Archive for October, 2009

Tampa Bay Downs Race 9 CURE FOR SALE ( Play of The Day)  can be the the winner here, but morning line may be more generous than what post time will offer. MOHEGAN SKY appears to be the threat. EASY ASHLEY rounds out the box. Fair Grounds Race 9 Bill Mott has the favorite here with DESERT... »

Fall is nearly here so we can all look forward to a break from the brutal Florida heat. Even though the temperature will soon start to drop, it never gets cold enough here to quiet the activity of our aggressive mosquito population. For that reason, it is extremely important to keep up with your... »

By Ted Voute Del Mar, Deauville and Saratoga all require stamina individually but this year, both Fasig Tipton and Arqana became the hospitable hosts of the sales circuit. Many agents, owners and trainers made the gruelling sales week and rewarded sales company directors with significant increases in trade. “Optimism breeds optimism” said Eric Hoyeux of... »

By Ben Baugh He’s won the Eclipse Award the past two years as the North America’s outstanding jockey, an honor he feels very fortunate to have achieved. And although only 37, Garrett Gomez has been competing for nearly two decades, with interregnums at times during his career in 1995, and for 21 months between 2002... »

By Bill Giauque GoldMark Farm overwhelms the first-time visitor the way Disney World dazzles a child. It is simply jaw-dropping. If you don’t believe me, just ask Todd Quast, general manager and trainer at GoldMark. The furrow my jaw dug in the Safetrack as he showed me the training facility caused him considerable consternation. Oh, yeah!... »

By Ben Baugh He’s lived a life envisioned by many but realized by few. By the time Steve Cauthen was 18 years old, he had set the world on its side. The jockey had won two Eclipse Awards, the Triple Crown while riding the legendary Affirmed, appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated and Time... »

With Tom Ventura Tom Ventura is the General Manager and Director of Sales at Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company. Hold Your Horses: With the economy as it is and the thoroughbred world on its ear, what can breeders do to help themselves? Tom Ventura: This industry has survived significant economic downturns in the past and should rebound again.... »

With T. Wynn Jolley T. Wynn Jolley is a veteran trainer and owner who has given generously of his time on several thoroughbred organizations and boards. Hold Your Horses: Is Florida horse racing being “sold out” by a lame duck governor who wants to be in the Senate, and are Florida horsemen getting their money’s worth... »

We don’t always connect horses to education even though they have been connected through literature with such great stories as Black Beauty. How ironic that when times are tough financially both the equine world and education suffer together and are very much connected. We are sitting here waiting for a “special session of congress” to go... »