http://www.drf.com/blogs/171/feed en http://www.drf.com/blogs/preakness-day-138 You can't help wondering if the connections of the second-, third- and fourth-place Derby finishers are second-, third- and fourth-guessing their decisions to pass the Preakness... Sat, 18 May 2013 16:31:14 +0000 Steven Crist 292664 at http://www.drf.com <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-carryover"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-blog-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Steven Crist </div> </div> </div> <p><iframe frameborder="0" height="450" src="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AlJeMLWyKUIodFZ3WWZkajBqUFdZZ0tpa3prQXlqMXc&output=html&widget=true" width="599"></iframe></p><p><a href="http://www.drf.com/blogs/preakness-day-138" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.drf.com/blogs/derby-day-139 7:00 pm: Orb's victory was impressive, deserving, satisfying and popular... Sat, 04 May 2013 15:45:08 +0000 Steven Crist 291406 at http://www.drf.com <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-carryover"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-blog-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Steven Crist </div> </div> </div> <p><iframe frameborder="0" height="500" src="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AlJeMLWyKUIodFA5ek10d01hcUpTQmlwRVRxaldQaXc&output=html&widget=true" width="599"></iframe></p> <p><strong>11:45 am</strong>: Happy Derby Day. A mere 415 minutes to Derby post time, the track is extremely fast at Churchill Downs but the predicted rain is just starting. The opener, an N2x allowance for fillies, went in 1:08.75 for 6f and the 2nd, an N1x for males, took just 1:21.68 for 7f.</p><p><a href="http://www.drf.com/blogs/derby-day-139" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.drf.com/blogs/florida-postcard-eclipse-weekend Champion 3-year-old Filly strikes me as the closest equine contest and I suspect Wise Dan will win Turf Male, Older Male and HOTY.... Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:31:35 +0000 Steven Crist 281919 at http://www.drf.com <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-carryover"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-blog-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Steven Crist </div> </div> </div> <p>HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. -- It’s cool and cloudy and the beaches are empty but you’ll hear no complaining from this snowbird revelling in South Florida horse racing, poker and greyhound racing with Saturday’s Sunshine Millions and Eclipse Awards still to come.</p><p><a href="http://www.drf.com/blogs/florida-postcard-eclipse-weekend" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.drf.com/blogs/column-companion-hoty-and-grade-1s Here is the list of Grade 1 victories by the 39 winners of the Horse of the Year award in their championship year since the graded-stakes system was instituted in 1973... Eclipse Awards Fri, 11 Jan 2013 20:27:27 +0000 Steven Crist 281291 at http://www.drf.com <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-carryover"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-blog-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Steven Crist </div> </div> </div> <p>Here, in conjunction with<a href="http://www.drf.com/news/steven-crist-horse-year-candidates-bit-short-grade-1-credentials"> the Sunday column</a>, is the list of Grade 1 victories by the 39 winners of the Horse of the Year award in their championship year since the graded-stakes system was instituted in 1973.</p><p><a href="http://www.drf.com/blogs/column-companion-hoty-and-grade-1s" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.drf.com/blogs/column-companion-grade-1s-2012 Here is the list of the 112 Grade 1 races run in the United States in 2012 with the winning horse, trainer and jockey for each and the leaders by victories in each of those categories: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 21:15:41 +0000 Steven Crist 280106 at http://www.drf.com <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-carryover"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-blog-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Steven Crist </div> </div> </div> <p>Here, in conjunction with <a href="http://www.drf.corp/news/steven-crist-no-dominant-horse-2012-grade-1-races">the Sunday column </a>on the same topic, is the list of the 112 Grade 1 races run in the United States in 2012 with the winning horse, trainer and jockey for each and the leaders by victories in each of those categories:</p> <p><iframe frameborder="0" height="470" src="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AlJeMLWyKUIodDJpamwyT2JSU3ZER2NURUhXWUxtSVE&output=html&widget=true" width="599"></iframe></p> <p> </p><p><a href="http://www.drf.com/blogs/column-companion-grade-1s-2012" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.drf.com/blogs/holidayfest-side-carryover The Gazelle is the last G1 race in New York until the 2013 Wood Memorial, but it's not going to be a G1 much longer unless NYRA finds a better place on the calendar... Sat, 24 Nov 2012 17:14:17 +0000 Steven Crist 268769 at http://www.drf.com <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-carryover"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-blog-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Steven Crist </div> </div> </div> <p><strong>12:15 pm:</strong> If you like Grade 1 and 2 stakes racing, and New York-bred maiden juveniles on the turf, have I got a carryover for you.</p><p><a href="http://www.drf.com/blogs/holidayfest-side-carryover" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.drf.com/blogs/aqueduct-111812-triple-carryover About 70 minutes to the start of an Aqueduct pick-6 with a three-day, $155,839 triple carryover... Sun, 18 Nov 2012 17:38:51 +0000 Steven Crist 268322 at http://www.drf.com <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-carryover"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Carryover </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-blog-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Steven Crist </div> </div> </div> <p> </p> <p><strong>12:37 pm:</strong> About 70 minutes to the start of an Aqueduct pick-6 with a triple carryover, though the amount in the kitty to start the day is a little light -- $155,839. Still, worth a try.</p><p><a href="http://www.drf.com/blogs/aqueduct-111812-triple-carryover" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.drf.com/blogs/breeders-cup-saturday-back-aqueduct Shanghai Bobby's formidable accomplishments this year -- Hopeful, Champagne BC Juvenile and around $2 million -- will do him little good in securing a Derby berth under Churchill Downs's nutty new qualifying system... Sat, 03 Nov 2012 18:17:05 +0000 Steven Crist 267207 at http://www.drf.com <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-carryover"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-blog-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Steven Crist </div> </div> </div> <p><strong><iframe frameborder="0" height="490" src="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AlJeMLWyKUIodFIzUjA5cUNQdEF3OW1vd3MwVmJYbEE&output=html&widget=true" width="599"></iframe></strong></p> <p><strong>2:15 pm: </strong>Back in the Big A pressbox for Breeders' Cup Saturday. The home electric mercifully came back on last night after a 97-hour hiatus, but the cable, phone and Internet access are still out.</p><p><a href="http://www.drf.com/blogs/breeders-cup-saturday-back-aqueduct" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.drf.com/blogs/breeders-cup-friday-live-aqueduct There's power, heat, hot water, phone and wifi service at Aqueduct, luxuries I haven't enjoyed since the hurricane... Breeders' Cup Fri, 02 Nov 2012 17:53:24 +0000 Steven Crist 267072 at http://www.drf.com <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-carryover"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-blog-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Steven Crist </div> </div> </div> <p><strong>1:30 pm ET</strong>: There's power, heat, hot water, phone and wifi service at Aqueduct, luxuries I haven't enjoyed since the hurricane hit and the lights went out on Long Island at 6:52 pm Monday. So here I am in a nearly deserted (two reporters and a lonely mutuel clerk) Big A Press Box for Breeders' Cup Friday.</p> <p>Looks like about 156 minutes before post for the BC Juvenile Sprint, first leg of a pick-6 I'll be playing, both for myself and for a group of fans at Capital OTB. Capital and I are each putting up $1,000 today and $5,000 tomorrow.</p><p><a href="http://www.drf.com/blogs/breeders-cup-friday-live-aqueduct" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.drf.com/blogs/heres-your-breeders-cup-pre-entry-cheat-sheet The 180 Breeders' Cup pre-entrants have combined to win 797 of 2,176 career starts (36.6 %) and earned $115.9 million... Handicapping Breeders' Cup Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:47:10 +0000 Steven Crist 266353 at http://www.drf.com <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-carryover"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-blog-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Steven Crist </div> </div> </div> <p>Here's the final Breeders' Cup lineup of races, followed by your 2012 horse-by-horse cheat sheet, with starts, victories, earnings, highest winning level, career-best Beyer Speed Figure and trainer for each horse. I'll be augmenting this chart with odds, sires and other tidbits in the days ahead. Final fields with riders (and the undercard races) will be drawn Monday.</p> <p>Pre-entry past performances are up, so get cracking.</p><p><a href="http://www.drf.com/blogs/heres-your-breeders-cup-pre-entry-cheat-sheet" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.drf.com/blogs/jc-gold-cup-day-9292012 Main track harrowed and "good," turf course yielding, 1st and 4th off the grass on an 11-race Gold Cup card that features five Grade 1 stakes and a two-day $96k pick-6 carryover... Sat, 29 Sep 2012 16:19:45 +0000 Steven Crist 264005 at http://www.drf.com <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-carryover"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-blog-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Steven Crist </div> </div> </div> <p><iframe frameborder="0" height="460" src="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AlJeMLWyKUIodExXNHQ1VDVNMW9rMzZSTThWMDNETkE&output=html&widget=true" width="590"></iframe></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>12:20 pm</strong>: Overcast and cloudy, temps in the 60's, main track harrowed and "good," turf course yielding, races 1 and 4 off the grass on an 11-race Jockey Club Golc Cup card that features five Grade 1 stakes and a two-day $96k pick-6 carryover.</p><p><a href="http://www.drf.com/blogs/jc-gold-cup-day-9292012" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.drf.com/blogs/grassy-double-carry-belmont-91612 Today's all-turf pick-6 at Belmont is no walk in the park, but a two-day $164k carryover makes it worth ... Sun, 16 Sep 2012 17:15:23 +0000 Steven Crist 263011 at http://www.drf.com <div class="field field-type-number-integer field-field-carryover"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 0 </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-blog-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Steven Crist </div> </div> </div> <p><strong>1:15 pm</strong>: Today's all-turf pick-6 at Belmont is no walk in the park, but a two-day $164k carryover makes it worth a look and, for me, a modest play.</p><p><a href="http://www.drf.com/blogs/grassy-double-carry-belmont-91612" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.drf.com/blogs/saratoga-day-40-9312 406 races down, 11 to go. Early first post of 12:30 pm for Day 40 of 40, an 11-race card headlined by the G2 (boo) Hopeful, the G3 Glens Falls, and a ... Mon, 03 Sep 2012 16:02:14 +0000 Steven Crist 261879 at http://www.drf.com <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-blog-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Steven Crist </div> </div> </div> <p><iframe frameborder="0" height="450" src="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AlJeMLWyKUIodDQwUzNmRHlxampLZ2hIc0RWV2xza1E&output=html&widget=true" width="590"></iframe></p> <p><strong>12:01 pm: </strong>406 races down, 11 to go. Early first post of 12:30 pm for Day 40 of 40, an 11-race card headlined by the G2 (boo) Hopeful, the G3 Glens Falls, and a mandatory pick-6 payout on Closing Day at the Spa.</p><p><a href="http://www.drf.com/blogs/saratoga-day-40-9312" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.drf.com/blogs/saratoga-day-39-9212 Overnight Beyers from Saturday: 108 for Emcee (Forego), 105 for To Honor and Serve (Woodward), 98 for Dominus (Bernard Baruch)... Sun, 02 Sep 2012 16:50:49 +0000 Steven Crist 261829 at http://www.drf.com <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-blog-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Steven Crist </div> </div> </div> <p><iframe frameborder="0" height="450" src="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AlJeMLWyKUIodDNheFRlWnhlbjl3R09EdkIxa0JFNVE&output=html&widget=true" width="590"></iframe></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>12:50 pm: </strong>The remarkable run of good weather continues at Saratoga, where it's fast and firm for Day 39 of 40, an 11-race card featuring the G3 Saranac for 2-year-old turfers and the G1 Spinaway for 2-year-old fillies.</p><p><a href="http://www.drf.com/blogs/saratoga-day-39-9212" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.drf.com/blogs/saratoga-day-38-9112 There's a $54k carryover into a sequence that includes the G2 Bernard Baruch Handicap, the Grade 1 Forego and the Grade 1 Woodward, G1 Forego and G1 Woodward stakes. Sat, 01 Sep 2012 16:55:13 +0000 Steven Crist 261734 at http://www.drf.com <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-blog-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Steven Crist </div> </div> </div> <p> </p> <p><iframe frameborder="0" height="450" src="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AlJeMLWyKUIodERrT0dUeTVSOS1GRG1NOUlmXzBIT1E&output=html&widget=true" width="590"></iframe></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>12:55 pm</strong>: Six on the grass, six on the dirt for Day 38 of 40, with a $54k pick-6 carryover into a sequence that includes the G2 Bernard Baruch, the G1 Forego and the G1 Woodward Stakes.</p><p><a href="http://www.drf.com/blogs/saratoga-day-38-9112" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.drf.com/blogs/saratoga-day-37-83112 7:10 pm: Second choice Bravo Habibi won the 9th, and you'd think he was one of the five horses covered in the pick-6 -- but he wasn't ... Fri, 31 Aug 2012 18:11:44 +0000 Steven Crist 261638 at http://www.drf.com <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-blog-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Steven Crist </div> </div> </div> <p><iframe frameborder="0" height="440" src="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AlJeMLWyKUIodHVvM3FsaTBRVXVweG4tRkkwcy1GUnc&output=html&widget=true" width="590"></iframe></p> <p><strong>2:10 pm</strong>: Just 43 races to go for Saratoga 2012, nine of them on this late-post Day 37 including the $100k Big Bambu for older-filly sprinters and the the $100k Riskaverse for 3-year-old fillies on the turf.</p><p><a href="http://www.drf.com/blogs/saratoga-day-37-83112" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.drf.com/blogs/saratoga-day-36-83012 Archwarrior an easy if not mindbending winner at $2.50, taking over at top of stretch, drifting slightly, winning by 3 1/4 lengths in 1:10.07.... Thu, 30 Aug 2012 16:18:53 +0000 Steven Crist 261514 at http://www.drf.com <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-blog-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Steven Crist </div> </div> </div> <p><iframe frameborder="0" height="450" src="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AlJeMLWyKUIodGNDRUxqbWtZMHVNc3F0azRBbUxmRWc&output=html&widget=true" width="590"></iframe></p> <p><strong>12:15 pm</strong>: Three on the dirt, eight on the grass (including two steeplechases), a $73k carryover, and the long-awaited debut of Archwarrior make it a busy, fast, firm and sunny Day 36 at Saratoga.</p><p><a href="http://www.drf.com/blogs/saratoga-day-36-83012" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.drf.com/blogs/saratoga-day-35-82912 There's a $72k carryover to Thursday at Saratoga after 11-1 Corinzia, first turf after two dirt losses by a combined 57 lengths, won the Wednesday finale.... Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:36:43 +0000 Steven Crist 261405 at http://www.drf.com <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-blog-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Steven Crist </div> </div> </div> <p><iframe frameborder="0" height="450" src="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AlJeMLWyKUIodDZrcHdXZ3FqcjRQOWFqRGlteWNzaHc&output=html&widget=true" width="590"></iframe></p> <p><strong>12:37 pm</strong>: It's four on the dirt and then six on the grass for a fast, firm and sunny Day 35 where six of the day's races are for 2-year-olds.</p><p><a href="http://www.drf.com/blogs/saratoga-day-35-82912" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.drf.com/blogs/saratoga-day-34-82712 6:10 pm: No double carryover to Wednesday: Miss Suwanee, 7-1 filly facing colts, was a runaway winner of the finale to reward one bettor with a $299k payoff... Mon, 27 Aug 2012 18:53:14 +0000 Steven Crist 261249 at http://www.drf.com <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-blog-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Steven Crist </div> </div> </div> <p> </p> <p><iframe frameborder="0" height="450" src="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AlJeMLWyKUIodGliUVUyVXRuTlBUX0lqWkF4bmoxMUE&output=html&widget=true" width="590"></iframe></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>2:50 pm</strong>: Pick-6 with $72k carryover starts in 20 minutes with the 5th at Saratoga.</p><p><a href="http://www.drf.com/blogs/saratoga-day-34-82712" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.drf.com/blogs/saratoga-day-33-82612 Overnight Beyers from Travers Day: Zagora 102 (Ballston Spa), Alpha/Golden Ticket 100 (Travers), Willy Beamin 97 (King's Bishop), Contested (Test) 91... Sun, 26 Aug 2012 17:13:45 +0000 Steven Crist 261180 at http://www.drf.com <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-blog-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Steven Crist </div> </div> </div> <p><iframe frameborder="0" height="450" src="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AlJeMLWyKUIodFM1NUxxMllBV1FqcjlHVXl0aXdMNWc&output=html&widget=true" width="590"></iframe></p> <p><strong>1:15 pm</strong>: You could argue that the matchup between Royal Delta and It's Tricky in today's featured Personal Ensign is the best race of the meeting -- a rematch between the 1-2 finishers in last year's Breeders' Cup Distaff (a/k/a Ladies' Classic), Alabama and 3-year-old filly Eclipse voting.</p><p><a href="http://www.drf.com/blogs/saratoga-day-33-82612" target="_blank">read more</a></p>