Filly and Mare Sprint Top 10 - July 2nd
1. Informed Decision
2. Ventura
3. Carlsbad
4. Diamondrella
5. Indian Blessing
6. Light Green
7. Sweet August Moon
8. Coco Belle
9. Heart Ashley
10. Elusive Heat
Each Breeders’ Cup top 10 list is challenging in it’s own way. For other races I had to leave out horses that could surely be considered contenders but for […]

Sprint Top 10 - July 1st
1. Fatal Bullet
2. Zensational
3. Benny The Bull
4. Georgie Boy
5. Big Drama
6. Red Arrow
7. Munnings
8. Devoted Magic
9. Fabulous Strike
10. Capt. Candyman Can
The Sprint seems like a pretty difficult race to read this far out. All year long as I’ve been compiling the TCR (point standings featured on the sidebar) I’ve been […]

Weekend Overview: The two best horses in the nation were in action this weekend and while fans will have enjoyed seeing them win all the focus is on how we get them to face each other. Zenyatta’s owners seemed very keen to chase Rachel Alexandra in the hopes of getting Horse of the Year. They […]

Iowa Derby
This race has more or less attracted the third tier of sophomore talent. The favorite is Terrain and he’s winless in his last 6 starts. He might have the most class based on the horses he has been losing to but he’s nothing to be scared of. In fact I wouldn’t laugh off the […]

Filly and Mare Turf - June 25
1. Forever Together
2. Pure Clan
3. Gozzip Girl
4. Look Here
5. Acoma
6. Rainbow View
7. Cocoa Beach
8. Rutherienne
9. Well Monied
10. Cuis Ghaire
Unlike the male equivalent I do not have a significant bias towards Europeans for this race. The European older female ranks are often somewhat lackluster so in general the biggest danger […]

Turf Top 10 - June 23rd
1. Tartan Bearer
2. Fame And Glory
3. Conduit
4. Soldier of Fortune
5. Ask
6. Casual Conquest
7. Vision D’Etat
8. Bronze Cannon
9. Father Time
10. Dancing Forever
We continue in our series of Breeders’ Cup top 10’s. This week is turf week, the main events for males and females will be in view. The Breeders’ Cup Turf […]

Weekend Overview: Fourteen years ago a strapping chestnut colt from Sam-Son farms ignited my passion for racing with a hard charging 4th place finish in the Queen’s Plate. The horse was Chief Bearhart and although I had never heard of him prior to the CBC telecast I was an avowed lifetime fan by the time […]

Queen’s Plate Stakes
Canada’s Kentucky Derby is actually the race that first got me seriously into racing. The 1996 renewal of this race that featured Victor Cooley, Stephanotis and Chief Bearhart was the catalyst for my active involvement in the sport. Something about the race just captured me and I’ve been hooked ever since. The Queen’s […]

There has been quite a few good posts lately that have been asking the question “Where are all the good horses?” The older horse division appears to be in shambles. Horses like Macho Again, It’s a Bird and Einstein are a mere shadow of Skip Away, Formal Gold and Will’s Way. The weakness encompasses more […]

Ladies Classic Top 10 - June 17th
1. Zenyatta
2. Cocoa Beach
3. Acoma
4. Rachel Alexandra
5. Music Note
6. Seventh Street
7. Life Is Sweet
8. Ghanaati
9. Again
10. Witty
I really did look long and hard for a good reason to put Zenyatta somewhere other than first on this list. She is going to have a very easy campaign and now with […]