No, they don’t give me an Eclipse ballot. I don’t actually think I deserve one but I do think I’d make good use of it if given. Unlike at least 25% of the eligible voters who don’t even bother to vote and another percentage who don’t put much time or effort into their ballot.
This ballot […]

The TCR Awards are a feature unique to this blog. The vision of the TCR awards is to give recognition to the horses whose on track accomplishments have merited special notice. We need your votes to help decide the rightful year-end champions.
TCR point standings have been updated all year long giving us a picture of […]

Yearly Overview: A decade from now 2008 will likely not be remembered as one of the great years of racing. Sure we had Curlin break the North American earnings record and Big Brown nearly sweeping the Triple Crown but the biggest story of the year really was the Eight Belles tragedy. As tragic as it […]

Kennedy’s Corridor is taking a break for the holidays. My wife and I are very much looking forward to visiting family in Toronto. That makes this the last post of 2008 for me and I didn’t want to sign off with a handicapping analysis of the weekly feature race. The Gift Of Racing was actually […]

CashCall Futurity
This field is not as deep as prior runnings of this event have been. It’s been getting progressively weaker since the days of dirt racing have ceased. Still there exists a feeling that a good horse could emerge from this race. Synthetics encourage more and more turf horses to take shots at traditional main […]

Money still talks and in the case of the Breeders’ Cup versus the breeders over purse supplement money it looks as if sanity still has a chance of prevailing thanks to the financial clout of the breeders.
The Breeders’ Cup has always been funded by the breeders but it’s clear that the current executive believes that […]

Weekend Overview: Sha Tin and Calder held the biggest meets of the weekend. Actually it’s a bit insulting to even mention Calder in the same sentence as Sha Tin’s International Meet. Hong Kong staged a premier world event and since it was all on the grass Americans had very little success. Kip Deville and Out […]

La Prevoyante Handicap
Similar to my observation last week that Rutherienne was fast according to Beyer but slow according to the DRF Speed Ratings I think Communique is a horse to eye warily. Her numbers are decent all around but again the DRF Speed Ratings suggest that she might be slower than Beyer thinks. Because I […]

One of the things I heartily support is the idea of uniformity and more information. A recent press release indicates that NYRA is making a positive step for 2009.
From the DRF:
New entry schedule beginning in 2009
The New Year will bring a new entry schedule to the New York Racing Association.
Beginning in January, […]

Feel like there is nothing going on right now? Good, it means you’re paying attention. Nothing is going on. The good news is that this is driest period of the entire racing year.
Although racing action itself doesn’t really pick up until after the Sunshine Millions at least January is full of Triple Crown and Eclipse […]