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Tag: Del Mar

#5: the fifth 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 throughout … More

Curlin, Del Mar, twelve days of Curlin babies

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

Big Race Showdown: Bing Crosby, Haskell, and Clement Hirsch

Season Two of this year’s Big Race Showdown at America’s Best Racing continues this weekend: where I clash heads with six awesome … More

America's Best Racing, Del Mar, Monmouth Park

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

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

Tejana and Texas Ryano prove they belong in graded company

A strong summer for the Curlin babies continued today, as two more achieved their first graded stakes placings of their … More

Curlin, Del Mar, Monmouth

a battle of champions

The ones who billed it as a battle between champions were technically correct.  To many, those words were just bluster, … More

Curlin, Del Mar, Stellar Wind

good days, bad days, and the San Diego

I have never had such a hard time watching a race as I did Sunday’s showdown in the San Diego … More

Del Mar, meanderings

Annie’s Curls, wire to wire!

I hoped I would see Annie’s Curls (Keiko, by First Samurai) race at Arlington this summer.  The juvenile daughter of … More

Curlin, Del Mar

dispatches from Team Princess

I am team Princess of Sylmar. Two years ago, I was just starting to gravitate closer to horse racing.  Through … More

Del Mar

Picks and Ponderings: Pacific Classic Day

This Saturday, there are three Breeders’ Cup Win and You’re In races on the Del Mar card.  The Pacific Classic … More

Del Mar, Picks and Ponderings

Curlin’s monster weekend

Sires rarely have better weekends than Curlin just had. Curlin had nine runners hit the board, six of whom won … More

Curlin, Del Mar, Laurel Park, Saratoga

Picks and Ponderings: Cigar Mile Preview and More!

The biggest day of the Aqueduct fall meet is upon us tomorrow: Cigar Mile Day.  At Picks and Ponderings, I … More

Aqueduct, California Chrome, Del Mar, Picks and Ponderings, Tamarando

Picks and Ponderings: Friday’s stakes highlights

As a continuation of Picks and Ponderings’s Thanksgiving Handicapping Feast, Paul and I delved into three more races for Friday.  … More

Aqueduct, Churchill Downs, Del Mar, Picks and Ponderings

Picks and Ponderings: a grab bag of stakes action

This week at Picks and Ponderings, I previewed a grab bag of three stakes that could hardly be more dissimilar: … More

Aqueduct, Del Mar, Laurel Park, Picks and Ponderings

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