Interesting title, huh? Wait a minute…what’s going on here? Have I lost my mind and joined the dark side of the force? Apologizing to Rick Dutrow? Well, not exactly an “apology” in the proper sense of the term, just a little change of direction and an indication that perhaps it’s...

Curlin - The all time money winning horse. I got on this horse’s bandwagon on the first Saturday in May last year at Churchill and never got off. Though he was beaten that day, I was so taken with his presence, size, and strength. I again returned for this year’s Derby and saw a more [.....

Big Brown is a force of nature, and you have to respect him as racehorse no matter what you think of his connections. His start today was an excellent effort over a rather soft course, and Desormeaux never had to get into him through the lane. He was pushed early, but it didn’t seem to [...]

In my previous post I felt that the Goodwood BC made sense for Curlin. A prep race over the new Pro-Ride >> surface, and then being bedded down and avoiding the cross country shipping for the Classic seemed a likely move. To me this was quite a logical step, and would have prevented the embarrassment...

Racing truly needs Curlin to run in the Breeders’ Cup Classic. The race is suppose to be the Superbowl of racing, the pinnacle of our sport. We need the best of the best to duke it out, mano a mano. In this case a classic without Curlin and/or Big Brown would be lacking and ordinary [...]

Another day, another installment of the ongoing Curlin/Big Brown drama. Bloodhorse broke the story earlier today that Curlin’s majority owner Jess Jackson has issued a bit of a challenge, offering to pony up $50,000 from the Jackson Curlin for Kids Fund to the non-profit Belmont Child Care Association...

Majority owner Jess Jackson announced today that 2007 Horse of the Year Curlin is headed back to the dirt after a game effort on grass in the Man O’ War Stakes at Belmont Park. The colt will now point to the Woodward Handicap on August 30. Jackson had indicated earlier in the week that a major...

I’ve got a special post for you guys tonight, and one that brings me a great deal of joy to share. As many of you know, if there’s one guy out there who has inspired me the most through his passion for the sport of thoroughbred horse racing- it’s Ron Correll. Indeed, one might reasonably...