Team Block

 As the well being of thoroughbred racing in Illinois remains in a perpetual state of turmoil, it’s a good thing that the horses bred and foaled ...

 Launching a bid from the back of the field, Suntracer inhaled his competition in the stretch of the Grade 3 Kentucky Turf Cup and prevailed by a...

Team Block’s super broodmare Taxable Deduction - already the dam of multiple graded stakes winners - could have a huge day for the aforementioned owne...

 The first time I ever laid my eyes on Suntracer was in a maiden special weight at Arlington Park in the summer of 2010. He ran fourth that day o...

Team Block’s Ioya Bigtime, winner of the 2012 Kentucky Cup Turf (GIII), finished a disappointing ninth in the Elkhorn (GII) as the favorite, but he wi...

Ioya Bigtime, staked to a loping lead by Jeffrey Sanchez, refused to buckle under relentless pressure from favored Rahystrada to win the $200,000 Kent...

Illinois-bred and local Chicago favorite Giant Oak (Giant’s Causeway - Crafty Oak by Crafty Prospector) has retired from his illustrious racing career...

Team Block’s Suntracer, runner-up in the Grade III Hawthorne Derby in his last start Oct. 15, made amends for that defeat with a late-running 2 3/4-le...

Team Block’s Suntracer and Louie Roussel III and Ronnie Lamarque’s Friendly Banter, second and third respectively when a neck apart in Chicago’s Grad...

Sweet home Chicago! I've decided to ignore the risk of being labeled a homer, so please indulge me the opportunity to get in a little old fashioned ho...