National Headlines | Paulick Report | 9 years ago
It didn’t make many waves when it was announced a while back, but some folks in the racing biz have started asking why the Jockey Club and Breeders’ Cup are joining with a high-profile...
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The Friday Show: Lifting Curses, Stamping History?
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 9 years ago
The American public may have started moving on to other things following American Pharoah’s historic achievement, but for the horse racing industry, there’s still a lot to consider since...
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A Voice From The Farm: Why American Pharoah’s Victory ‘Meant So Much’
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 9 years ago
American Pharoah spent his formative months in my backyard. My boyfriend and I live on the property where he was raised from a young foal to a weanling, although now the farm is under new ownership....
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The Friday Show: What Next For Racing, Triple Crown Winner?
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 9 years ago
One thing that will be missing in next year’s Triple Crown races is that overwhelming sense of historical anticipation that’s been woven into the series for many years. The moment is now...
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Protecting A Legend: Insurance Costs Behind A Triple Crown Winner
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 9 years ago
As American Pharoah rests in his stall at Churchill Downs, recovering from his Triple Crown victory, his connections will be mapping out the horse’s next moves. Trainer Bob Baffert and owner Ahmed...
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American Pharoah Offers A Carpe Diem Moment For Racing
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 9 years ago
Two out of three readers who voted in this week’s Paulick Report poll believe American Pharoah’s Triple Crown triumph will help create new racing fans. Between the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and...
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American Pharoah Completes Triple Crown Sweep
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 9 years ago
It’s over. horse racing’s 37-year affair with frustration has ended. American Pharoah, owned and bred by Zayat Stables and trained by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert, lit up Belmont Park with a...
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The Friday Show: Never A Dull Moment In Bid For Triple Crown
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 9 years ago
With one of the toughest feats in all of sports at stake, you’d think the tension on the racetrack would be enough, but that’s rarely the case with horse racing’s top honor. Human...
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Being Todd Pletcher: A Day Behind The Scenes
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 9 years ago
Trainer Todd Pletcher has taken plenty of ribbing about his 1 for 43 record in the Kentucky Derby, but it’s only because he’s been so successful everywhere else in the sport. The winner of a record...
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The Friday Show: Strange Things Happen In The Belmont
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 9 years ago
With the Triple Crown vacant since 1978, it obviously takes a rare combination of horse, connections, and circumstances to pull off one of the most difficult feats in sports. In addition to the grind...
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Baffert’s Horse Sense: ‘They Can’t Talk To Us’
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 9 years ago
It’s Belmont time again. On American Pharoah rest the hopes and prayers of every tired soul who wants to see this Triple Crown jinx finally end after 37 years. Heck, that seems like eons, not...
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Training For The Triple Crown: An Historical Perspective
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 9 years ago
Bob Baffert, trainer of Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner American Pharoah, was scheduled to fly to Louisville, Ky., on Monday night to check in on the Zayat Stables’ homebred son of...
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The Friday Show: No Backing Down In Baltimore
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 9 years ago
One of the most thrilling aspects of the Triple Crown has always been the rivalries that develop between top horses. Occasionally, those horses happen to live in the same barn. If American Pharoah...
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‘Triple Frown’: Derby Dreamers Who Woke Up Before The Preakness
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 9 years ago
As racing turns its eyes from Churchill Downs to Pimlico Race Course, the annual speculation begins anew—will the winner of the roses pick up the Black-Eyed Susans and carry on fresh hopes of a...
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Rematch In Baltimore: Precedent For Stablemate Triple Crown Battles
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 9 years ago
Count me among the skeptics thinking Bob Baffert would not run Dortmund in the Preakness immediately after stablemate American Pharoah’s hard-fought win over Firing Line and Dortmund in the 141st...
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The Friday Show: Derby Recap, Belmont Cap, Whip Controversy?
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 9 years ago
The 141st edition of the Kentucky Derby is in the books, and the horse everyone was talking about before the race got the job done. It’s the third consecutive year the post-time favorite has...
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The Friday Show: What’s The Story With This Kentucky Derby?
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 9 years ago
We only need to look back one year to reaffirm that Kentucky Derby lore is filled with rich storylines, following the compelling journey of California Chome through last year’s Triple Crown...
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Slumps, Speed, And Perfection: Challenges Loom For Derby Contenders
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 9 years ago
Santa Anita Derby winner Dortmund and Florida Derby winner Materiality don’t know that only seven of 24 horses who came to the Kentucky Derby with perfect records left Churchill Downs still unbeaten....
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Gutsy Godspeed prevails in Indian 1000 Guineas
Horse Racing Bloggers | Sid Fernando | 9 years ago
By Major Srinivas Nargolkar (Retd.) [Link to video of Indian 1000 Guineas at end of post.] Godspeed (Multidimensional – Almandine), despite wandering about a bit in the closing stages as she is wont to, held on determinedly by a neck to deny the odds-on favourite Maisha (Footstepsinthesand – My Pension) a victory in the New […]
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Amazing Grace slams Signature Indian St. Leger field
Horse Racing Bloggers | Sid Fernando | 10 years ago
By Major Srinivas Nargolkar (Retd.) [Indian St. Leger video below] Dr. Vijay Mallya’s Amazing Grace (Hurricane Run – Efrhina[IRE] by Woodman) slammed champion Alaindair (Multidimensional- God’s Grace) by seven long lengths without breaking into a sweat to win the Signature Indian St. Leger, Gr.1 at Pune on Sunday. They say “it’s better to travel hopefully […]
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Mushka fam has ties to big prices, stamina, Darley
Horse Racing Bloggers | Sid Fernando | 10 years ago
The Bernardini filly from Mushka that topped the first day of Keeneland September at $1.2 million has long ties to big commercial prices at Kentucky auctions stretching back to the 1980s. Price is usually tied to performance, and there’s plenty of high-class classic form in this family tracing back to the 1976 Kentucky Derby and […]
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Through the Eyes of a Newcomer: The Almost-Crown
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 10 years ago
In this week’s edition of his column, Bill Rawlings, coach driver for the America’s Best Racing RV, recalls his first Belmont Stakes experience. This was my second trip to Belmont Park, after ABR...
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Chrome’s Bid for Greatness Will Have To Wait
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 10 years ago
Trainer Art Sherman was right earlier this year when he said California Chrome was a “very good” but not a “great” horse. With the benefit of hindsight, it took a very good horse to do what he did:...
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50 Belmonts in a Row: ‘Marking Time of My Life’
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 10 years ago
The potential of a Triple Crown is exciting for all racing fans, but for some, the Belmont Stakes is something more. For Brad Telias, this will be his 50th consecutive Belmont Stakes. Telias has...
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Through the Eyes of a Newcomer: Triple Crown Fever
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 10 years ago
This week, we debut a series that shares insights from the perspective of someone who is just learning the sport of horse racing. Bill Rawlings is a relative newcomer to the game and will be touring...
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Post Positions Drawn for 146th Belmont Stakes
Michael Compton | 10 years ago
Post positions for Saturday’s 146th Belmont Stakes (G1) were drawn today, and Kentucky Derby (G1) and Preakness Stakes (G1) winner California Chrome drew post position No. 2. Looking to become the first Triple Crown winner since Florida-bred Affirmed in 1978, California Chrome is unbeaten this year, and his connections report that the 3-5 morning line […](Read more...)
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The Price of ‘Chrome’: A Triple Crown Winner’s Worth?
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 10 years ago
As the racing world anxiously awaits California Chrome’s bid for history in the Belmont Stakes, stallion farms are punching calculators to figure out what a Triple Crown winner might be worth...
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New York Aims for Big Days, Big Business — With a Cherry on Top
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 10 years ago
Ice cream is good. Put a little syrup on top and it gets better. Then add some whipped cream, nuts and a bit of fruit, and you’ve got what might be the perfect dessert. Then someone came along and...
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Schedule Change Can Make Triple Crown Even Tougher
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 10 years ago
Jeff Lowe is a former staff writer for Thoroughbred Times who currently handles media for Team Valor International If California Chrome succeeds in ending the 36-year Triple Crown drought with a...
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Training for the Triple Crown: How Times Have Changed
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 10 years ago
Trainer Art Sherman said he plans to breeze Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner California Chrome one time during the three weeks between the May 17 Preakness and June 7 Belmont Stakes. The...
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With ‘Nasalgate’ Over, Time to Focus on What’s Important
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 10 years ago
Thankfully, the three stewards in New York – one employed by The Jockey Club, one by the New York Racing Association, one by the New York State Gaming Commission – have saved horseracing from further...
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How Heavy a Load Can California Chrome Carry?
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 10 years ago
Kentucky Derby winner California Chrome will tote 126 pounds to the post in Saturday’s Preakness Stakes from Pimlico racecourse in Maryland, but the California-bred colt is carrying so much more than...
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Next Question? Intense Media for California Chrome, Preakness Challengers
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 10 years ago
While almost nothing in racing is a certainty, it’s pretty much a lock that the Kentucky Derby winner’s connections will be swarmed with media attention in the days leading up to the...
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Dave Mason: On Music, Racing, and ‘Live at Belmont Park 1978′
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 10 years ago
Most fans of our sport know 1978 was the last year a horse won American racing’s Triple Crown. The rivalry between Affirmed and Alydar reached a dizzying crescendo on the afternoon of June 10, 1978,...
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Reviving the Triple Crown
European Racing | Thoroughbred Owner and Breeder Magazine | 10 years ago
The concept took a hit when speed replaced stamina in European pedigrees but its recent resurgence is welcomed more »
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Derby Fever Strikes Again: $15 Million for an Allowance Winner?
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 10 years ago
Today is the day Ronald Sanchez said he’ll decide whether or not to sell Social Inclusion, the unbeaten 3-year-old colt by Pioneerof the Nile who carried his Rontos Racing Stable silks to a...
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Risen Star starter Gold Hawk’s Winchell links
Horse Racing Bloggers | Sid Fernando | 10 years ago
Here’s some background on G2 Risen Star Stakes entrant Gold Hawk’s pedigree. He’s from the last US crop of Belmont Stakes winner Empire Maker, who was sold to Japan for the 2011 breeding season. Empire Maker is a son of Derby winner Unbridled and is the sire of 45 black type winners to date, including […]
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Risen Star starter Gold Hawk’s Winchell links
Horse Racing Bloggers | Sid Fernando | 10 years ago
Here’s some background on G2 Risen Star Stakes entrant Gold Hawk’s pedigree. He’s from the last US crop of Belmont Stakes winner Empire Maker, who was sold to Japan for the 2011 breeding season. Empire Maker is a son of Derby winner Unbridled and is the sire of 45 black type winners to date, including […]
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Tapiture’s pedigree reeked of failure until Tapit injected class
Horse Racing Bloggers | Sid Fernando | 10 years ago
Tapiture defeated the D. Wayne Lukas-trained Strong Mandate in the G3 Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn today, and that’s a good entry point for discussing the colt’s fairly weak and speed-oriented pedigree. Lukas may not know that Tapiture’s 3rd dam is Debs Angel, but he purchased and trained Debs Angel for Lee and Debi Lewis many […]
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Tapiture’s pedigree reeked of failure until Tapit injected class
Horse Racing Bloggers | Sid Fernando | 10 years ago
Tapiture defeated the D. Wayne Lukas-trained Strong Mandate in the G3 Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn today, and that’s a good entry point for discussing the colt’s fairly weak and speed-oriented pedigree. Lukas may not know that Tapiture’s 3rd dam is Debs Angel, but he purchased and trained Debs Angel for Lee and Debi Lewis many […]
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Who gets the Triple Crown trips?
Horse Racing Bloggers | Sid Fernando | 10 years ago
I was on Steve Byk’s radio show At the Races yesterday discussing Triple Crown colts. These conversations—if you’ve listened over the last year or so, you know this—are unscripted and can meander all over the place, mostly because Steve is up on pedigree and turf history and has the ability to swim to depths most […]
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Who gets the Triple Crown trips?
Horse Racing Bloggers | Sid Fernando | 10 years ago
I was on Steve Byk’s radio show At the Races yesterday discussing Triple Crown colts. These conversations—if you’ve listened over the last year or so, you know this—are unscripted and can meander all over the place, mostly because Steve is up on pedigree and turf history and has the ability to swim to depths most […]
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Snapshot of Triple Crown winners by percentage of imported or foreign-bred ancestors could lead to conclusions
Horse Racing Bloggers | Sid Fernando | 10 years ago
The 11 US Triple Crown winners spanned the time frame from Sir Barton in 1919 to Affirmed in 1978, roughly about 60 years. Each is listed below by year of classic wins, name, the number of generations to the first imported or foreign-bred ancestor in the pedigree (in parenthesis after name; if a sire or […]
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Parlaying the Triple Crown: Time for a Change?
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 11 years ago
As usual the week after the Belmont Stakes, I’m suffering from Triple Crown Letdown. I always enjoy the time of year when our sport is most in the mainstream spotlight. Friends and family tune...
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Weekend Recap: Palace Malice Stuns in Belmont Win
Thoroughbred Horse Racing Blog | 11 years ago
This weekend put closure on the 2013 triple crown with yet another year gone by without a triple crown winner. 36 years and counting. This year, we didn’t even have a horse with a chance at claiming the elusive prize. Not all was bad news....
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Palace Malice, Persistence Make ‘Great Moment’ for Campbell
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 11 years ago
Pete Vuckovich will never make the Baseball Hall of Fame for what he did on the playing field: 93 wins, 69 losses, a career earned run average of 3.66. But he’s already in the sports cliché Hall of...
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Affirmed’s Belmont a Life-Changing Experience
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 11 years ago
(The following was originally published in 2013 and published again by special request.) Thirty-five years ago, on June 10, 1978, I walked from my Rogers Park apartment on Chicago's North Side to the...
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Pedigree is Key to 2013 Belmont Stakes Success
Thoroughbred Horse Racing Blog | 11 years ago
Over the last 13 years, 10 Belmont Stakes winners had sires who won or placed well in a 1 1/4 or 1 1/2 miles during their careers. It’s not rocket science to determine that pedigree is essential to the success in this sport, but to...
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Lamoreaux: Belmont Cause for Celebration, Not Despair
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 11 years ago
The theories abound, they are limitless really, of the failure for the 35th year in a row to have a Triple Crown winner. They’re breeding for speed now — not endurance; the series has too...
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So Who Are the Top Three Year Olds in 2013?
Thoroughbred Horse Racing Blog | 11 years ago
It’s been an interesting ride from the beginning of the year, along the Derby trail and now 2/3 the way through the Triple Crown. With the incredible run by Orb in the Kentucky Derby, then the upset win by Oxbow in the Preakness Stakes it...
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