by rob_onlion | Jun 12, 2024 | Media
Coming from the streets of New York, Mike Tyson became the most feared boxer on the planet with a very simple strategy. Taking it right to the opposition, Iron Mike knew he was the best and usually proved it within a scant few. First round knockouts were his foray and...
by rob_onlion | Jun 11, 2024 | Media
Star of the show on a stakes-laden weekend as the Belmont Stakes Festival moved to Saratoga was last year’s Preakness Stakes winner National Treasure, who slammed his rivals for a 6¼-length victory in the Metropolitan Handicap. The Bob Baffert-trained four-year-old is...
by rob_onlion | Jun 8, 2024 | Media
With an authoritative victory in a historic edition of the Hill ‘n’ Dale Metropolitan Handicap June 8 at Saratoga Race Course, National Treasure moved to the front of the class of the handicap division and gave his large group of owners something to celebrate.“It’s...
by rob_onlion | May 17, 2024 | Media
Fate and/or luck, take your choice, often spells the difference between great success and epic failure. In the case of Imagination , some silence at the 2022 Keeneland September Yearling Sale turned out to be quite fortunate for “The Avengers” and...
by rob_onlion | May 3, 2024 | Media
Messier scored a redemptive victory to give jockey Jose Gomez his first career graded stakes victory in Friday’s Grade 3, $175,000 Westchester at Belmont at the Big A. The Westchester win marked Messier’s third career Grade 3 victory, adding to scores in the...
by rob_onlion | Mar 31, 2024 | Media
Muth gave Baffert his fifth Arkansas Derby victory, tying him with fellow Hall of Famer Todd Pletcher for the most wins in the race inaugurated in 1936. Brad Cox has won the last two renewals, with Cyberknife in 2022 and Angel of Empire in 2023, Timberlake, who...
