The 19th running of the Grade 1 DeFrancis Dash takes place at Laurel on October 24. The 2003 winner was A Huevo, whose victory is remembered here.
Once upon a time, there was a trainer widely considered to be “mad” and also a “genius.” His name was Michael Dickinson.
Most often, the words “mad” and “genius” were [...]
(Thanks to Virginia Thoroughbred Blog for the tip!)
You’d be hard-pressed to find a historical blindness more humorless or tiresome than the Lost Cause of the Confederacy. And that’s why the petition to erect a monument to Secretariat in Richmond is so inspired.
If you’ve been to Richmond, you know that it’s a city that takes its [...]
Item: The Baltimore Sun reports (here) that Magna Entertainment is seeking a January auction to rid themselves of their Maryland racing assets.
Item: The Washington Examiner (here) informs us that the city of Baltimore has argued, in a court filing, that Magna’s proposed bidding process is plainly uncompetitive because it grants Magna what the city calls [...]
Even in the best of times, the auctioneer’s job is somewhere between begging and cajoling. In a marketplace where the only certainty is continued uncertainty, the begging aspect takes center stage.
And that’s exactly where the good folks at Fasig-Tipton found themselves during this week’s Eastern Fall Yearlings sale. For one thing, of course, the thoroughbred [...]
