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May 2008 - Posts
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Jim Squires estimates: The best guess is that even with his modest pedigree (by Boundary out of Mien) and short career, Big Brown will command $125,000 to $150,000 for the first two years, maybe more. This assures that 2011 and 2012 yearling sales will...
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Well, it was touch and go for awhile, but I've managed to convince the powers that be that our coverage of the Belmont Stakes just wouldn't be the same without my insights. So, rather than watching Big Brown's quest for history at Keeneland...
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... on both counts. Said trainer Rick Dutrow in today's NTRA teleconference: I have been trying to be humble and modest ... I don't feel like I'm talking big, I feel like I'm talking facts. And earlier in the call: I feel like it's...
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Jockey Edgar Prado, named to ride Casino Drive in the Belmont Stakes, knows how to dash Triple Crown dreams: He has ridden in eight Belmont Stakes and has two victories to his credit, with both scores -- in 2002 aboard Sarava and in 2004 with Birdstone...
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On the IEAH web site, co-president Michael Iavarone is described as "a high-profile investment banker on Wall Street," but Bloomberg turns up a different story, reporting that the man behind the $50 million Big Brown stud deal and a proposed...
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Here's an idea from T.D. Thornton for healthier horses: Starting with foals born in 2009, in addition to the established [select sale] requirements, horses must also be documented as steroid-free to qualify for a select sale. It's all about changing...
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Farrier Ian McKinlay answers press questions at Belmont on Monday morning after working on the quarter crack in Big Brown's left front hoof. Big Brown was back on track this morning, jogging a mile and half around Belmont. Trainer Rick Dutrow, who...
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Big Brown has a "minor" quarter crack in his left front hoof, trainer Rick Dutrow announced this morning, and although the undefeated colt has already missed two days of training and will likely miss three more, Dutrow remains optimistic about...
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- Nice handicapping by Ed, who alerted us yesterday to Monastic Springs in the seventh at Belmont this afternoon. Check out the head-on replay on Cal Racing and marvel at the rough stretch run the blinkered first-time starter had to survive to hit the...
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It wouldn't take a psychologist to figure out why I like the horses I do: I tend to favor the ones that prove me right. I was at a Burger King eating lunch on the first Saturday of May 1998 handicapping that year's Derby undercard when a local...
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The seventh race on Saturday at Belmont Park is a maiden special weight affair for three-year-olds and up going seven furlongs on the turf, and the field of 12 expected to go postward contains more than a few interesting pedigrees led by Monastic Springs...
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Music Note, so promising in her two starts last fall, won for fun today in the third at Belmont, her first race in more than six months. Relaxed and on the rail, she tracked the pace two lengths behind until the top of the stretch turn, when rider Javier...
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- Racing journalism has its problems, but access to its (human) stars isn't one. In this way, at least, being a niche sport benefits fans and writers, unlike baseball. - The Quick-Pick inquiry spreads, wild finger pointing begins, and a California...
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I've been accused of late, in emails and comments, of not being properly enthusiastic about Big Brown, so let me give the horse his due: Big Brown is a phenomenal talent, a freak, and he would be coming out of any barn. He's dominated every start...
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In slightly more than two weeks, Big Brown will attempt to become the 12th Triple Crown winner, the first in 30 years and only the second undefeated. In this brief lull before Belmont Stakes anticipation explodes, it seems worthwhile to take a quick look...
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