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HD Please TVG
EquineProject.com | 18 hours ago by Barry Roos
Living in a suburb of Boston, racing is not on the forefront. So when I asked my local cable provider why I can’t get TVG or HRTV, they didn’t even know what either were. I said dish network carried both as well as other providers, bu read more
Horse Racing Networking Group on Linkedin
EquineProject.com | July 24th 2008 by Barry Roos
For those of you unfamiliar with Linkedin, it is a great networking tool, totally free. The way it works is you join and invite connections. You then have access to their connections as well. I joined about a year ago and have over 1500 connections. read more
Saratoga Dreamin’
The Aspiring Horseplayer | July 22nd 2008 by Kevin Stafford
“All the leaves are brown And the sky is grey…” Perhaps the lyrics above are a bit of a stretch. If your leaves are brown at the moment, it’s likely more to do with drout than the winter conditions the Mommas and the Poppas read more
Well Armed wires the field in San Diego Handicap
The Aspiring Horseplayer | July 20th 2008 by Kevin Stafford
Well Armed wires the field to capture the G2 San Diego Handicap Well armed was out to prove two myths wrong in Saturday’s Grade 2 San Diego Handicap at Del Mar. For starters, he was there to prove to doubters that he would not be affected by read more
Virginia Derby goes down to the wire
The Aspiring Horseplayer | July 20th 2008 by Kevin Stafford
Gio Ponti and Court Vision duke it out to the wire in the G2 Virginia Oaks Anyone watching the Grade 2 Viriginia Oaks yesterday saw a thriller when former Triple Crown hopeful Court Vision and Gio Ponti - a 3-year-old son of Tale of the Cat. With r read more
July Kentucky Trip Notes
EquineProject.com | July 18th 2008 by Barry Roos
My college years were spent in the Bluegrass, and I have been back more times than I can remember to attend sales, go to races, or just visit friends. Each time I remember what I love about the Commonwealth, and the industry in general. After all the read more
What should Curlin’s goals be?
The Aspiring Horseplayer | July 16th 2008 by Kevin Stafford
Well, it’s been a slow day for me. I got back into the swing of things at work after dealing with a sick child on Monday and Tuesday and had to cut the grass - meaning I only got to see the last 3 races of opening day at Del Mar. When I got i read more
Curlin valiant - yet just short in turf debut
The Aspiring Horseplayer | July 12th 2008 by Kevin Stafford
One way to look at things is to say I drove 450 miles round trip over the last 24 hours only to have my heart slightly broken. Another way to look at things would be to say I drove all that way and was able to get within arms reach of the horse I read more
To bet or not to bet, that is the question
The Aspiring Horseplayer | July 10th 2008 by Kevin Stafford
Note: Inspired by Dick Jerardi’s column in Friday’s Daily Racing Form (you’ll need a subscription to read - it’s the one titled “Right spot to bet against Curlin” - or you can just by a DRF at your local newsstand read more
Onward to New York…upon Saint Curlin’s Day!
The Aspiring Horseplayer | July 8th 2008 by Kevin Stafford
Source: http://articles.tracksideview.com/2008/07/08/curlin-headed-to-man-o-war.aspx It’s official…Curlin is headed to NY! The turf career of the talented 4 year-old son of Smart Strike will begin at Bemont Park in this Saturday’s r read more
Pure Clan wins a thriller in the American Oaks
The Aspiring Horseplayer | July 6th 2008 by Kevin Stafford
It took everything she had and a good deal of racing luck, but favorite Pure Clan was able to find a way through horses in the stretch to prevail in the Grade 1 American Oaks on Saturday at Hollywood Park. She held off a late bid by European invade read more
Diamond Diva steals the CashCall Mile
The Aspiring Horseplayer | July 6th 2008 by Kevin Stafford
Diamond Diva rallied in the stretch to hold off a surging Ventura in a thrilling edition of the Grade 2 CashCall Mile at Hollywood Park on Saturday. Ventura had actually passed Diamond Diva by a neck in the stretch and appeared to be sailing smooth read more
Zenyatta remains undefeated; wins Vanity Handicap
The Aspiring Horseplayer | July 6th 2008 by Kevin Stafford
For a while it looked like Zenyatta, the talented 4-year-old daughter of Street Cry, might be headed towards her first career defeat in the Grade 1 Vanity Handicap at Hollywood Park on Saturday. She was able to rally from far behind to reach the read more
Heatseeker retired; Curlin takes to the turf
The Aspiring Horseplayer | July 2nd 2008 by Kevin Stafford
The older male division of thoroughbred horse racing took yet another unexpected turn with the announcement of Heatseeker’s retirement on Tuesday. The colt had been scratched from the Hollywood Gold Cup last weekend due to ankle fillings. T read more
Kudos to Suffolk
EquineProject.com | June 30th 2008 by Barry Roos
Suffolk Downs over the years has been plagued with bad management, an ancient plant, and a legislature bent on not approving anything which may actually enhance racing and guarantee survival. That being said, the last change in ownership finally has read more
Monday musings
The Aspiring Horseplayer | June 29th 2008 by Kevin Stafford
As the work week approaches and the weekend comes to a close, I thought I’d share a couple of tidbits courtesy of Ron Correll over at Tracksideview.com that I found rather interesting. Source: http://articles.tracksideview.com/2008/06/28/what-d read more
Mast Track wires the field in the Hollywood Gold Cup
The Aspiring Horseplayer | June 29th 2008 by Kevin Stafford
Early speed, early speed, early speed. How many times do we need to see it? Mast Track put on another lesson for handicappers by wiring what appeared to be a highly competitive field of older horses in the Grade 1 Hollywood Gold Cup on Saturday a read more
Music Note defeates Proud Spell in the Mother Goose
The Aspiring Horseplayer | June 29th 2008 by Kevin Stafford
Music Note, a highly regarded daughter of A.P. Indy, defeated the top filly of her division in Kentucky Oaks winner Proud Spell in Saturday’s running of the Grade 1 Mother Goose Stakes at Belmont Park. The trip for Proud Spell couldn’t ha read more
Shocker: A trainer with 72 rulings has bad test. IEAH contemplat…
EquineProject.com | June 28th 2008 by Barry Roos
Truth really is stranger than fiction. You wonder why companies employ PR firms, image consultants and people to put out the fires which spring up in the course of doing business. You always want to put your best face forward to the press and the pub read more
Saturday Hollywood Park Picks
The Aspiring Horseplayer | June 28th 2008 by Kevin Stafford
Saturday was supposed to be a chance to showcase the talents of one of the best older horses in the country, Heatseeker, in the Grade 1 Hollywood Gold Cup. Instead, the heavy favorite has scratched, leaving the field a bit more wide open. Racing read more
Friday Night Hollywood Park Picks
The Aspiring Horseplayer | June 27th 2008 by Kevin Stafford
Another long week at the office, another chance for salvation playing the ponies Friday night at Hollywood. We’ve got 8 races tonight, and as you all know Friday nights never seem to go as expected. I thought I’d offer up my thoughts read more
Dutrow, Asmussen, and Rose
The Aspiring Horseplayer | June 26th 2008 by Kevin Stafford
Sources: http://horseracing.sportsline.com/cbs/headlines/showarticle.aspx?articleId=28579 http://msn.foxsports.com/horseracing/story/8282964/Jockey-Rose-suspended-for-6-months It’s been an eventful week for thoroughbred horse racing fans. read more
Horse Watch page updated
The Aspiring Horseplayer | June 23rd 2008 by Kevin Stafford
You’ve probably been wondering where I disappeared to since Saturday night? Well, let’s just say that the wife and I got a brief reprieve from our role as parents as my folks took our son for a few nights. Obviously blogging wasn̵ read more
Colonial Turf Cup looks like a good one
The Aspiring Horseplayer | June 21st 2008 by Kevin Stafford
The highlight of the Saturday card at Colonial Downs will be the 4th running of the Grade 3 Colonial Turf Cup. A field of 10 horses has entered to take to the grass in the 1 3/16 mile Turf Cup, which serves as the first leg of the “Grand Slam read more
Can we restore the Secretariat Belmont footage?
EquineProject.com | June 20th 2008 by Barry Roos
Ok, we are at a tough place in the history of Thoroughbred Racing. We can make it a better, safer more honest sport. First off we need to keep Congress out the sport and self regulate before it’s too late. But that isn’t what this postin read more
Phar Lap Mystery Solved
EquineProject.com | June 19th 2008 by Barry Roos
Phar Lap, the greatest horse in the world died suddenly days after winning the Agua Caliente Handicap in 1932. The Mexican race was at the time North America’s richest race. The movie Phar Lap was in this writer’s opinion the finest racin read more
What were the greatest moments in Breeder’s Cup history?
The Aspiring Horseplayer | June 18th 2008 by Kevin Stafford
Big hat tip to Ron Correll over at tracksideview.com for cluing me into a little poll being conducted by the Breeder’s Cup to determine the greatest moments in Breeder’s Cup history. We’ve had many deep discussions here about who so read more
Thoroughbred Safety Committee - Ok First Step, More Needed
EquineProject.com | June 17th 2008 by Barry Roos
The Thoroughbred Safety Committee made their first recommendations. Ban steroids and Toe Grabs and rules around whips. Not a bad first step, but more needs to be done. The ban on steroids will work fine with honest horsemen who abide by the rules. T read more
Curlin: Raider of the Longchamp Arc?
The Aspiring Horseplayer | June 16th 2008 by Kevin Stafford
As of right now the plan with the defending U.S. Horse of the Year seems to be a run in the world’s richest race, the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp in France on October 5. Usually the Dubai World Cup, which Curlin has already w read more
Curlin is unstoppable.
The Aspiring Horseplayer | June 14th 2008 by Kevin Stafford
Curlin destroys the competition in the G1 Stephen Foster at Churchill Downs on Saturday Curlin. You cannot stop him. You can only hope to contain him. On Saturday at Churchill Downs, that’s exactly what a field of 9 competitors was hoping read more
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