Blog Detail
Picking The Ponies
http://www.pickingtheponies.com
Community blog for horse racing fans.
- Added on: Nov 14th, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: A Meyers
- Listed in: Sports
- Tags: horse racing kentucky derby preakness belmont stakes
Recent Posts
Phillies take a Halladay
After the way Cliff Lee pitched against the Yankees in the World Series six weeks ago, I would have been surprised to hear that the Phillies were even listening to offers for their ace. But when the chance to acquire Roy Halladay comes around, ...
Breeders Cup weekend - will it answer questions or create them
Breeders Cup weekend started yesterday with an incredible performance in the Marathon. The gritty 9 year old Cloudy's Knight loped to the lead coming out of the turn and looked to be a winner until Man of Iron loomed on the inside. Coming out of the ...
The Thoroughbred World Loses Legends
It's been a tough month for champions in the TB world. As mentioned in a previous post Gone West was lost. The others are also major horses that have left fans reeling. There's the loss, to a heart attack in his pasture, of popular sire El Prad...
5 Top True Sports Movies
The best sports movies can vary. What sport you like makes a difference too! There's classics like Chariots of Fire and underrated like Prefontaine and can't miss Friday Night Lights. For the horse racing fan there are special movies too. The five be...
Were Seeing History
Rachel Alexandra won the Woodward Stakes today in a smoking time of 1:48.1 holding off a hard charging Macho Again. She still has critics. She has won from coast to coast, at the top, against fillies, against 3 year olds, now against older horses. Sh...
Great Sports Moments in Horse Racing
Horse racing has some of the highest highs and the lowest lows. There are stories that are quite unlike other sports because the main players do not care about prize money or earnings and have no concept of retirement. The horses themselves eit...
