The recent Grade 2 Virginia Derby winner Paddy O’Prado is making a name for himself as a stallion prospect with each graded stakes win on turf—and there are three such races now. Oxymoronic? Yes. Ordinarily, US graded turf stakes wins wouldn’t make a commercial stallion prospect, but...

Giant Oak, A recap of the weekend races from my POV and the search for a new CPO....( read more )

Pyro arrives in Japan, do you think he likes sushi? I know I do....( read more )

Watch a new Breeders' Cup highlight film. It is pretty entertaining....( read more )

By Ray Paulick In the sale ring, on the racetrack and in the breeding shed, A.P. Indy has been a star. The son of Seattle Slew topped the 1990 Keeneland July yearling sale when he sold for $2.9 million. He was the champion 3-year-old and Horse of the Year in 1992, his victories including the Belmont...

Things are slowly getting back to normal here at Casa Superfecta, after a quick jaunt to the left coast for some soccer (but more on that later). The Breeders' Cup may be in the history books, but Thanksgiving weekend offers quite a variety of top-level racing. On Thanksgiving Day at Churchill Downs...

#, Horse, Trainer, Jockey, ML odds 1 Mastercraftsman (IRE), Aiden P. O'Brien, J. Murtagh, 6/5 Class of the field, no question (pictured). 2 Furthest Land , Michael J. Maker, J. Leparoux, 20-1 Won Kentucky Cup Classic last time, but he's not beaten much. 3 Midshipman , Saeed Bin Suroor, G. Gomez...

Almost all of last weekend's stories played out exactly as scripted - Sea the Stars continued his march to greatness in Ireland, while we here in the US continued to enjoy Rachel Alexandra's assault on the history books. Even Pyro made an exciting comeback, while only unlucky Einstein just missed...

With all the excitement over Rachel Alexandra's run in the Woodward, it is easy to overlook that there are a few other exciting races that won't be on national television this weekend either. The Woodward undercard on Saturday at Saratoga also feature the Forego, and Sunday is Pacific Classic...

So in this blog, lets offer up some encouraging comments. What are you grateful for, and what have you enjoyed over the year or so about the sport? Pyro and Brass Hat are back in action....( read more )