Sep

24

Keeneland Sale is down as is 2008 foal crop

by Barry Roos
September 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Sales at Keeneland were down 14.8% compared with $385,018,600 during last year’s September sale. It  was the lowest since 2004 when 3,370 yearlings brought $324,904,300. The sales have been down all over the world, and some have even been canceled such as in Maryland. With the nightmare on Wall Street this appears to be a [...]

Sep

21

$300,000 Workout

by Barry Roos
September 21, 2008 | 2 Comments

Commentator breezed yesterday at Suffolk Downs. Unlike most workouts, this one paid him 300,000 dollars. There was zero competition, as the race came up with a less than stellar group. The 3 local horses would not have been the favorite in a $35,000 claimer in the dead of winter at Aqueduct.  So you knew the [...]

Sep

13

Pressure now on Team Curlin

by Barry Roos
September 13, 2008 | 7 Comments

Big Brown is a force of nature, and you have to respect him as racehorse no matter what you think of his connections. His start today was an excellent effort over a rather soft course, and Desormeaux never had to get into him through the lane.  He was pushed early, but it didn’t seem to [...]

Sep

5

No Artificial Surface prep for Curlin

by Barry Roos
September 5, 2008 | 2 Comments

In my previous post I felt that the Goodwood BC made sense for Curlin. A prep race over the new Pro-Ride >> surface, and then being bedded down and avoiding the cross country shipping for the Classic seemed a likely move.  To me this was quite a logical step, and would have prevented the embarrassment [...]

Sep

2

Goodwood Breeders’ Cup makes sense for Curlin

by Barry Roos
September 2, 2008 | 1 Comment

Racing truly needs Curlin to run in the Breeders’ Cup Classic.  The race is suppose to be the Superbowl of racing, the pinnacle of our sport.  We need the best of the best to duke it out, mano a mano. In this case a classic without Curlin and/or Big Brown would be lacking and ordinary [...]