Posted: May 24, 2023

Early Belmont Stakes Thoughts, The Real Preakness takeaways

Turning for home in Preakness 148 (Maryland Jockey Club) Thank you for watching Past the Wire TV. We have the Preakness takeaways, a brief check in from Bob Baffert, and Jonathan Stettin gives some early Belmont Stakes thoughts and angles. We discuss the most unfortunate of events that occurred at The Preakness in The Chick Lang stakes. RIP Havanameltdown. As always we don't pull punches, call it how we see it and take you Past the Wire! Subscribe and make sure not to miss our upcoming shows on Value, The...

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Posted: May 3, 2023

From Shergar to Zazou: Stories of Kidnapped

Shergar wins the 1981 Epsom Derby (CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons) By Michaela Moricova Everybody has heard aboutShergar. Even people who care about horse racing once or twice a year at the time of the Kentucky Derby and/or Breeders’ Cup. Aga Khan-owned bay won the 1981 Epsom Derby by a record-setting ten lengths and retired to stud a champion. Subsequently, he was syndicated into forty shares and stood in Ireland. In February 1983,Shergarwas kidnapped by an armed gang who demanded ransom for returning the horse. As you probably know,...

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Posted: May 6, 2023

Frankie's Fanfare, Part 9, Another Qipco 2000 Group 1 Guineas in his final year

Frankie Dettori continues his epic career and final fanfare year with another win in the 2000 Guineas aboard Chaldean for Juddmonte Farm Photo: Frankie Dettori in the famed Juddmonte silks, JTW Equine Images, Past The Wire Trained by Andrew Balding, Chaldean, the son of Frankel, dropped Frankie Dettori last time out when coming out of the gate in the Group 3 Watership Town Stud Too Darn Hot Greenham ( Group 3) Stakes. The colt fared significantly better today winning the Group 1 Qipco 2000 Guineas under yet another world class...

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