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 | 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 | February 11, 2013
By Warren Eves Stewards need to be held accountable. There were two atrocious non actions on the part of judges in the past two weeks. 1.) Race eight at Parx on February 3rd found the judges doing nothing when Mad Magic was denied a fair start [...]
Warren Eves | February 8, 2013
By Warren Eves A maiden first time starter named Jan’s Perfect Star caught my attention on Thursday at Oaklawn. She breezed to the lead off the top of the turn and Alex Birzer had her wrapped up before the wire. Jan’s Perfect Star is by Imperialism, [...]
Warren Eves | February 1, 2013
By Warren Eves Robert Cook, prompted by the long running Lasix debate, released the most extensive study on record this week. “Bleeding is only one sign of a larger problem,” PhD Cook begins. ”Waterlogging(edema) of the lung, this in turn, is caused by asphyxia. The most common cause of [...]
Warren Eves | January 30, 2013
By Warren Eves Sometimes the Trackman’s comments don’t tell the whole story. Take the featured eighth race on Jan., 27 at Oaklawn Park as an example. Two fillies made my Virtual Stable list–third place finisher Regal Joanne(3.00-to-1) and sixth place finisher Southern Symphony(32.70-to-1). [...]
Warren Eves | January 28, 2013
By Warren Eves After watching first time starter Carve kick home to win at first out I went to Oaklawn Park’s third race chart on Jan., 25. Sure enough Carve had been claimed out of the maiden $30,000 1-mile and a sixteenth. Dropping the claim slip in the box [...]
Warren Eves | January 20, 2013
By Warren Eves A rider caught the eye in race one Saturday at Oaklawn Park. It was the kind of effort we’ve heard famed jockey agent Vince DeGregory talk about over and over. Ardenal was so far out of it early in the stretch it’s hard [...]
Warren Eves | January 18, 2013
By Warren Eves When all is said and done you might as well follow certain trainers. Phillip Sims name showed up day two on the Oaklawn Park program Thursday, Jan., 17th. He was saddling W. Nelson McMackin’s Kentucky-bred Lady Diva Ga Ga for the second time [...]
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 [...]
