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The Breeders Cup has always been the most stressful of all the big race days for me--the Cup runeth over, big time. Fourteen championship races, two days, familiar heroes start to look quite vulnerable in very strong fields, and... euros, my god the euros... with their time form ratings, no points-of-call/beaten-lengths running line, Frankie Dettori doing backflips all over the place. Curlin, take me away.

If you're still handicapping, welcome to the club. Here are the tools of the trad... Read More

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Big Brown tore part of his right front foot off while preparing for the Breeders Cup Classic, and was retired from racing shortly afterward. The work took place with stablemate and multiple Grade 1 winner Kip Deville over Aqueduct's turf course on the morning of Monday, October 13. Trainer Rick Dutrow, minority owner Paul Pompa, and Mike Iavarone of IEAH Stables were at first exhilarated to witness Big Brown work six furlongs in a bullet 1:12.93 (or 1:12 4/5). But, Dutrow then noticed Big B... Read More

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From a book called "Win Every Race".....

[Bet you’ve never heard of this before?]


It is called “Progression" and “Regression" rates and it works like this….





[Progression]

The most-commonly run distance race in North America is the six-furlong sprint race. A six-furlong sprint consists of 6/8ths or 3/4ths of a mile. This means, that the final 1/8 of a six-furlong race (otherwise known as the “Stretch Call... Read More

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Big Brown is back in his first race since the Belmont Stakes, in the $1 million Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park. Trainer Rick Dutrow wants jockey Kent Desormeaux to send Big Brown straight to the front and lead all the way, which is what they planned to happen in the Belmont Stakes. Unfortunately, Big Brown's Triple Crown bid was unsuccessful after his Belmont trip was in trouble early, and his jockey deciding to ease him out of the race as the rest of the field passed him out of the fi... Read More

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