Warren Eves | October 13, 2011
By Warren Eves Leave it to Jerry Hollandorfer to make a timely claim. As soon as we watched For You My Heart re-break to win the fourth at Santa Anita Thursday October 13 we went to the Daily Racing Form to check the chart for claims. [...]
Warren Eves | August 27, 2011
By Warren Eves Jose Valdivia is returning to California and will ride at Fairplex Park. Veteran jockey agent Vince DeGregory made the announcement. DeGregory will continue to handle the business of jockey Alonso Quinonez. Valdivia won the Belmont Stakes with Ruler On Ice. He called DeGregory and asked him [...]
Warren Eves | July 4, 2011
By Warren Eves Joe Woodard may have made one of the best claims of the young year July 3rd at Churchill Downs. He put a $40,000 claim slip in for Thabazimbi. He then watched as Thabazimbi posted an impressive final fraction when taking six rivals wire to wire on the turf. Thabazimbi [...]
Warren Eves | June 14, 2011
By Warren Eves This column was going to be about a promising filly named Miss Woods. Trainer Dale Romans’ actions prior to the Belmont brought about a change in this column’s focus. What was Romans thinking when he let the world know they were [...]
Warren Eves | March 6, 2011
By Warren Eves Sunday’s last race at Santa Anita Park is focus No. 1. The bettor be damned! Friday’s third race at Gulfstream and a horse named Punter is focus No. 2. Just when Santa Anita publicity man Mike Wellman was bragging about how the first time [...]
