Big Brown's hoof cool and draining; Casino Drive gallops, Prado has the call Both Big Brown and Casino Drive, the undefeated principal figures in the June 7 Belmont Stakes, galloped at Belmont Park on Wednesday. Neither did much. Both looked terrific. Hoof-repair specialist Ian McKinlay said that...

Today's first point of order is a welcome to new readers from TheRail – thank you for stopping by, it's lovely to have you visit. And so on to business. As in politics, a week is a long time in horse racing. Only two short months ago, The Blood-Horse ran this headline: Unknowns Big Brown, Tomcito...

While much of the news over the long weekend focused on Big Brown's latest quarter crack (Fran's HoofBlog will be getting more details direct from his farrier later in the week, so keep checking for updates), the rumors over who will ride Casino Drive continue to swirl. Garrett Gomez is now definitely...

While it may seem as though it's all Big Brown , all the time (and hey, you may as well get it while you can), there are, in fact, some older horses in training. Brass Hat (pictured) takes aim at the Louisville Handicap this weekend. He'll be the high weight in the mile and a half race and he's...

After a lackluster performance in the Peter Pan, I'm not sure what to make of Tomcito at this point; I hope he's not following in the Declan's Moon path of 2-year-old domination, then regular bullet works, but no wins come the afternoon (although at least Declan's Moon had a long injury...

While there are many column inches being spilled (and rightly so, it's an interesting story) on Casino Drive , my pick for the Peter Pan (and the Belmont) is still Tomcito . We will see both horses in action tomorrow in the Peter Pan. I think that Tomcito (pictured) has had some bad luck since his...

The good news is that the NTRA is taking what happened to Eight Belles in the Derby very seriously; president and CEO Alex Waldrop has a blog entry musing about how we can make racing safer (and he invites comments and suggestions). I've weighed in with quite a few already, and Green but Game has...