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 definitely back.  On Saturday the 3-year-old phenom showed his affinity for the turf by romping over a salty field of older runners in the $500,000 Monmouth Stakes - a race sponsored by his own barn (IEAH Stables) and specifically carded on the grass at 1 1/8 miles.  The colt used the...

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...

Big Brown grinds it out against Cold Play to win the 2008 Haskell Invitational Big Brown had to earn it in the stretch, but ultimately overcame longshot Cold Play to win in the $1 million Grade 1 Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park on Sunday.  The win marked a triumphant return for the one time Triple...

Big Brown looks to avenge his Belmont debacle in the Haskell today at Monmouth Park Horse racing fans all over the world will be focused this afternoon on the 41st running of the Grade 1 Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park and the return of former Triple Crown hopeful Big Brown.  The Haskell will...

It’s always hard to keep up to date during the work week. I thank you guys for not giving me a hard time about that. I know we all want more info ASAP, but the toils of a 12 hour work day (when factoring commute), a highly energetic 4-year-old, and a pregnant wife - suffice [...]