January, 2010 | 2013 Kentucky Derby Guide

Mike Maker loaded for bear in WEBN Stakes with Kera’s Kitten and Patti’s Kitten

Jan

2010

Trainer Mike Maker is winning at a 27% rate and has taken 16 races from 60 starts. His horses are hitting the board at a rate of over 50% this year. Maker has controlled the Turfway scene, but has recently forayed into deeper waters. He took the Breeders Cup Dirt Mile with Furthest Land last year, ...

Kentucky Derby and Preakness pages updated

Jan

2010

One of the goals of this website is to educate visitors on the history of the Triple Crown races. I’ve created two pages about the Kentucky Derby, and Preakness Stakes. I plan to create one about the Belmont Stakes in the near future. The two existing pages are a work in progress, but they contain ...

Winslow Homer impresses in Holy Bull; Ron the Greek closes fast to take Lecomte

Jan

2010

I had an odd feeling about Winslow Homer since he was coming from the Fox Hill Farms and Anthony Dutrow barn. It seems like those horses run even if it doesn’t appear that they will. I have a hard time supporting a horse coming out of Philadelphia Park because it seems like they run fast ...

Field of nine to line up for the Grade 3 Holy Bull Stakes

Jan

2010

When it comes to horses it doesn’t get much better than the great Holy Bull. The gray son of Great Above earned $2,481,760 throughout his illustrious career that included wins in the Florida Derby, Bluegrass Stakes, Haskell Invitational, Travers Stakes, and Woodward Stakes. The Holy Bull Stakes named in his honor is contested at the ...

Conveyance looks unstoppable in Grade 3 San Rafeal 2

Jan

2010

Go figure; it looks like Bob Baffert has yet another super quick three-year-old colt. Conveyance, a son of Indian Charlie, is a perfect two for two thus far in his career and he earned a 99 BRIS figure last out when he covered six furlongs in 1:09 flat. He won that race by an easy ...

Churchill Downs partners with NBC to televise Kentucky Derby prep races

Jan

2010

It’s about time somebody stepped up to the plate. Churchill Downs has agreed to pay NBC $2 million to broadcast the Louisiana Derby, Lanes End Stakes, Santa Anita Derby, Wood Memorial, Bluegrass Stakes and Arkansas Derby. The broadcast will be called “Road to the Kentucky Derby” and will last for one hour. The races will be ...

Bob Baffert gets lucky with equipment change on Lookin At Lucky

Jan

2010

Lookin At Lucky, a virtual lock to win the Eclipse Award for Champion Two-Year-Old Male, is getting even faster. Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert decided to throw on blinkers in a workout and the results were excellent. He is probably going to wear them in his preps for and in the Kentucky Derby. “He ...

Governor Paterson pledges to save Belmont Stakes

Jan

2010

The drama surrounding the Belmont Stakes continues. In case you haven’t heard the NYRA has stated they will not be able to run the Belmont Stakes this year if VLTs are not installed at Aqueduct to provide much needed income to the organization. The VLTs, short for Video Lottery Terminal, are expected to provide $1 ...

Laus Deo takes the Count Fleet Stakes at Aqueduct Park

Jan

2010

It looks like Fox Hill Farms isn’t going to miss a beat after the retirement of Larry Jones thanks to Tony Dutrow. Laus Deo, trained by Dutrow, registered an easy wire to wire score in the Count Fleet Stakes over the heavily favored Ibboyee. The colt was exiting a maiden race and looks to have ...