2013 Preakness picks, odds & analysis.
2012 Horse of the Year I’ll Have Another (Flower Alley x Arch’s Gal Edith by Arch) delivered an exciting 2012 campaign that was not bested by any other horse in America. His resume includes three Grade 1 wins among which are the first two legs of the Triple Crown, the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes. [...]
The Eclipse Awards aren’t known for their excitement, but we will spice things up by live blogging the event. Join us at 8 PM EST to ask questions and share your input! In the mean time, check out these two articles we have published about the event. You can catch the event on HRTV and [...]
2011 was a year of pure mediocrity, but we did see diamonds in the rough. Animal Kingdom ran off to win the Kentucky Derby; Havre de Grace beat the boys in the Woodward; and Hansen stayed undefeated in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile. All three of those horses could potential be rewarded with horse racing’s versions [...]
Zenyatta, Rachel Alexandra, Curlin, Invasor, Saint Liam and Ghostzapper. Those are the last six horses given the Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year. You wont find an animal in 2011 that is comparable or even close to any of them. I cant recall a year that had such parity in graded stakes racing as [...]
The above photo is of 2009 Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra. This years Eclipse Awards are every bit as exciting as last year when she took the top spot. I didn’t get a vote, but if I did here are the horses I would’ve selected. Let’s take a look! Two-Year-Old Male: Uncle Mo wins [...]
PHOTO: Joe Nevills In a recent post making my case for Zenyatta to be Horse of the Year I posed the question to my readers asking who they would choose. The results have been quite astounding. A whopping 95% visitors to this website favor Zenyatta over Breeders Cup Classic winner Blame. There were a total [...]
Never before have I felt so conflicted about who should win Horse of the Year. Regular visitors of this site may recall that in 2009 I went with Rachel Alexandra. In my eyes, and in the eyes of the voters, her resume was far more impressive than Zenyatta’s. However, I have a new outlook on [...]
As much as everyone, myself included, would like to see Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta share Horse of the Year honors, it is very unlikely to happen. Both would have to recieve the same amount of votes. Each will go out a winner in their respective divisions though. My pick for Horse of the Year has [...]
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