This past weekend's Derby preps weren't much help in terms of bandwagon-jumping; War Pass finally had a bad day and the relatively-unheralded (although previously a second place finisher to Denis of Cork ) California-bred Sierra Sunset took the Rebel . Georgie Boy , trained by Kathy Walsh, also...

Pity poor John Servis – he had a brush with possible greatness (or at least Very Goodness) with Smarty Jones , had a rough ride with Rockport Harbor and lost Hard Spun to Larry Jones after picking him out for Rick Porter. Now he has a truly thankless task ahead of him – he must attempt to get Coat the...

Pyro's victory in the Risen Star was impressive to watch; he certainly made his way through traffic well and seemed professional in handling a bit of adversity. However, his time at the distance was a second slower than that of Indian Blessing in the Silverbulletday , and there is no talk of her...

Even The Green Monkey is grateful for something this Thanksgiving despite his fourth-place finish yesterday -- at least he's not the England team : Happy Thanksgiving!

As some other TBA bloggers have noted , there was a lovely New York Times article on Karakorum Racing over the weekend. I've never loved the way they name their horses (Karakorum Insert-Name-Here) and would be excited to see them named after Silk Road archaeological sites (or even after bits of Coleridge...