Wow, another big Saturday. Pudding Lane continued a streak of stakes, winning the $50,000 4-year-old Stakes at the Virginia Gold Cup Saturday. Zabeel Champion upsetting the Temple Gwathmey, Cyber Ninja rallying in the Daniel Van Clief and Pudding Lane dominting in the Smithwick. Three weekends, three stakes. On to Nashville. … Read More

Two wins. Two seconds. Two thirds. Two countries. In six starts. What a day. Rupert The Prince started it the day with a third in a 2-mile flat race at Ripon. And, yes, I watched it from the Sheetz parking lot. A solid effort and a big improvement from a … Read More

Still basking from a big weekend. Wins with Zabeel Champion and Jhirsch. Seconds with De La Cruz, Wilma Flintshire and Include It. We were 4 lengths from winning five. Now that would have been something. Tuddenham Green returned to the races with a win at Loudoun Point-to-Point Sunday. Now where … Read More

“This is not the goal.” That’s how Jack Fisher described the Grade 2 Temple Gwathmey to jockey Freddie Procter Saturday afternoon. “If you finish third without giving him a hard race, we’ll be ecstatic.” That’s how I described the Temple Gwathmey to Procter. Zabeel Champion was making his first start … Read More

I will save you the time and trouble. No rain. That’s the long and short, cut and dry of it here in Middleburg. Before you text, call or head down the highway for a walk, that’s my answer. No rain. An eight-race card at Glenwood Park Saturday attracted decent entries … Read More