Articles related to "What Are Quarter Cracks"

Experts who cared for Big Brown credit the colt's trainer for removing him from training long enough to permit quarter cracks to heal, and adding glue-on cushion shoes.

Big Brown will face his Belmont Stakes competition in a new set of glue-on shoes. Four newcomers challenge him. Macho Again and Icabad Crane try again, with 3 others.

Big Brown trainer Richard Dutrow, Jr. is certain his horse will win a Triple Crown title despite a quarter crack, the favored post position, and Japan's Casino Drive.

Black Gold had heart. He willed himself to stay with the run even though he spent several years after his Derby victory in poor running condition.

While entries for the 2009 Kentucky Derby may not be settled until May 2, when twenty Thoroughbreds gather at the gate, graded stakes earnings qualifiers keep shifting.

The more terms one knows within a subject, the better he can understand the whole. Try these general horse and Standardbred meanings of gait, birthdays, and more.

Despite the facts of past quarter cracks on his horse's hoofs, a packed starting gate, and drawing post twenty, trainer Richard Dutrow, Jr. says everything is go.

Win Willy, Quality Road, and Take the Points were the last dropouts from the Kentucky Derby line-up this week, leaving spots for Atomic Rain and Nowhere to Hide.

Jockey Calvin Borel won his second Derby in three years. Mine That Bird set Derby records for winner's payoff and margin of victory. A.P. Indy scratched in 1992.

Nicanor was given five weeks to recover from a January quarter grab sustained in his first three-year-old racing season start. He's placed twice on dirt and won on turf.

A rematch between Kentucky Derby winner Mine that Bird and Preakness Stakes winner Rachel Alexandra will not take place in this year's Belmont Stakes on Saturday, June 6.

"I Want Revenge" is the three to one favorite to win the world's most prestigious horse race, which has already seen its' share of drama this week.

Two of three polls rank Pioneerof The Nile as the No. 1 choice for Saturday's 135th running of the Kentucky Derby. Friesan Fire and I Want Revenge follow as No. 2.

Barclay Tagg's Tale of Ekati and Todd Pletcher's Monba and Cowboy Cal all helped bump War Pass and Pyro from a possible 1-2 Kentucky Derby favorites positioning.

It will be hard to evaluate the quality of this year's crop of 3-year-olds, as injuries are continuing to take their toll on the top-ranked runners.