The Haiku Handicapper: Preakness Stakes
DRF sales editor Joe Nevills analyzes the Preakness Stakes field, in post position order, in the form of Haiku, a Japanese poem of 17 syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five.
Joe NevillsMay 14, 2015
DRF sales editor Joe Nevills analyzes the Preakness Stakes field, in post position order, in the form of Haiku, a Japanese poem of 17 syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five.
A closer look at the pedigrees of the entrants for the 140th running of the $1.5 million Preakness Stakes, to be contested Saturday at Pimlico
Mizdirection, a former beast on the downhill turf course at Santa Anita, is now a mother. The winner of the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint in 2012 and 2013, Mizdirection produced her first foal April 28 in France – a colt by New Approach.
Looking at Divining Rod’s pedigree, it’s not hard to see why one would get excited about the colt’s stallion potential, especially if his on-track resume passes muster. A win on Saturday in the Preakness Stakes would go a long way toward checking that box.
Super Saver was among the standouts in a strong group of freshman sires last year – and the WinStar Farm stallion doesn’t show any signs of slowing with his first crop.
Homebred champion American Pharoah – who had delivered his own dose of heartbreak last fall when injury forced him to miss the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile – ended the Zayat family’s streak of frustration in America’s most famed race, surging clear late to capture the 141st running of the Kentucky Derby on May 2 at Churchill Downs.
Every breeder’s ultimate goal is to breed a classic winner. There are, however, as many routes to that goal as there are classic winners.
Multiple Grade 1 winner The Tin Man, a popular turf runner on the West Coast, died April 29 in Santa Ynez, Calif., The Blood-Horse reports.
A. Stevens Miles Jr., a retired banker and successful Thoroughbred owner and breeder, died April 29 in Louisville, Ky. He was 85.
Every win counts when trying to prove out a young stallion, but some wins count for a bit more. Pioneerof the Nile received arguably the biggest resume boost an emerging sire can get on Saturday when his son American Pharoah pulled away from Firing Line to win the Kentucky Derby by a length.