It was trademark Zenyatta on Saturday at Del Mar in the Clement L. Hirsch Handicap.  The 4-year-old daughter of Street Cry rallied from 12 back to explode through the stretch with her head held high.  The victory ran her career mark to 7 wins in 7 lifetime starts.  In a word - perfection. Coming off...

Indian Blessing, the 3-year-old daughter of Indian Charlie who captured the 2007 Juvenile Fillies crown prevailed brilliantly in the Grade 1Test Stakes on Saturday at Saratoga. Going into the gate she looked like the champion she is.  Amazingly some of the TVG handicappers I was watching had singled...

Note: Inspired by *** Jerardi’s column in Friday’s Daily Racing Form (you’ll need a subscription to read - it’s the one titled “Right spot to bet against Curlin” - or you can just by a DRF at your local newsstand since it’s the feature cover story) First things...

For a while it looked like Zenyatta, the talented 4-year-old daughter of Street Cry, might be headed towards her first career defeat in the Grade 1 Vanity Handicap at Hollywood Park on Saturday. She was able to rally from far behind to reach the wire 1/2 length in front of the game Tough Tiz’s...

As of right now the plan with the defending U.S. Horse of the Year seems to be a run in the world’s richest race, the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp in France on October 5. Usually the Dubai World Cup, which Curlin has already won, is known as the world’s richest horse race...

Curlin destroys the competition in the G1 Stephen Foster at Churchill Downs on Saturday Curlin. You cannot stop him. You can only hope to contain him. On Saturday at Churchill Downs, that’s exactly what a field of 9 competitors was hoping to do in the Grade 1 Stephen Foster Handicap. Curlin’s...

I’d just like to take a moment here to officially tip my hat to fellow TBA blogger Dana Byerly of Green But Game. You see, Dana wrote an outstanding post today calling on the NTRA to do more in publicizing Curlin’s historic run at Cigar’s all-time earnings record, and Alex Waldrup,...

Things just got a tad more difficult for the defending Horse of the Year in his 2008 U.S. Debut. Already up against it, so to speak, from a weight disadvantage, the 4-year-old son of Smart Strike has now drawn the rail post position for Saturday’s running of the Stephen Foster Handicap at Churchill...

Horse racing needs its heroes.  With the debacle of Big Brown in the Belmont Stakes last Saturday, the building anticipation for a potential showdown between a Triple Crown winner and the 2007 Horse of the Year seemingly went out the window.  Instead, racing fans have been left with a head scratching...

Benny the Bull rallies to take the G2 True North Handicap at Belmont Park on 6/7/08 In one of the happier moments of Belmont Day 2008, Benny the Bull won with a resounding late run down the center of the track in the Grade 2 True North Handicap.  A multiple Grade 1 winner, Benny the Bull [...]