Best of Hanson 2018: An Anthology
Continuing a tradition started in 2015, I’ve gone back through the past 12 months and compiled a list of what I think were my better takes and historical features published at Brisnet.com during the course […]
Justify
Some Eclipse Award divisions offer few likable choices
Eclipse Award voters are encountering a bit of everything in this year’s equine divisional races. There are, of course, the slam dunk choices: Game Winner (juvenile colt), Justify (three-year-old colt), Monomoy Girl (three-year-old filly), Accelerate […]
Why Ed DeRosa is voting for Justify as Horse of the Year
Justify won the 2018 Triple Crown.
Triple Crown sweep should be no rubber stamp for Horse of the Year
Supporters of Justify‘s Horse of the Year candidacy often note that the electorate has never turned its back on a Triple Crown winner for the honor since proper year-end polling commenced in 1936. True enough. […]
Nothing Improbable about Los Alamitos Futurity winner
Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert entered Saturday’s $300,345 Los Alamitos Futurity (G1) with a terrific chance of racking up his 11th victory in the juvenile feature, and his 1-5 favorite Improbable lived up to […]
Winx voted first international winner of Vox Populi Award
Australian supermare Winx added another laurel to her lengthy resume Sunday when she was announced as the winner of the Secretariat Vox Populi Award. She became the first international winner of the online poll, reflecting […]
Mendelssohn retired to Coolmore’s Ashford Stud
Following his fourth-place finish in Saturday’s Cigar Mile (G1), Mendelssohn is retiring to stud at Coolmore America. Last year’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) winner and reigning UAE Derby (G2) record-setter was already advertised to […]
Why a “Yes” for Accelerate is not a “No” for the Triple Crown
Even before Accelerate woke up the morning of November 3, there were already preemptive strikes from several quarters in the racing media arguing that even if he prevailed that afternoon in the Breeders’ Cup Classic […]
Juvenile champion Good Magic retired
Good Magic, the 2017 champion juvenile colt, has been retired and will stand at Hill ‘n’ Dale Farms in Lexington, Kentucky, where he will join a roster that also includes his sire, Curlin. “We sold […]
Justify to join fellow Triple Crown winner American Pharoah at Coolmore’s Ashford
WinStar Farm on Friday confirmed the news that the Thoroughbred world had been expecting since earlier this summer: Justify will stand alongside American Pharoah at Coolmore America’s Ashford Stud, making it the home of both […]