Welcome back to the Twelve Days of Curlin Babies, where we celebrate the twelve most memorable races from Curlin’s progeny through … More
Category: Breeders’ Cup
Breeders’ Cup, All In One Place
Here’s where you can find links to all my Breeders’ Cup work! My race previews, in detail, are over at … More
building Catholic Boy’s foundation
When I think of Catholic Boy, I think of the unheralded hard work that goes into building a great horse’s … More
Thoroughbred Insider: Gun Runner and the Big Gray Shadow
In my first full-length piece for Thoroughbred Insider, I discuss some unexpected feelings I had at the end of the … More
final NTRA poll thoughts
I voted in the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll for the first time this year. Some weeks were more difficult than … More
Good Magic for Curlin in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile
I would never have expected Curlin’s first Breeders’ Cup winner (or any, for that matter…) to come in a two-year-old … More
Picks and Ponderings: 2017 Breeders’ Cup Saturday Preview
Welcome to Day Two of the 2017 Breeders’ Cup! Picks and Ponderings previewed Friday’s four Breeders’ Cup races in a separate piece. Here, … More
Horseplayer Monthly: Breeders’ Cup Q&A!
Every year, Horseplayer Monthly does a Breeders’ Cup Q&A, a series in which they ask a host of smart and … More
Picks and Ponderings: 2017 Breeders’ Cup Friday Preview
It’s that time of the year once more: the best horses in the world have descended on one place to … More
two bucks on Keen Ice
On the way out from Hawthorne today, after the Breeders’ Cup Classic, I saw a ticket tossed onto a stair. … More
2016 Breeders’ Cup Classic Preview and Saturday Analysis
Over at Picks and Ponderings, Paul Mazur and I have gone horse by horse through the field, discussing our picks, … More
Curlin babies at the Breeders’ Cup!
The Breeders’ Cup gets underway tomorrow. Just like every year since 2013, when Palace Malice ran in the Breeders’ Cup … More
Breeders’ Cup previews on Horses for Courses
William Kedjanyi invited me to be a guest on the Horses for Courses podcast this week, and we talked Breeders’ … More
2016 Breeders’ Cup Turf Preview
Over at ShapperDaCapper, I covered the Breeders’ Cup Turf. Earlier this week, I wrote about a few of the patterns. … More
2016 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint Preview
The Breeders’ Cup preview action continues over at Danonymous Racing, where I have previewed this year’s competitive rendition of the … More