF) – “I told him (jockey John Velazquez) when we left the paddock that I was concerned about the way she saddled. She was abnormally quiet; almost sedated-like. I told him to make sure and warm her up ...
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Ladies’ Classic: An Update on All Contenders
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 935 days ago
PRESS RELEASE
An update on the contenders for the Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic (post time 7:30 pm Friday, November 5th):
Acoma
The Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic contender Acoma walked the shedrow Monday after working Sunday in preparation for the upcoming 1 1/8m event. Trainer David Carroll said the 5yo daughter of Empire Maker came out of that [...]
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Eskendereya breaks out in Fountain of Youth
Performance of the Week | 1183 days ago
The Todd Pletcher-trained Eskendereya had a break-out performance in the Fountain of Youth S. (G2) on Feb. 20, romping by 8 1/2 lengths and instantly becoming a Kentucky Derby front-runner.
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