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...

Commentator breezed yesterday at Suffolk Downs. Unlike most workouts, this one paid him 300,000 dollars. There was zero competition, as the race came up with a less than stellar group. The 3 local horses would not have been the favorite in a $35,000 claimer in the dead of winter at Aqueduct.  So you...

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 [...]

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 [...]

Ginger Punch punches through horses in the stretch to win the Go For Wand Bottled up for most of the race with no where to run, and even slipping back to 4th position as the field began turning for home, folks who had singled champion runner Ginger Punch on the pick 4 and pick 6 wagers [...]

Abraaj wins the 2008 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap at Saratoga Going into the Grade 1 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap on Saturday at Saratoga, I had thought the race setup beautifully for a horse like Abraaj to walk away with the victory.  There just seemed to be too much speed signed on in the race for...

Big hat tip to Ron Correll over at tracksideview.com for cluing me into a little poll being conducted by the Breeder’s Cup to determine what the greatest moments in Breeder’s Cup history. We’ve had many deep discussions here about who some of the greatest horses of all time are. If...