November 28, 2022
Pedigree Review - Bay Bridge
Pedigree Review - Bay Bridge
When the Group One Champion Stakes was about to be run on October 15, there was hardly a punter who would bet against Baaeed. It was considered Baaeed’s race to lose, and lose he did. In fact, he came in fourth. The surprising winner was the long shot Bay Bridge, who became an instant millionaire.
May 6, 2020
Charlatan and Nadal Make it Bob Baffert day in Hot Springs, Arkansas
Charlatan and Nadal Make it Bob Baffert day in Hot Springs, Arkansas
It was Bob Baffert day in Hot Springs, Arkansas, on the first Saturday in May, and he won everything but the key to the city. His brilliant colts, Charlatan and Nadal, both unbeaten, took both divisions of the Grade One Arkansas Derby, and his precocious filly Gamine remained unbeaten as well in allowance company.
June 8, 2020
Street Sense's Son Maxfield Impresses Upon His Return
Street Sense's Son Maxfield Impresses Upon His Return
Is there a more exciting horse in training in North America than Maxfield? I think not. The son of Street Sense, (pictured), is unbeaten, was brilliant at two before ankle chips sidelined him just before the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile S.-G1, and is one of the handsomest horses you’ll ever see, big and both masculine and elegant.
May 3, 2020
Long Weekend: A Few of My Favorite Things
Long Weekend: A Few of My Favorite Things
The most exciting race of Saturday, April 25 (not that there were a lot of contenders) was the Bachelor S. at Oaklawn, with Long Weekend and Echo Town battling all the way down the stretch. Long Weekend got his nose down on the wire, but it was one of those races that neither horse deserved to lose. Favorite Eight Rings remains the mystery of the century, following his brilliant two-year-old career with an utterly lackluster 2020 campaign, suggesting something out of “Invasion of the Body Snatchers.”
