Sports in Perspective
This weekend’s Horse Racing feature race is the second jewel of the elusive Triple Crown, the 2012 Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Racetrack in Baltimore, Maryland. The main focus in the race will be a re-match between Kentucky Derby 1-2 finishers I’ll Have Another and Bodemeister. A total of 11 three year olds have been enter [...]
Horse Racing’s 2012 Triple Crown series continues this Saturday where Kentucky Derby runner-up, the fleet Bodemeister, has drawn post position #7 and has been installed as the 8/5 morning line favorite for the second leg of the Triple Crown, the 2012 Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Racetrack in Baltimore, Maryland. 2012 Kentucky Derby winner I’ll Have [...]
As 2012 Kentucky Derby winner I’ll Have Another prepares for the 2012 Preakness Stakes at Pimlico this Saturday, I have a little confession to make about my beloved sport of Horse Racing. At the risk of getting my rear end kicked by people who were born and raised inMaryland, I’ve always thought of the Preakness [...]
Mark Valeski used a strong four wide, sweeping move to the lead on the turn for home to capture the 2012 Peter Pan Stakes at Belmont Park in New York on Saturday in this past weekend’s Horse Racing highlighted race. In doing so, he set himself up perfectly for his (possible) next start, the 2012 [...]
Greg Biffle, yes the points leader, enters Darlington with two career wins and five Top 5′s to his name. Greg has appeared in 11 races at the 1.366 mile round track, picking up wins in the May races in 2005 and 2006. Actually, the lone time Greg started on the pole at Darlington, he winded [...]
In sticking with the Triple Crown theme this time of year, in this weekend’s Horse Racing preview we will be looking at the 2012 Peter Pan Stakes at Belmont Park in New York. This years running of the Grade II, one and one eight mile race will be led by Mark Valeski and the speedy [...]
Now that the dust has settled a few days after the Kentucky Derby, the thoughts of most Horse Racing fans usually turns to “Can he win the Triple Crown”? We will find out in about eight or nine days when I’ll Have Another, who is already at Pimlico Racetrack in Maryland, attempts to add the [...]
I’ll Have Another, who was the recipient of a remarkably good trip and great ride, ran down the fleet Bodemeister in deep stretch to win the 2012 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky on Saturday evening. The son of Flower Alley won the biggest race Horse Racing has to offer in front of [...]
What a race. A great one at that, but it’s a damn shame so many competitive drivers had to wreck there at the end. Who am I kidding, that was Talladega racing boys! In the end, the driver of the #2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger delivered when it counted. The victory for Brad was his second at [...]
It has been awhile for #24. Jeff Gordon last won a race at Atlanta in September of last year. In 38 races (Yeah, he’s old) at ‘Dega, Gordon has 6 wins, 4 of which have come in the Spring race. Coincidentally, Jeff’s last pole came here, April 17th, 2011 at Talledega. Gordon would go on to [...]