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 […]
Oaklawn Park
Oaklawn adds stakes for 2019, Rebel purse now $1 million
Not only will the 2019 Oaklawn Park meet have a new look but also new stakes and an enhanced purse for one of their primary Triple Crown preps as well. As previously revealed by the […]
Magnum Moon undergoes surgery for career-ending injury
Robert and Lawana Low’s Arkansas Derby (G1) winner Magnum Moon, who sustained a career-ending injury in a Saturday work, has undergone surgery at Cornell Ruffian Equine Specialists next to Belmont Park. His long-term prognosis is […]
From Foes to Family in Triple Crown bid Reunion
D. Wayne Lukas, Elliot Walden and Bob Baffert have history If an observer of the 1998 Triple Crown season went into a coma following Victory Gallop defeating Real Quiet in the Belmont Stakes and woke […]
Magnum Moon’s Arkansas Derby win adds to assault on Apollo
Magnum Moon’s connections aren’t scared of Apollo. When asked what he thought of the so-called Apollo curse – no horse has won the Kentucky Derby (G1) without racing as a two-year-old since Apollo in 1882 […]
Starting gate, Unbridled Mo stun Unique Bella in Apple Blossom
Unique Bella looked like a 1-5 shot at nearly every point of the Apple Blossom Handicap (G1) except the beginning and the end. Last year’s champion female sprinter – making her first start outside California […]
Sassy Sienna noses out Wonder Gadot in Fantasy
In Monomoy Girl, trainer Brad Cox already had one of the betting favorites in next month’s Kentucky Oaks (G1). On Friday, the high-percentage conditioner saddled Sassy Sienna to an upset victory in the $400,000 Fantasy […]
5 Things To Watch at Racing Festival of the South
It’s the final week for Arkansas Derby week to be the final week of the Oaklawn Park racing season, as the Hot Springs oval announced on Wednesday that it would run through Kentucky Derby day […]
Magnum Moon faces eight in $1 million Arkansas Derby
Relative inexperience proved no hurdle for Magnum Moon in last month’s Rebel (G2). On Saturday, the Todd Pletcher trainee will be back at Oaklawn Park seeking to add the track’s signature event, the $1 million […]
Unique Bella hits the road for potentially wet Apple Blossom
Though the country’s reigning female sprint champion, Unique Bella is three-for-three around two turns and will be an odds-on favorite to add a fourth as the 123-pound highweight Friday in the $700,000 Apple Blossom H. […]