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Light Campaign for Ghostzapper

2004 Horse of the Year Ghostzapper makes his debut this Monday in the Met Mile at Belmont, and trainer Bobby Frankel has a light 2005 campaign planned for his after that. Ghostzapper will race just four or five times this year. After the Met Mile, he may start in the Suburban, the Whitney, and the Woodward, and then wrap up the year with another appearance in the Breeders’ Cup Classic. Anyone with pretentions of taking on the champ will have to do it on his home turf: All of Ghostzapper’s races (but for the Whitney) will be at Belmont. (Daily Racing Form)

Posted in Horses on May 26, 2005

Afleet Alex Is the Best

“Or at least he’s the best at many, if not most, distances that are commonly run, and he’s best at most racetracks, on most surfaces, under most circumstances and on most days. He’s consistently, reliably and even tenaciously superior, if superiority is measured in terms of sustained performance.” Question: What else would superiority be measured by? (Star-Telegram)

Posted in Horses on May 23, 2005

Holy Bull, Past and Present

The sire of this year’s Kentucky Derby winner talks to Maryjean Wall: “I’ve got mares to breed; more Giacomos to make. And a date with me costs $15,000, sweetie.” (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Holy Bull’s former trainer Jimmy Croll remembers the 1994 Derby — in which Holy Bull ran 12th — very well, and not too happily: “In my mind, I’m quite sure that it wasn’t a fair race,” says Croll, who is retired now and living in Monmouth Beach, N.J. “I’ve had a hard time getting over it.” (Baltimore Sun)

Posted in Horses on May 18, 2005