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Joe Clancy Animal Kingdom, conqueror or the Kentucky Derby and the Dubai World Cup, will look to a new challenge later this month in plans announced today by Team Valor International and trainer H. Graham Motion through reclusive racing spokeswoman April Fulsdae.
Happy Easter. Whether you’ve been hunting eggs and chasing bunnies, you no doubt paid attention to the racing hoopla this weekend. It was frenetic, fantastic, a little frantic.
We’re back. Thisishorseracing.com handicaps the steeplechase races all year and we’re in the second inning of a long baseball game. Saturday’s action turns to Camden, S.C. for the Carolina Cup’s six race program. Last week at Aiken, Sean and Joe snuck in two winners apiece (Alajmal and stakes victor Sunshine Numbers), while Tom countered with one (Alajmal). Everybody liked Meeting, but not enough to use him on top. Never miss a meeting. On to Camden.
As Wichita State steamrolled La Salle en route ot the Elight Eight Thursday night, Graham Motion was not checking his NCAA bracket and wondering how to spell Cleanthony Early.
At the end of a 22-minute interview about Sunshine Numbers, Arch Kingsley tried to put his horse into some perspective. “He’s a Grenade type of horse,” the trainer said. “Remember Grenade?”
Can Animal Kingdom win the Dubai World Cup? Nobody knows and the answer won’t come until Saturday in the desert. But trainer Graham Motion knows his horse has the right combination of ability, preparation and attitude to be competitive.
Monday can be good, bad, indifferent, busy, sleepy, slow to begin, snowy (even in spring). Mostly, Monday is here and There, and so is This Is Horse Racing. And Here and There means Worth Repeating, Numbers, a Photo of the Week and other bits and pieces from the world of racing.
On the way to have a birthday breakfast with my mother Saturday morning, I got rolled. Well, not rolled, but robbed. I guess. Mostly, I feel stupid and duped and a little bit angry. It went something like this… Because of a busy schedule later in the day – Little League field clean-up, team photos … Read more
Old pro Sunshine Numbers continued to add to his legacy with a runaway triumph in Saturday’s $50,000 Budweiser Imperial Cup at the Aiken Steeplechase in Aiken, S.C.
We’re back. The fearless ST handicappers return for another year of picking steeplechase winners, or trying to pick steeplechase winners. Joe, Sean and new recruit Tom Law will put their opinions down every week – helping you follow along from home or at the race course. And, yes, we’re aware there is very little opportunity to actually wager on these races, but…consider it practice for when you can.
