Archive for January, 2010

Can science predict who the winner will be?

Welcome,horse racing fan! I hope you are well in document.write(geoip_city()) ;. If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!The game of Thoroughbred horse racing has always required part background knowledge and part luck to be
applied when reckoning which horse in a field will end up besting [...]

Sam Houston dangles $1.5 million race to lure Rachel, Zenyatta

Sam Houston Race Park and Gallery Furniture are continuing to step up efforts to attract Horse of the Year RACHEL ALEXANDRA (Medaglia d’Oro) and unbeaten two-time champion ZENYATTA (Street Cry [Ire])
to the Houston track for an epic clash on March 27.

Boasting a purse of $1.5 million, the race would be contested over 1 1/8 [...]

Rachel Alexandra named US Horse of the Year

USA: AMERICA’S sweetheart Rachel Alexandra beat her rival Zenyatta to be named American Horse of the Year
at the 39th annual Eclipse Awards ceremony in Los Angeles on Monday night.

The brilliant Steve Asmussen-trained Rachel Alexandra earned the most prestigious accolade after a
three-year-old season in which she won each of her eight starts, including five victories [...]