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Category: Breeders’ Cup

#1: the sixth annual Twelve Days of Curlin Babies

Welcome back to the Twelve Days of Curlin Babies, where we celebrate the twelve most memorable races from Curlin’s progeny through … More

Breeders' Cup, Churchill Downs, Curlin, Laurel Park, Santa Anita, Turf Paradise, twelve days of Curlin babies

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

Breeders' Cup, Churchill Downs

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

Breeders' Cup, Del Mar, meanderings

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

Breeders' Cup, Thoroughbred Insider

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

Breeders' Cup, meanderings

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

Breeders' Cup, Curlin, Good Magic, Solomini

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

Breeders' Cup, Del Mar, Picks and Ponderings

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

Breeders' Cup, Del Mar, Picks and Ponderings

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

Breeders' Cup, Curlin, Keen Ice

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

Breeders' Cup, Picks and Ponderings, Santa Anita

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, Curalina, Keen Ice, Santa Anita, Stellar Wind, Texas Ryano, Valadorna

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

Breeders' Cup, on the radio, Santa Anita

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

Breeders' Cup, Santa Anita

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

Breeders' Cup, Santa Anita

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