Drefong – 2016 Champion Male Sprinter
By two-time grass champion Gio Ponti and out of a mare by Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1)-winning Horse of the Year Ghostzapper (who happened to be a pretty good miler, too), there wasn’t necessarily a genetic […]
Drefong
2016 Eclipse Award selections: California Chrome gets nod in Horse of the Year race
Eclipse Award ballots are due by January 3 and Horse of the Year wasn’t an easy choice for me. It’s a two-horse race between the top finishers from the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1), Arrogate and […]
2016 Eclipse Award choices generally not so tough
With the knowledge that waiting for Mind Your Biscuits and Constellation (or others for that matter) to become nominal Grade 1 winners later in the day would make absolutely no difference — zero, zilch, nada […]
Mind Your Biscuits gets up in Malibu
Last seen rallying to a minor award behind Drefong in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1), New York shipper Mind Your Biscuits complimented the presumptive champion by annexing Monday’s $301,380 Malibu (G1) in his return trip […]
Malibu, La Brea top Santa Anita opener
Fields have been drawn for the winter-spring meet opener at Santa Anita on December 26. The nine-race program features four graded stakes, including the $300,000 Malibu (G1) for three-year-olds and the $300,000 La Brea (G1) […]