Warren Eves | January 12, 2013
By Warren Eves If I were still living in Las Vegas I’d make a future Derby wager on War Dancer. Yeah, I’m still having these foolish thoughts about cashing in bigtime on one of the most difficult bets of mankind. That would be a futures wager where one attempts [...]
Warren Eves | January 8, 2013
By Warren Eves When Goldencents won the Sham at Santa Anita it spiked opinion. For once, when Bob Baffert had two of the five horses entered in the race, his tandem failed to get the money. “We thought that with Baffert having two horses in the [...]
Warren Eves | December 1, 2012
By Warren Eves If you wagered on Brainwash in Saturday’s sixth at the Fairgrounds it was a brutal beat. The Bret Calhoun-trained sophomore couldn’t have run any better without winning. Maggi Moss‘ recent $40,000 claim Fire Alarm got to the wire first with Rosie Napranik but [...]
Warren Eves | January 21, 2012
By Warren Eves Aqueduct was down due to snow so we eye-balled nine three-year-old races across the country Saturday January 21 that could have Kentucky Derby applications. Shared Property’s third from post 13 in the 1-70 yard LeComte was the most notable run of the day. Trainer Tom Amoss had to leave the [...]
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 | April 7, 2011
By Warren Eves Jimmymac Bear’s performance for $12,500 caught our attention late Thursday at Pimlico. The Maryland stewards didn’t get things right in the day’s eighth race but a trainer named Timothy Keefe certainly did. His newly claimed five-year-old gelding Jimmymac Bear won large on the drop. Jimmymac Bear [...]
Warren Eves | April 1, 2011
By Warren Eves Trainer Larry Pilotti has been active at the claim box down in Florida. It would be great if Pilotti could have met the late Bobby Frankel to talk about claiming horses. One summer at Hollywood Park I got Bobby to sit down and talk. [...]
Warren H. Eves | February 13, 2011
By Warren Eves Apprentice Brian Pedroza has been watching his peers in the east. Kyle Frey is drawing attention in the west. While reviewing the head-on of the stretch run in the second race at Aqueduct on Friday, February 11 we noticed something. Apprentice Pedroza, who [...]
Warren H. Eves | February 7, 2011
By Warren Eves Odds are pretty good Bob Baffert will have a say in this year’s Kentucky Derby. Nobody knows how good The Factor is. He’s going to stretch out February 20th at Santa Anita in the seven-furlong San Vicente. He won opening day in sparkling fashion by 8-1/4 [...]
