Arlington Million prep day is Saturday at Arlington Park. This week on Down to the Wire we take a look at the four graded stakes: I like Schoolofhardrocks in the American Derby with Candice leaning towards Our Channel with a big shot. Full fields for the four races. We start with a Belmont 2 year Read the full article…
Los Al Derby: The Champ – Shared Belief stretches out on the longest stretch in America when he takes on The Pride of Arizona and the Puerto Rican Sensation in the Los Al Derby. Shared Belief looked sharp in his comeback win against the clock. Works have been solid since then, controls the race with Read the full article…
This week Capping with Candice @chare889 and I handicap the Iowa Derby, the Gold Cup at Santa Anita, a Juvenile race from Belmont and the New York Turf Stakes. Sections: Iowa Derby: Derbyologist: Vicars In Trouble Longshot – Smack Smack Candice: Vicars in In Trouble – Longshot – Charge Now Gold Cup at Santa Anita Read the full article…
A competitive field of older horses hit the track under the lights at Churchill Downs. This traditional Grade 1 feature, has one of the top older horses in Will Take Charge looking to rebound and a couple of up and comers on the improve. Revolutionary may be the now horse. After losing to Will Take Read the full article…
Tonalist was a horse that captured my attention back in January with an impressive Maiden Victory at Gulfstream Park. His late move in a maiden race – capture my eye. Below is a quick compilation of Tonalist conversation since then: Tonalist Maiden Win was written about here Tonalist was included in my Pool 2 Future Read the full article…
Sunny skies, a light wind and temperatures in the 70’s most of the day for a great card at Belmont Stakes. Some quick reaction to all the stakes action. Brooklyn Handicap: Ground Transport set moderate fractions. Micromanage with a 3 wide move approaching the turn, a late run by Norumbega took the money right at the Read the full article…
A Triple Crown is on the line in the 2014 Belmont Stakes and California Chrome looks to make it 7 wins in a row. Several horses have posted nice works in the last week, making this year’s “Test of Champions” a worthy challenge for California Chrome. the Wide Sweeping Turns of Belmont await this year’s Read the full article…
The Penn Mile has brought together a strong edition of Turf horses at the sharp distance of one mile. The distance should make this a great equalizer and expect a tight finish with any one of three or four horses capable of winning. Global View earned a hard-fought win on Derby day at Churchill Downs. Read the full article…
This week Down to the Wire previews the Penn national Mile on the turf, the Californian from Santa Anita and the Mike Lee Stakes from Belmont featuring Uncle Sigh. Candice and I discuss the latest happenings with the Belmont. Agree with the decision to send Medal Count to the Belmont and talk about the latest Read the full article…
This week on Down to the Wire, Candice and I handicap 3 races from three different tracks. Friday the First at Santa Anita is a Maiden Special Weight for 2 year olds. Saturday at Calder features some fan favorites in the Memorial Handicap going 8.5 furlongs on the dirt and we wrap up the discussion Read the full article…