Karaktar (Ire)
There's never a good time to lose a high-class stallion, but the demise of High Chaparral late last year following... [ Read More ]
Guineas Contenders
Of course you're familiar with the old saying, "its price got shorter while it was sitting in the barn." That... [ Read More ]
Muhaarar (GB)
Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum numerous triumphs in the British classics include two in the G1 2,000 Guineas--with the future Derby... [ Read More ]
Countdown
In my 40-some years of reading form and betting on horses, one of the best angles I've ever found has... [ Read More ]
Zawraq (Ire)
Thanks to his graded stakes-winning treble with Untapable, Race Day and Divining Rod, the U.S.'s highest-priced stallion Tapit now enjoys... [ Read More ]
Elite Eight
With next Saturday's GI Arkansas Derby at Oaklawn Park (100 points to the winner) and Keeneland's GIII Coolmore Lexington S.... [ Read More ]
Dortmund
There are, of course, many different routes to the GI Kentucky Derby, but which of the numerous trials have proved... [ Read More ]
Mubtaahij (Ire)
There was nothing unusual about the Southern Hemisphere half of Dubawi's extraordinary sequence of group successes last Saturday. The Emancipation... [ Read More ]
Intermediate Classes
As we have mentioned before, once a horse shows up as an A Runner on one of our annual lists... [ Read More ]
APEX Explanation
Mid-year APEX figures run by TJCIS (The Jockey Club Information Systems), through last weekend's racing, tend to confirm some interesting... [ Read More ]
Dubai Sky
Only a couple of weeks ago, Bill Oppenheim reminded us of 2005's remarkable crop of new stallions, featuring Tapit, Medaglia... [ Read More ]
Earlier Start
It was not very many years ago that winter meant a complete shutdown of flat racing in Britain and Ireland,... [ Read More ]