Stories tagged with "astrology"

HASKELL RESULT: Coil Goes Last-to-First to Deny Shackleford (w/Video)

by Matt Gardner on Jul 31, 2011 11:41 PM CDT on And Down The Stretch They Come

Prior to Sunday's Haskell Invitational Stakes at Monmouth Park, Bob Baffert's Coil was somewhat of an unknown contender. He wasn't an unknown as to whether or not he was a quality colt or in the manner that others hadn't heard anything about him. But instead, it was unknown as to how exactly Coil...

HASKELL INVITATIONAL STAKES 2011

by Matt Gardner on Jul 31, 2011 11:53 AM CDT on And Down The Stretch They Come

Things looks good at Monmouth Park for today's Grade 1 Haskell Stakes (post time 5:43 Eastern, TV: ABC) featuring the winners of the Preakness and Belmont Stakes - Shackleford and Ruler On Ice. So far there are no scratches to report in the Haskell (Monmouth Park Changes) and the weather looks...

HASKELL STAKES 2011: Entries, Post Positions and Odds

by Matt Gardner on Jul 28, 2011 4:47 PM CDT on And Down The Stretch They Come

Preakness winner Shackleford and Belmont winner Ruler On Ice will square off at Monmouth Park on Sunday in the Grade 1 Haskell Invitational (post time 5:43) against a field of six other three-year-old colts. Among the Haskell challengers are Illinois Derby winner Joe Vann, 3rd place Preakness...

Weekend Stakes Action: Woodbine and Prairie Meadows take center stage

by Matt Gardner on Jun 24, 2011 2:59 PM CDT on And Down The Stretch They Come

There is a pretty diverse group of stakes races on tap this weekend across North America; the Queen's Plate takes center stage at Woodbine, Prairie Meadows will feature it's Iowa Festival of Racing, juveniles take center stage at Churchill, and Belmont presents the Grade 1 Mother Goose. In total,...

BELMONT STAKES 2011: Possible Entries (UPDATED)

by Matt Gardner on Jun 1, 2011 12:21 PM CDT on And Down The Stretch They Come

UPDATE: I've made a couple of corrections to the list of possible Belmont Stakes entries by scratching Alternation (his connections announced a couple of days ago they would skip the Belmont to prepare for the Haskell and Travers), and adding Monzon. ORIGINAL POST: With the two big names from this...

PREAKNESS 2011: Reviewing The Day at Pimlico

by Matt Gardner on May 22, 2011 10:23 AM CDT on And Down The Stretch They Come

The thoughts below will follow no particular pattern, sort of like the Preakness at Old Hilltop yesterday. You spend all these days looking at the form and the past performances and you get to a point that you envision a certain pace scenario. Yesterday, that scenario looked like a speed duel...

2011 PREAKNESS RESULT: Shackleford Denies Animal Kingdom (with Video Replay)

by Matt Gardner on May 21, 2011 5:26 PM CDT on And Down The Stretch They Come

Shackleford, the 4th place finisher at the Derby after leading most of the way, survived a quick duel in the opening quarter mile and then relaxed on the front-end and held off a hard charging Animal Kingdom to win the Preakness at Pimlico. Animal Kingdom, the Kentucky Derbby winner, split horses...

PREAKNESS 2011: Results and Open Thread

by Matt Gardner on May 21, 2011 8:07 AM CDT on And Down The Stretch They Come

Time to get your Preak on! The 136th running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico is set to go to post at 6:18pm Easter Time this afternoon. Animal Kingdom made it from Fair Hill to Pimlico this morning on what is looking like a very nice day in the Baltimore area.(Blood-Horse: Animal Kingdom Arrives...

PREAKNESS 2011: Preview and Picks

by Matt Gardner on May 20, 2011 8:09 PM CDT on And Down The Stretch They Come

(Note: I was planning on a Preakness undercard post going up today, but that will probably not happen until early tomorrow morning.) As soon as a horse crosses the wire as the winner of the Kentucky Derby, the question of "can this colt win the Triple Crown?" is put forth. Over the last 32...

PREAKNESS 2011: News Round-Up (5/20)

by Matt Gardner on May 20, 2011 9:34 AM CDT on And Down The Stretch They Come

Some of the items making headlines at Pimlico, around the country and around the world on this day before the Preakness: Preakness 2011 & Pimlico Post Time: Black-Eyed Susan attracts rock solid field - Sports, Ink - The Buffalo NewsBy Gene Kershner - Seven fillies will vie for top honors in...