Warren Eves | May 19, 2013
By Harry “The Hat” Hacek Being from Chicago and the old settlement known as “The Jungle” it was not uncommon for the youth of my neighborhood to go astray. I was no exception. Where I was born and raised it seemed you either grew up to [...]
Warren Eves | May 6, 2013
By Warren Eves Rosie Napravnik’s post race Kentucky Derby comments caught our attention. Forget the fact we had the winner Orb who won like he laid over the field. The fifth place effort of Mylute may be worth noting. Napravnik couldn’t hide obvious enthusiasm in post [...]
Warren Eves | April 20, 2013
By Warren Eves Michael Maker may not get enough credit for his training prowess. His acquisition of Animal Style out of a maiden $30,000 race last November may rank as one of the best claims in eons. The three-year-old colt brushed fifth to first in the final eighth of [...]
Warren Eves | April 13, 2013
By Warren Eves The following mock telegram was written about the University of Louisville basketball team by California scribe Bob Jackson. “If any of y’all are plannin’ to come to town on the first Saturday in May, please tell us y’all are gonna be sittin’ in those fancy Churchill Downs [...]
Warren Eves | January 11, 2013
By Warren Eves A new star in the making? Ken McPeek had to be elated with a colt named Our Double Play opening day at Oaklawn. It was the seventh race on the day. It was only a maiden special weight race but McPeek’s colt graduated [...]
Warren Eves | December 22, 2012
By Warren Eves Mike Repole has another exciting youngster. His two-year-old filly Highestmaintenance was quick early and fast late winning her debut December 20 at Gulfstream Park. One race does not make a star. Fast final fractions can be an early on indicator of possible talent. [...]
Warren Eves | October 5, 2012
By Warren Eves Belmont’s 3rd race the last day of September is a “key” race. Identifying a “key race” early on can mean cashing tickets. The race we reviewed over and over was a seven-furlong test for maiden two-year-old fillies. After watching each and every one of the eight [...]
Warren Eves | May 20, 2012
By Warren Eves In case you missed it there’s some new talent in town. Good Tickled broke his maiden at Churchill Downs on May 18 with aplomb. By chance we went back to see why such an impressive maiden winner got beat first time out of [...]
Warren Eves | May 7, 2012
By Warren Eves Story lines galore. That was the end result after doing several days of reviewing the May 5th Kentucky Derby card at Churchill Downs. Will Macho Macho become the budding sophomore in Steve Asmussen’s barn? Where will D. Wayne Lukas’ Skyring [...]
Warren Eves | December 29, 2011
By Warren Eves The knock on Garrett Gomez over the years has been his lack of effort riding for secondary placements when riding in lower classification races. Thursday at Santa Anita Gomez rode Lottawampum to a second place finish when she made her debut around one turn. The effort may not draw a lot [...]
