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Randy Winick, trainer of 1993 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) winner Brocco, died on February 15 at the age of 76. He trained many stakes winners throughout his career, including Grade 1 winners Dontstop Themusic, Country Queen, Mitterrand and Spence Bay. Brocco, who also won the 1994 Santa Anita Derby (G1), was Winick’s highest-earning horse, with […]
Consider the performance of the $30 million racehorse Forever young . Yes, I’m rounding the revenue total a bit, but with numbers like this, it’s close enough. A year after scoring victories and placing in the top three international dirt races for older horses, the remarkable Forever Young continued his impressive run with a season-opening […]
“No individual has any right to come into the world and leave without leaving clear and legitimate reasons for passing through it.”—George Washington Carver The size 42 Ariat sanding boots were neatly grouped together under the practical metal desk. Stored in a corner were their companion Hilfiger duck boots, caked with mud from the most […]
With the Kentucky Derby (G1) still eleven weeks away, the pari-mutuel field of “All Other 3-Year-Olds” closed as the 9-2 favorite in Pool 4 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager. Risen Star Stakes (G2) winner. Paladin from the barn of trainer Chad Brown, was second choice at 9-1. Other horses attracting interest from punters: the […]
Paladin showed why many consider him a leading contender for the May 2 Kentucky Derby (G1). Churchill Downs by attacking the free running leader Chip Honcho to win the $495,000 Risen Star Stakes (G2) on February 14 Fair Grounds Race Track and Slot Machines with half a length. The win, which gave him 50 qualifying […]
John Shirreffs, who trained Zenyatta to a Hall of Fame career and saddled Giacomo to win the 2005 Kentucky Derby (G1), died in his sleep on February 12 at his home in Arcadia, California. He was 80. “The industry lost a great man today,” said Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith, who rode these horses […]
In less than nine minutes and with limited debate, the Florida House of Representatives on Feb. 11 passed a bill that would end the requirement that the state’s two Thoroughbred racetracks race live to also be licensed for slot machines or card rooms. The vote count was 77-34. The House, with 114 members present, spent […]
Here’s a Triple Crown question for you. Who is the only undefeated, Grade 1 winning on dirt 3-year-old still in training for the Kentucky Derby (G1)? No cheating with Google or artificial intelligence. If you look for help from the Top 5 of most lists, like BloodHorse’s Derby Dozen, or the National Thoroughbred Racing Association […]
After finishing behind Super runner And Discover in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1), the easily flown Meaning turned the tables in the $100,000 Las Virgenes Stakes on Feb. 8 Santa Anita Park. The daughter of Rifle runner earned 20 points on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks (G1) for her 1 1/2-length win. Bridlewood […]
Roll on Big Joe does just that – and continues – as he captured the $150,000 King Cotton Stakes Oaklawn Park February 8, completing his first three-stake win streak. The six-furlong race was originally scheduled as a field of nine. But with four scratches, the competitive depth was significantly reduced. Roll on Big Joegr/ro, 6/grProspective […]
