Well, there goes the matchup of the century. Big Brown’s career is over, before he even made it to Santa Anita to face Curlin in the Breeders’ Cup Classic. Bloodhorse broke the news a little while ago: http://www.bloodhorse.com/article/47521.htm My heart goes out to all Big Brown fans (and...

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...

Wednesday’s are generally reserved for a bit of wackiness and a healthy dose of randomness around here. It’s a bit too early for me to start seriously looking at the major headline races of the week, and it’s too late to look back at the highlights from yester-week. What follows are...

In case you missed it, Zarkava put on an amazing performance this weekend to win the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp- the turf race with the world’s largest purse (roughly 4 million Euros - whatever that equates to in dollars). What’s amazing about this? A number of things really...

Finally, the weekend hath arrived!  The highlight of this early October weekend for yours truly will be the Maryland Million card tomorrow (Saturday) at Laurel Park.  Twelve races, each of them competitive in their own right, showcase the best that Maryland has to offer outside of the more famous Preakness...

Now that Curlin has settled things and passed Cigar on the all-time earnings list, what’s the next “big thing” to focus on? Obviously the Breeder’s Cup comes to mind, but that’s still several weeks away. What’s a horseplayer living in the Mid-Atlantic to do in the...

  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...

Looking over the Oak Tree card for Saturday, it isn’t hard to tell that many horses are gearing up for their runs in the Breeder’s Cup championship races next month at Santa Anita. Some HUGE names dot the card, such as Street Boss, Hystericalady, and of course the super-filly Zenyatta - who...

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 [...]