Denis of Cork had his final Belmont Stakes breeze on June 2nd, logging four furlongs in :48.60. His maintenance breeze served its purpose, as he got his first quarter in :24.80 and galloped-out five furlongs in 1:01.60.
The son of Harlan’s Holiday seems to be in good shape and will depart for New York with Macho […]
Saturday, June 7th is the big day, and below are some notes on the probable 2008 Belmont Stakes participants (in alphabetical order)…
Anak Nakal: Nick Zito won the 2004 Belmont Stakes with Birdstone, foiling the Triple Crown bid of Smarty Jones in the process. This one is out of Belmont Stakes winner Victory Gallop. He was […]
Colonel John, my 2008 Kentucky Derby pick, is back from a break on the farm and is pointing to the Grade 2 Swaps Stakes at Hollywood Park on July 12th.
In his first work since a 6th place finish behind Big Brown on the first Saturday in May, the son of Tiznow went four furlongs in […]
Smooth Air and Z Fortune, 11th and 10th in the Kentucky Derby four weeks ago, will square off and vie for favoritism in Saturday’s $300k Grade 2 Ohio Derby from Thistledown.
Smooth Air was the gem of consistency before the Derby, but note that all three of his wins have come in sprints. Two of […]
Big Brown jogged in his return to the track on Tuesday, and he went for a gallop around Big Sandy on Wednesday. The Triple Crown hopeful is slowly on the mend as he continues to recover from a quarter crack in his left front foot. He has top notch foot specialist Ian McKinlay in his […]
Big Brown has been confined to his Belmont Park stall since a quarter crack was discovered on his left front foot Friday, but he made an unexpected visit to the track on Tuesday.
He jogged once around the rainy 1-1/2 mile oval and is scheduled to have his final Belmont Stakes work early next week.
Obviously, […]
Big Brown was doing better on Memorial Day Monday, a few days after a quarter crack was found on his left front foot. Hoof specialist Ian McKinlay is treating the undefeated colt and is reportedly hopeful that the Dutrow trainee will return to the track as early as Wednesday.
The famous foot is beginning to cool […]
In the past Big Brown has suffered from quarter cracks in both of his front feet, which explains why he only started three times prior to the Triple Crown series.
Everything seemed fine following his effortless Kentucky Derby triumph, but he ran down from behind in the Preakness, and now he has developed another quarter […]
Undefeated Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown left Maryland on the morning of May 19th and arrived by van at Belmont Park later the same afternoon.
A victory in the Belmont Stakes would make the son of Boundary the first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978. Since then, ten horses (Spectacular Bid, Pleasant […]
Big Brown ran his record to 5-5 with yet another powerful performance in the 133rd Preakness Stakes.
The son of Boundary stalked the pace in third behind Gayego and Riley Tucker, and he burst away from his rivals when asked by Kent Desormeaux en route to a geared down 5-1/4 length tally in the second […]
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