Welcome back to the Twelve Days of Curlin Babies, where we celebrate the twelve most memorable races from Curlin’s progeny through … More
Tag: Santa Anita
Picks and Ponderings: Santa Anita Memorial Day Grade 1 Triple
This Monday at Santa Anita features three Grade 1 races: the Gamely for turf fillies and mares, the Shoemaker Mile … More
Picks and Ponderings: 2019 Sham Stakes Preview
The Santa Anita spur of the three-year-old trail gets underway this Saturday with the Sham Stakes. Coliseum is getting all … More
Thoroughbred Insider: Midnight Bisou – A Shooting Star
It’s not often I get back in touch with my long-dormant physics nerd days to write a piece about horse … More
America’s Best Racing: Big Race Showdown, Wood Memorial, Blue Grass Stakes, and Santa Anita Derby
This is week ten of Big Race Showdown at America’s Best Racing: where I clash heads with six awesome handicappers (Emily Gullikson, Candice Hare, Dan … More
Picks and Ponderings: 2018 Santa Anita Derby and Santa Anita Oaks Preview
When one door closes, another opens. Originally billed as a rematch between McKinzie and Bolt d’Oro, McKinzie has bowed out … More
America’s Best Racing: Big Race Showdown, Gotham/San Felipe/Tampa Bay Derby
This is week six of Big Race Showdown at America’s Best Racing: where I clash heads with six awesome handicappers (Emily Gullikson, Candice … More
Picks and Ponderings: 2018 San Felipe Stakes Preview
The San Felipe Stakes (G2) will be run for the 81st time this year. It is a Road to the … More
Picks and Ponderings: a busy week on the Oaks trail
This Saturday features four different three-year-old preps at three different tracks: three Kentucky Oaks prep, and a Kentucky Derby prep … More
America’s Best Racing: Big Race Showdown, Holy Bull S. and Robert B. Lewis S.
It’s time for the second week of Big Race Showdown at America’s Best Racing! The panel is full of sharp horse racing … More
Picks and Ponderings: 2018 Las Virgenes Stakes Preview
In a week of three-year-old preps that already took us to Aqueduct, Gulfstream, and Santa Anita on Saturday, we return to Santa Anita on … More
Picks and Ponderings: 2018 Robert B. Lewis Stakes Preview
Picks and Ponderings‘s coast-to-coast coverage of three-year-old points races continues here, with the Robert B. Lewis Stakes at Santa Anita. … More
Picks and Ponderings: 2018 Santa Ynez Stakes Preview
Saturday’s card at Santa Anita features the first chance for the Derby-bound to get points in 2018, with the Grade 3 … More
Picks and Ponderings: 2018 Sham Stakes Preview
Thoroughbred racing has concluded at Hawthorne, not to return until late March. With that, Picks and Ponderings will be casting its eyes … More
Picks and Ponderings: 2017 Malibu Stakes Day Preview
After a quiet week and a half in Southern California, the Santa Anita winter meet opens up on Tuesday, December … More
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