a visit to Fair Grounds

I spent this past weekend at Fair Grounds. Over on Brisnet.com, I talk about the highlights of my trip. Saturday’s … More

Picks and Ponderings: Guest Suite, Farrell Splash Farther Down the Road to Kentucky

Today featured the first Louisiana-based steps on the roads to the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks. Guest Suite made the … More

Today, I saw a horse who raced in my favourite horse race ever. No, I didn’t see the winner of … More

This weekend, I’m heading to New Orleans for the Lecomte Stakes and the Silverbulletday Stakes, the first of the three-year-old … More

Over at By the Furlong, Casey Laughter and I tackled the entire field of the Risen Star (GII), going point/counterpoint … More

50-point preps begin this Saturday in the Big Easy, and Picks and Ponderings is there. Things get serious for the … More

Two daughters of Curlin broke their maidens today. One, few saw coming. Another, nigh on everyone did. Both prevailed by … More

This coming weekend, the Oaks trail and the Derby Trail visit the Fair Grounds. Picks and Ponderings will be focusing … More

The weekend was a busy one for racing in general, and it was no exception for the sons and daughters … More

Theogony, a 2010 daughter of Curlin out of the Tale of the Cat mare Upcoming Story, has shown some promise … More

Keen Ice made his three-year-old debut in the Holy Bull Stakes (GII) last month. It was his first race since … More

The Kentucky Derby trail and the Kentucky Oaks trail get one step more serious this weekend, with the beginning of … More

It has been a year of fits and starts for four-year-old colt Case’s Ticket (Feels Like Friday, by Anet). He … More

If every Kentucky Derby points race draws like Saturday’s Lecomte Stakes at Fair Grounds does, we are in for a … More

This weekend, the three-year-old open stakes races at Fair Grounds get underway with the Grade III Lecomte Stakes and the … More