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 | 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 | 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 | August 21, 2012
By Warren Eves Let’s hope horse racing bigwigs read Tuesday’s Paulick Report. Each day Ray Paulick’s Headline News, sponsored by Spendthrift Farm, features horse racing issues on the internet. The sixth item down read on Tuesday was titled: “Lukas: Continuing winner’s circle tradition at the Spa.” [...]
Warren Eves | June 29, 2012
By Warren Eves Every summer stakes prospects debut at Hollywood Park Executiveprivilege won her debut in awesome fashion June 28 and never took a deep breath. The leggy First Samurai filly, bought for $650,000 in April at Ocala, appears to have figured things out in a [...]
Warren Eves | April 12, 2012
By Warren Eves We like the enthusiasm of Santa Anita Park’s newest exec Mark Verge. Problem is……..nothing will change until they start from scratch in the racing office. Watched Verge on a racing channel this week. His ideas are: 1.) Aggressive promotion of [...]
Warren Eves | December 2, 2011
By Warren Eves Michael Stidham is on fire at the young Fairgrounds race meet this winter. After watching his filly Flash Mash win on the turf on December 2nd one could conclude Stidham should keep her on the green. She won with absolute ease coming off a [...]
Warren Eves | October 8, 2011
By Warren Eves Officer Prado is much better than that. After watching the tape of the featured Kip Deville Stakes at Remington Park Friday, October 7th I was left shaking my head. It had to be the lights. This Officer colt of Steve Asmussen’s is much better than his [...]
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 | May 19, 2011
By Warren Eves Sometimes you can’t explain a big run. Sneaky Louis won a maiden $20,000 claimer on the lawn at Pimlico May 12. We’re still trying to figure out how? He ran further than any horse in the field to win the two-turn route. [...]
