Chick Lang Stakes #1 Scaramagna (Speightstown x Cove by Pine Bluff) 12-1: If Piermarini can get this one to break well from the rail, he will stand a big shot at 12-1. Speedy colt missed by head two races back at Gulfstream to Right to Vote, a colt that would return to be second in [...]
May 18, 2012 Leave a Comment
May 18, 2012 Leave a Comment
Interesting Game Of Cat And Mouse Set For The Preakness
The Grade 1 Preakness Stakes is always a fun and exciting race to watch. Typically, the winner of the Kentucky Derby goes to Pimlico Race Course as the huge favorite for the prestigious middle jewel of the Triple Crown. This year, quite a different situation has developed. Derby favorite Bodemeister, who ended up finishing second [...]
May 17, 2012 2 Comments
2012 Preakness Stakes preview, picks & analysis
Bet the Preakness Stakes with TVG, where new players get $50 for each of their three months! The 2012 Preakness Stakes from Pimlico Race Course is a grudge match of sorts. Kentucky Derby winner I’ll Have Another will seek to stay on a roll as he tries to advance to the Belmont Stakes with a [...]
May 8, 2012 Leave a Comment
One leg down, two to go; recapping the 2012 Kentucky Derby
Bodemeister seemingly had the 2012 Kentucky Derby in his pocket turning for home under the Twin Spires, but it was I’ll Have Another who rallied down the lane to register the 1 ½ length score. It was a neck back to the hard charging Dullahan and ¾ of a length behind that one was Went The Day [...]
May 5, 2012 Leave a Comment
The Daily Derby News Blitz – May 4, 2012
Welcome to the final installment of the 2012 Daily Derby News Blitz. It has been a fun pre-Derby season, with many talented colts graduating from major races all across the United States set to converge in Louisville tomorrow. The Derby boys will have to wait though, because today was all about the ladies. The [...]
May 4, 2012 Leave a Comment
The Daily Derby News Blitz – May 3, 2012
As with many things, in horseracing no news is good news. That is especially the case in the two days between the drawing of post positions and Kentucky Derby day. Usually, if a major headline appears during one of those days, it is because a horse has been injured or has become ill and will [...]
May 2, 2012 1 Comment
The Daily Derby News Blitz – May 2, 2012
The field has officially been set for the 138th Kentucky Derby! At Churchill Downs today, the post positions for the 20 Derby entrants (as well as one also-eligible runner) were drawn in front of their connections, who cringed or applauded at the various outcomes. Post positions can be a huge factor in the success of [...]
April 30, 2012 Leave a Comment
Kentucky Derby Podcast Trilogy Part II
It’s almost Kentucky Derby time. The prestigious race is less than a week away and we took to the airwaves to discuss recent works of Union Rags, Hansen, Dullahan, Went The Day Well and other contenders. Also part of the show is an in depth discussion of pedigree and the Derby. Click the button above [...]
April 29, 2012 Leave a Comment
The Daily Derby News Blitz – April 28, 2012
After a very slow day of Kentucky Derby news, April 28 has presented us with a bevy of excellent information. Let’s break it down! It was works galore at Churchill Downs. The best move the of day goes to Grade 3 Spiral Stakes victor Went The Day Well. Campaigned by the same connections as Animal [...]
April 25, 2012 Leave a Comment
The Daily Derby News Blitz – April 25, 2012
The first horse on the outside looking in, Isn’t He Clever, has opted out of a run in the Kentucky Derby. His new trainer, Steve Asmussen, has decided to point the son of Smarty Jones to the Preakness Stakes instead, or possibly the G2 Woody Steven Stakes. Without him sitting at the number 21 spot [...]
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