Saturday Special: March 8
Take a deep breath and get ready for this one, because it’s big. How big? How about Big ‘Cap big.
Tom Law
Classifieds F.C.
Tuesday was a pretty big day in the world of football, or as we say in the states, soccer. The day was noteworthy because it marked the 100-day mark until the action starts in the FIFA World Cup in Brazil, probably the world’s most watched and followed sporting activity.
Monday Morning Trainer: Best on the way
The rains came in Southern California and snow and ice met significant parts of the East, Southeast and Mid-Atlantic well into Monday morning, ah the joys of what is the never-ending winter of 2014.
Saturday Special: March 1
March, it just sounds so much better than December, January or February. The time change is just around the corner, spring not far from that (we hope) and with it even more meaningful racing over the jumps and on the flat.
Halfway Day
Conversations with oneself on the run – literally in this case since it was a rare day to get out for a good 30 minutes without fear of freezing or crashing on the ice – always yield the best results.
Starting point for Wise Dan
Yellow and purple Breeders’ Cup flowers decorate the office in Charlie LoPresti’s barn at Keeneland Race Course, a constant reminder of the champion housed within the walls of Barn 62 on Rice Road.
Mile works ‘work’ for Violette’s Samraat, Financial Mogul
The mile workout is a dinosaur, a relic of the past and something that can only be read about nowadays in books chronicling legendary horses and horsemen of another era. Right? Well, yes and no.
Monday Morning Trainer: Brief Thaw
Quasi spring fever hit significant parts of the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Southeast and with it the requisite thoughts of racing’s big prizes that mark the year’s second season. Monday morning brought colder temperatures back, some snow flurries and a reminder that it’s still a long way to go until the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks.
Saturday Special: February 22
The Winter Olympics in Sochi are winding down and it’s almost March. Triple Crown prep races get a little tougher, a little more important and with plenty more consequences for those who fare well and those who don’t. The Risen Star and Fountain of Youth are on tap, with big fields and plenty of would-be contenders looking to secure coveted points to gain a spot in the gate the first Saturday in May.
Multiple tests for La Verdad in Barbara Fritchie
The winter weather that’s wreaked havoc up and down the East Coast seemingly since Thanksgiving and now well into February may be a blessing or a curse in the case of La Verdad.
