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Shackleford is just one many hoping to answer big questions in the 56th running of the Donn Handicap...Read More
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  • AmbitiousD · Dont discount Flat Out in the slop either. He did score a win the JCGC last October which was in muddy conditions · 1 day ago ·
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  • travel_vic · Gulfstream has been running early on the main just abou the while meeting. Any horses not closer than about 4 lengths at the 6 furlong call in routes, have not done well.....When it is wet that is even more a factor · 23 hours ago ·
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Champion 2-year-old Hansen and Union Rags, separated by a head in a thrilling 1-2 finish in the Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile (Grade I), and unbeaten Algorithms, who stepped into the spotlight with a five-length win over the champion in the Holy Bull (GIII) at Gulfstream Park, top a large roster...Read More
I have just finished reading the book Bred to Run, by Mike Helm. It is about Mike’s account of a one-week visit to Claiborne Farm in 1992. In a 1:1 interview with Seth Hancock, Helm indirectly asked, why is there no stamina in US bloodstock anymore? Seth had some very interesting theories, one of wh...Read More
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  • cugel the clever · Simple law of supply and demand. Most of the big-money and big-prestige races are at 10 furlongs or less. The biggest races on the calendar for older horses and late-year 3yo races should be at 12 furlongs or more. That would certainly bring stamina back into the breeding and training philosophy of the sport. · 5 days ago ·
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  • cugel the clever · A good start would be to move the Pacific Classic, Santa Anita Handicap, Breeders Cup Classic, and Travers to 12 furlongs; and to make the BC Marathon one of the premier races with a purse of at least 2 million dollars instead of its current status as a freak show novelty race which attracts grade 3 stakes winners and optional claimers. · 5 days ago ·
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Riva Ridge was the horse that got me interested in horse racing. To this day, he is still my all-time favorite. This is the story of my love affair with the “other” big, beautiful stallion from Meadow Stable.Read More
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  • Geminimoon719 · Did they weigh Riva's heart when he died? Was he capable of the speed and endurance that Big Red had?? · 24 days ago ·
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  • SherriLytle · I just loved this!!! My mom loved Riva Ridge too:) · 14 days ago ·
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The first ever NTRA "Moment of the Year" award went to the post-race scene after the 1999 Belmont Stakes,...Read More
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He can beat two Triple Crown race winners and the Haskell winner in one race. He can beat the horse that went on to win the Wood Memorial. He can beat the winner of the Dwyer Stakes. Stay Thirsty is not the Rodney Dangerfield of the Pletcher barn, he is the Rodney Dangerfield of racing. Read More
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  • KyOaksRunner · I think Caleb's Posse deserves the Eclipse, but Stay Thirsty is a clear second. · 51 days ago ·
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  • DeadHeat · Winplacsho, I have to disagree. The Travers has more prestige and hold more value in the year end votes than either the Preakness or the Belmont. People favor it because it's Classic distance of 10f, a distance Shackleford never won at. Also, while Shackleford is a gutsy and admirable horse, he did not "take his show on the road." He has two wins this year, on in allowance company, the other in the Preakness, and he never could return to that winning form. He was well beaten in his last three races, as he was in the FOY, The Derby, and Belmont. He was at every dance, but like First Dude last year, there are two many beats to be a champion. Caleb excelled mainly at Saratoga, however his big win at Churchill demonstrates he is probably not just a Saratoga freak. Based on merits, it's Caleb's award. However, if the stigma comes out, and he should not receive the award, Stay Thirst did the most of the Classic runners. · 51 days ago ·
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Looking for someone within the industry to find and implement innovative ideas to benefit thoroughbred horse racing? Look no further than WinStar Farm.Read More
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  • yukichan · I admit--I am a Farm Cam user : ) · 61 days ago ·
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  • Winplacsho · I know they aren't the only ones doing great things for the game, but they do the best job in drawing in fans to support needed services. Also, the farmcam is an awesome idea to show fans a behind the scenes point of view. Especially for a sport that is usually so secretive where the average fan is kept WAY out of the loop. · 59 days ago ·
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Ruler On Ice or Flat Out, which horse has a better chance to earn an Eclipse Award this weekend? Read More
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  • cugel the clever · If Ruler On Ice wins the Clark he will be the Eclipse 3yo champ. · 77 days ago ·
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  • cugel the clever · For better or worse, there is always a bias towards those horses which can win major stakes at a route. This will eliminate Caleb's Posse. AK, if he'd campaigned the whole season, probaly would have been the 3yo champ. But there's no way he should be given the Eclipse given his short campaign and the quality of his major rivals for the award. · 77 days ago ·
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The Clark Handicap is the consolation game for a few horses looking for Eclipse cred in 2011. HRN's Girl Next Door, Angie D'Amico, and Managing Editor Brian Zipse of Zipse At The Track, discuss which horse will have a better chance at a year-end award after this weekend, Ruler On Ice or Flat Out. Read More
Depending on your point of view it may have been gone far too long, or maybe not nearly long enough, but either way you slice it, Disco was back, alive, and well yesterday at Aqueduct. Like the reawakening of a slumbering giant, Mucho Macho Man, disco steed that he is, returned to the races with a s...Read More
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  • Ann Maree · I was on MMM's bandwagon nearly all year. Love the horse, love his "Lazarus" like beginning, love his trainer's brave brush with death and her "Lazarus" like return to health and her profession after her heart transplant! Not to mention his connections, two of which met and got married as a result of their purchasing $800 shares in a Dream Team partnership! Wouldn't it be great if this horse returns and has a great career, possibly arriving at the BC in 2012? Just what is there not to like about this horse?!! So glad you agree! · 91 days ago ·
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  • mshutty · Great to hear Mucho Macho Man is back! He was always right there in the Triple Crown races. His early energy distribution profile should serve him very well in 2012. Long live Disco (did it ever really end?) and Mucho Macho Man! · 91 days ago ·
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“In the race of the year, for Horse of the Year it's Curlin ... in an absolutely stylish performance!” Read More
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  • travel_vic · Some testing is so senstive that background contaminatioin registers almost as much as real drugs in the system. The Enzyme Linked Immunoassay is like that. · 101 days ago ·
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  • DeadHeat · And many of you need one in reality. What i said is completely true. If you want to be technical, over 90 of horses in this sport are not clean, but are because of what is made legal. Winstrol was at the time, so even it showed up in Curlin's blood, it would have been fine. I also provided you with facts above that say that that particular drug does not produce much weight gain or muscle gain, unlike typical steroids. That particular drug is actually used to treat conditions that cause swelling, and it reduces it. Swelling typically comes from when blood flows highly to one area of the body causing it to swell and become stiff and painful. If it reduces swelling then this drug would be an equivalent to aprin or motrin to humans. · 101 days ago ·
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Kentucky Derby winner Swaps met Preakness and Belmont Stakes winner Nashua at Washington Park.......Read More
  • BrianZipse · Too bad Swaps was not at his best that day; two super horses! I remember the Cordero milestone ... I must be getting old. · 162 days ago ·
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  • footlick · Swaps was basically running on three legs that day. He was lame the morning of the race I believe. Shoemaker called Swaps the fastest horse he ever rode. · 162 days ago ·
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Stay Thirsty has a window of opportunity, all he has to do is step up and show us all that he can fulfill the potential we saw in him as a Juvenile. Read More
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  • MichaelPavelick · Interesting comment about "great" Stay Thirsty looked in post parade? Curious what you took notice of? · 194 days ago ·
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  • DeadHeat · Thirst has had the talent all along and had very good reasons for his subpar performances. As I said, being by Bernardini, who is by AP Indy I would expect him to get better as the year goes on and as the distances stretch. Now it is time to see what goes on in the Haskell. IMO the only horse that can win there and be of a threat to him in the Travers would be Ruler on Ice. · 194 days ago ·
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Monmouth Park gives the grade 1 Haskell Invitational the tag line, “Where champions prove their greatness”. In the past four runnings...Read More
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  • skipaway2000 · I think if Shackleford wins the Haskell, he is 3yo champ - unless a 3yo wins the BCClassic · 199 days ago ·
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  • AndyScoggin · It will be interesting to see who runs in and wins the Travers, especially if Shackleford or Ruler on Ice do not win the Haskell. · 199 days ago ·
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After recuperating from an illness since April at WinStar Farm, Uncle Mo returned this week to Todd Pletcher’s stables at Saratoga, where he will begin preparations for his first race since April. If all goes well and he wins his next race, then the three-year-old field will be wide open heading int...Read More
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  • ScottDick · I would love to see Mo have a strong summer. Such a regal colt! · 209 days ago ·
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  • Bluegrass · Thanks everyone for the welcome. It is very much appreciated. · 208 days ago ·
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When the gates opened and the field turned for home it was not Twirling Candy running them all down, it was First Dude.Read More
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  • DeadHeat · I agree about the dirt statement Stevebiscuit, but you never know until they run in a circle. Personally I've always been a fan of First Dude and felt he had this win coming, so i'm not upset by the finish in the least. All three performed like champs. · 212 days ago ·
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  • 12 Clip · Good article Laura. The transformation of First Dude from a front-runner to a closer has been quite a transformation for the son of Stephen Got Even. His new style is so much better suited for his body-type. The Dude is a big colt that hits the ground hard. The way he closed in the Gold Cup reminded me of how Curlin use to grind them down. A winner of three in-a-row, it now seems like The Dude has no problem taking pictures in the winners circle. I think his style is perfect for Churchill Downs and the classic distance. And remember he was in the race last year as a three-year-old against one of the best fields ever assembled. This year I can visualize him getting a similar trip to the one Blame got in the Classic. There's still alot of racing til then, and Baffert needs to figure out what his next race will be. Although the Pacific Classic looks like the most likely spot. I'm not so sure if First Dude will be able to grip and dig as well on Del Mar's poly-track. He is 3 for 3 in the money lifetime on synthetic tracks, so with him I think the surface probably doesn't matter, but nonetheless it is Del Mar · 212 days ago ·
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I am shocked by the recent events that have unfolded concerning Johnny V. I have always been a big fan of his; to me Johnny V was the example of everything good about the game. He is not only a great rider, but the epitome of what I think a respectable jock should be. It only made sense that he woul...Read More
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  • mattowan · It's now official that Maragh's week suspension is a complete joke and slap on the wrist. AK is out for the remainder of the year all due to the hands of Rajiv Maragh. He should have to pay for AK's operation and his training for the rest of the year since the horse won't be able to finance himself through racing. · 225 days ago ·
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  • GooberNation · i agree 100% matt! · 220 days ago ·
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Racing needs to bring its head out of the sand and into the light. The leaders of this sport need to make sure that it is not being cheapened and stand up and fight for what will improve it, rather than let others make decisions that just lead the sport deeper into oblivion.Read More
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  • cpsoren121 · Right on Laura, seems like racing was most prominent in the 70's and 80's in recent memory. Let's find that magic again!! · 235 days ago ·
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  • icyhotboo · To much competition for the dollar.As far as horses this has been a great decade for some really good ones but if they keep retiring the best 3yos to stud then they have only themselves to blame. · 235 days ago ·
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Ruler On Ice, dismissed at 24-1, sat a perfect trip under a patient Jose Valdivia, Jr., taking the lead at the top of the stretch and holding off another longshot, Stay Thirsty, to win Saturday’s 143rd running of the Grade 1, $1 million Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park.   Kentucky Derby winner An...Read More

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View Details06/09/12Bel11 1/2mD03 MBelmont Stakes-G1   0:00.00
View DetailsView Video06/11/11Bel111 1/2mD03 MBelmont Stakes-G1Ruler On IceStay ThirstyBrilliant Speed2:30.88
View DetailsView Video06/05/10Bel111 1/2mD03 MBelmont Stakes-G1DrosselmeyerFly DownFirst Dude2:31.57
View DetailsView Video06/06/09Bel111 1/2mD03 MBelmont Stakes-G1Summer BirdDunkirkMine That Bird2:27.54
View DetailsView Video06/07/08Bel111 1/2mD03 MBelmont Stakes-G1Da' TaraDenis Of CorkAnak Nakal2:29.65
View DetailsView Video06/09/07Bel111 1/2mD03 MBelmont Stakes-G1Rags To RichesCurlinTiago2:28.74
View DetailsView Video06/10/06Bel111 1/2mD03 MBelmont Stakes-G1JazilBluegrass CatSunriver2:27.81
View DetailsView Video06/11/05Bel111 1/2mD03 MBelmont Stakes-G1Afleet AlexAndromeda's HeroNolan's Cat2:28.75
View DetailsView Video06/05/04Bel111 1/2mD03 MBelmont Stakes-G1BirdstoneSmarty JonesRoyal Assault2:27.50
View DetailsView Video06/07/03Bel111 1/2mD03 MBelmont Stakes-G1Empire MakerTen Most WantedFunny Cide2:28.26
View DetailsView Video06/08/02Bel101 1/2mD03 MBelmont Stakes-G1SaravaMedaglia d'OroSunday Break2:29.71
View DetailsView Video06/09/01Bel101 1/2mD03 MBelmont Stakes-G1Point GivenA P ValentineMonarchos2:26.80
View DetailsView Video06/10/00Bel91 1/2mD03 MBelmont Stakes-G1CommendableAptitudeUnshaded2:31.20
View DetailsView Video06/05/99Bel91 1/2mD03 MBelmont Stakes-G1Lemon Drop KidVision And VerseCharismatic2:27.88
View DetailsView Video06/06/98Bel91 1/2mD03 MBelmont Stakes-G1Victory GallopReal QuietThomas Jo2:29.00
View DetailsView Video06/07/97Bel91 1/2mD03 MBelmont Stakes-G1Touch GoldSilver CharmFree House2:28.80
View DetailsView Video06/08/96Bel91 1/2mD03 MBelmont Stakes-G1Editor's NoteSkip AwayMy Flag2:28.80
View DetailsView Video06/10/95Bel91 1/2mD03 MBelmont Stakes-G1Thunder GulchStar StandardCitadeed2:32.00
View DetailsView Video06/11/94Bel91 1/2mD03 MBelmont Stakes-G1Tabasco CatGo For GinStrodes Creek2:26.80
View DetailsView Video06/05/93Bel91 1/2mD03 MBelmont Stakes-G1Colonial AffairKissin KrisWild Gale2:29.80
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