“this is the way the world shall end this is the way the world shall end this is the way the world shall end Not with a bang, but a whimper.” -T.S. Eliot Could Curlin’s retirement finally prove that thoroughbred racing needs to do a bettter job of telling it’s own story? I’ve...

So now that we’ve had a few days to let everything settle, we’ve got a bit of a debate on our hands. No, I’m not talking about certain reader’s disdain for the synthetic surfaces of California. We’re talking about the “big question” - the one that keeps popping...

Raven’s Pass upsets Curlin in the 2008 Breeders’ Cup Classic Source: http://articles.tracksideview.com/2008/10/25/ravens-pass-upsets-curlin-in-trackrecord-time.aspx The unthinkable has happened. It almost feels like the moment immortalized in Ernest Thayer’s “Casey at the Bat...

It’s Championship Saturday! Look, I don’t care who you are, if you’re alive and breathing you need to be playing along in the Pick 4 and Pick 6 pools at Santa Anita today. We’ve got 9 championship races - from the Marathon to the Classic. I won’t be giving out a “caveman”...

Here it is - the Breeders’ Cup Classic!!! Perhaps never before in it’s storied history has the Breeders’ Cup Classic been shrouded in so much mystery. This is obviously due in large part to this year’s running being the first conducted over a synthetic surface. We all know the...

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...

Photo by Vanessa Ng at www.horse-races.net See all her photos along with the race write-up here: http://www.horse-races.net/library/arc08-results.htm Well, if you’re like me, it’s always a good day whenever you see new Vanessa Ng series of photos for a major race, and that’s exactly...

  He did it!!! Curlin, the 2007 Horse of the Year, has broken the all-time earnings record for a North American thoroughbred held since 1996 by the great Cigar. Curlin thundered home in the slop at Belmont Park becoming only the 9th horse in history to capture consecutive Jockey Club Gold Cup victories...

All eyes in the world of thoroughbred horse racing will be firmly fixed on defending 2007 Horse of the Year winner Curlin as he goes for history this Saturday in the Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park.  If he can pull out another victory, the talented son of Smart Strike will pass [...]

Owner Jess Jackson made it official today, the defending 2007 Horse of the Year will next be seen in the Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park on September 27.  The decision ended a bit of speculation as to where exactly the popular son of Smart Strike would next point.  Rumors had circulated...