
December 14, 2012
Two stars eyed a championship as Demonstrative (left) won the Colonial Cup in style after Pierrot Lunaire stayed home. Plus championship profiles of jockey Ross Geraghty, Jack Fisher and the wild story of More Tea Vicar.
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Two stars eyed a championship as Demonstrative (left) won the Colonial Cup in style after Pierrot Lunaire stayed home. Plus championship profiles of jockey Ross Geraghty, Jack Fisher and the wild story of More Tea Vicar.
Two in a row for Pierrot Lunaire, who adds Grand National to Lonesome Glory win at Belmont, Fog Island, Dahoud shine as season heads to finale at Colonial Cup.
Pierrot Lunaire edges Spy In The Sky in Belmont thriller, plus news from Saratoga (a double for Demonstrative) and a four-bagger for Paddy Young at Virginia Fall.
Saratoga here they come. Steeplechasers head north for the summer off major stuff at Strawberry Hill, Fair Hill, Radnor, a glorious/tragic result for Arcadius at the Iroquois and Twill Do's win in the Maryland Hunt Cup.
Get up close and personal with Tax Ruling, who eyed history in the Iroquois. Plus Black Jack Blues wins again, Incomplete adds the Manor, the sport loses retired champ Flat Top,
The season preview, in all its glory, checks in around the barns for updates on Black Jack Blues, Tax Ruling, Bon Caddo and everybody else. The sport loses Henry Stern, Mignon C. Smith, Buck Jakes.
Tax Ruling closes the season with a victory in the Colonial Cup to make a case for championship honors (he would lose to Black Jack Blues), plus championship profiles of Paddy Young, Tom Voss (in a 16-15-14 shootout), Irv Naylor, Sweet Shani, Bon Caddo, etc.
G'day G'day wins wins the Pennsylvania Hunt Cup in the glorious fall color, Decoy Daddy lands another Noel Laing, Paddy Young running away with jockeys' race, Matt McCarron rides 200th winner.
Black Jack Blues shakes up championship picture with Grand National win at Far Hills as owner Irv Naylor wins three, Gustavian wins at Aiken, getting to know Julie Gomena.
Incomplete storms off with International Gold Cup over timber, Professor Maxwell shines at Genesee, early days of a whip rule for jockeys.