After last Saturday, much has been made (like on “the other board”) that true racing fans should cheer for both Zenyatta AND Rachel.  And more specifically, that Zenyatta fans should not delight in the fact that Rachel got beat.
My answer is…SCREW THAT!    I’m a little too old to start with the Political Correctness now.  So [...]

I would like to get a donation site together called “LetsAdoptDaTara.com.” A future career as a stable pony or riding horse would be a far better fate than the indignity this poor horse has had to suffer since his Belmont win.
Would someone PLEASE tell me what is behind the mindset that’s entering him in G1 [...]

While I applaud TVG’s $400K contribution to the Beldame purse, designed to coax the connections of Zenyatta and Rachel Alexandra to enter, it’s not going to happen.  Online fans are already going toe-to-toe about the merits of each horse, but this proposed Beldame purse increase is just fomenting the snarkiness between the two camps. Don’t [...]

This post is in response to commentary by The Bloodhorse’s Steve Haskin’s article entitled Countdown to the Cup: Classic Confusion.  While I respect Steve Haskin as occupying the pantheon of the best in turf writing currently, I take exception to this strongly-worded passage:
As thrilling as that sounds, there is no denying the Classic has lost [...]

Over the 4 decades during which I’ve been an avid horse racing fan, I’ve seen a lot of well-managed and mismanaged horses.  One is tempted to be an armchair trainer and shout, “What were they thinking?!?!” when a horse is poorly spotted, and we’re willing to give a pass to a bad decision, but when [...]