Hot Rod Charlie ready for another run

  Gentlemen…start your engines. Is that the phrase Thoroughbred trainer Doug O’Neill has beckoned to the last couple of years? Perhaps not, but he is tuning up a Hot Rod for what he hopes will be another big season of running. Hot Rod Charlie has been a real...

Baffert looks for Dubai double with West Coast

BAFFERT LOOKS FOR DUBAI DOUBLE WITH WEST COAST Winning the big ones is a challenge in any sport for sure. Repeating is even tougher, especially in the world of training Thoroughbred horses. The racing game is one that encompasses powerful yet fragile athletes and a...

Arrogate makes for some head scratchin”

ARROGATE MAKES FOR SOME HEAD SCRATCHIN’ Time is usually always good at lending perspective. When we think back, a little more light is usually shed. That absolutely can be the case with athletics as sometimes we do not realize what we just saw until long after it is...

Hoppertunity and a haymaker for the World Cup

HOPPERTUNITY AND A HAYMAKER FOR THE WORLD CUP Thoroughbred racehorse Hoppertunity and former heavyweight boxer Chuck Wepner have some things in common. But come March 26, the connections for this five-year old son of Any Given Saturday hopes some of that changes. Much...