A brief vacation check-in from the Delaware Shore...while I'm sure his nomination is just insurance in case the license issues cannot be worked out for the Man O' War and/or heading to Arlington is out for some reason, I would be a happy camper indeed if Curlin were to show up in the Caesar Rodney...

For your convenience, we offer a bit of a metapost today, featuring some highlights from TBA blogs (but certainly not doing justice to all of them): Railbird is keeping track of this week's drug issues (and Barry Irwin's response) as well as Man of Iron's debut (so far, he's following...

When there's a Triple Crown on the line, it's not just a normal Saturday at Belmont; it's a madhouse. Here's how to make it bearable: 1) Reserved seats . You've missed your chance to get them directly from NYRA by a few months at this point (the ticket lottery is great for hardcore...

There are some great moments in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull . There are also a number of brain-hurtingly bad things that could have been easily avoided with just a quick glance at Google Maps which make someone like me with a bunch of otherwise useless degrees in drinking archaeology...

While the Coolmore Lexington is the main event as far as the Derby trail goes, the Federico Tesio is also of interest (although perhaps more for those of us who look to see some of these horses turn up at Delaware Park or Philly Park later in the year ). John Servis sends out Indian Jump for Main Line...

As you've no doubt heard by now, Big Brown has been sold and will be heading to Epsom to train for the Derby there after winning the Derby here -- no doubt the turf will be more comfortable for his sore feet. So, fare thee well, Big Brow n , have a Badger Tanglefoot on me...we hardly knew ye! Good...

None of the big names seemed to have it in them for the Rebel or the Tampa Bay Derby, but the spectacular non-effort of War Pass suggests this questions: did he pull an Afleet Alex (who was clearly never himself during his last-place finish in the Rebel) or is he becoming something of an awkward adolescent...

While watching a long-forgotten bit of Animaniacs the other day, I noticed the following exchange between Pinky and The Brain in an episode about attempting to win the Kentucky Derby (from there, of course, taking over the world): The Brain: By analyzing the velocity-based paceline, mile turf win and...

2008 is here at last, and while it remains a slow news week, let's finally get to our 2007 recap. First, we'll revisit the biggest news stories in racing in something approaching chronological order: Barbaro's death: for those of us working at Penn Vet at the time, it was probably less of...

A few brief notes before a return to holiday silence until the new year...there's a commentary in the Blood-Horse about Fairmount Park (where, as I'm sure you recall, every 18 minutes, the place goes crazy). It seems that the ever-struggling track is cutting their racing season from 90 days to...