Over the last twenty years, colts that have been victorious in the Kentucky Derby have followed a fairly specific training pattern. The majority of the Derby winners from 1990 – 2015 made their init...
By Derek Simon Lady Shipman, who was last seen costing me a trifecta by not getting up in time to win the Grade I Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint at Keeneland, is scheduled to make her 2016 debut in the L...
By Derek Simon Runhappy makes his first start for his new/old connections on Saturday in the Grade I Malibu Stakes at Santa Anita Park. As most racing fans who haven’t been living in a pod (and even...
By Derek Simon In an excellent article that appeared in the Thoroughbred Daily News, “Lasix: Why the Effinex Team Just Said Yes,” author Bill Finley recounts the story of Effinex, a four-year-old ...
By Derek Simon I can’t take it anymore. I’m so exasperated that I used “bogus” in the title of this blog — and I can’t guarantee that you won’t see a “rad” or “F-in A, dude” befo...
By Derek Simon As I sit down to write this, the 142nd Kentucky Derby is 176 days, 22 hours, 23 minutes and two seconds away… and I haven’t even picked out what I’m going to wear yet! I jest, any...
To say that the defection of Beholder and Smooth Roller from the Breeders’ Cup Classic changed the complexion of the race is like saying that those Matthew McConaughey commercials for Lincoln are ju...
In-depth analysis of the 2015 Breeders’ Cup with Us Racing Show host Derek Simon and guests Brian Zipse of Horse Racing Nation and prolific handicapping author James Quinn. Day 1 (10/30/15) Chec...
Court Vision rallies to defeat Turallure and Goldikova in the 2011 Breeders’ Cup Mile (from www.horse-canada.com) By Derek Simon One of the things that makes handicapping the Breeders’ Cup ra...
