by Paulick Report Staff|01.06.202301.06.2023|10:31am8:53pm The Friday Show Presented By PHBA Stallion Auction: Talking Eclipse Awards While there will be no suspense when undefeated Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Flightline is crowned 2022 Horse of the Year, some of the divisional awards to be presented at the 52nd annual Eclipse Awards Jan. 26 will be more contentious. The Eclipse Awards will be held for the first time at The Breakers […]
by Paulick Report Staff|12.09.202212.09.2022|2:04pm2:41pm The Friday Show Presented By Woodbine: Hackbarth’s ‘Pursuit Of Excellence’ When she wasn’t busy writing news stories or adding content to our website, taking care of her horses every morning, or giving riding lessons on weekends, Paulick Report news editor Chelsea Hackbarth found the time over the last couple of years to research and write a book that tells the stories of the founding veterinarians […]
by Paulick Report Staff|12.01.202212.01.2022|8:01pm8:07pm The Friday Show Presented By Woodbine: Tom Amoss On The ‘Most Special Horse I’ve Ever Had’ Trainer Tom Amoss joins Ray Paulick and Joe Nevills on this week’s Friday Show to talk about his unbeaten 2-year-old filly Hoosier Philly, who ran her record to a perfect 3-for-3 with a five-length victory at Churchill Downs on Nov. 26 in the Grade 2 Golden Rod Stakes. A daughter of red-hot sire Into Mischief […]
by Paulick Report Staff|11.24.202211.24.2022|1:26pm1:37pm The Friday Show Presented By Woodbine: 2022 Turkey Awards It’s time again for the Paulick Report Turkey Awards, an annual event that recognizes some of the less-than-spectacular events of the past year. As always, there was an abundance of candidates for these prestigious awards and the nominating committee carefully screened all of the potential winners before putting the nominees up before a secretive online […]
by Paulick Report Staff|11.18.202211.18.2022|12:38pm12:47pm The Friday Show Presented By Woodbine: Paquette’s Path To Parx Announcer’s Booth Jessica Paquette has worn different hats in her nearly two decades in racing. She’s been a publicist, a Thoroughbred aftercare proponent, a paddock analyst, and an occasional fill-in race caller, beginning with a pinch-hit appearance at Suffolk Downs in 2014 when regular announcer T.D. Thornton was delayed in getting to the track. Last month, Paquette […]
by Paulick Report Staff|11.11.202211.11.2022|11:27am11:34am The Friday Show Presented By Woodbine: An Unsolvable Problem? William T. Young, the late Kentucky philanthropist, businessman and Thoroughbred owner and breeder who stood Storm Cat at his Overbrook Farm, was never one to mince words. When discussing issues that challenged business, society or the horse industry, Young might come to the unusual conclusion that “what you’ve got here is an unsolvable problem.” That […]
by Paulick Report Staff|11.04.202211.04.2022|9:47pm9:57pm Breeders’ Cup Presents The News Minute: What We Learned On Future Stars Friday Under sunny skies and unseasonably warm temperatures, a crowd of nearly 40,000 was on hand at Keeneland race course in Lexington, Ky., for the Future Stars Friday program to kick off the 39th Breeders’ Cup world championships. Five Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup contests – all for 2-year-olds – anchored the 10-race program that saw a […]
by Paulick Report Staff|11.03.2022|7:30pm The Friday Show Presented By Woodbine: Breeders’ Cup Locks And Longshots Undefeated Flightline is expected to be the shortest-priced runner in this year’s Breeders’ Cup world championships when he faces seven others in Saturday’s $6-million Classic at Keeneland race course in Lexington, Ky. But are there can’t-miss “locks” in any of the other 13 championship races that begin on Friday? In this week’s special Breeders’ Cup […]
by Paulick Report Staff|11.03.202211.03.2022|4:10pm4:16pm Breeders’ Cup Presents The News Minute: Setting The Stage All the serious work is done for Thoroughbreds contesting one of the 14 Grade 1 championship races at the 39th annual Breeders’ Cup on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 4-5. Keeneland race course in Lexington, Ky., is hosting the championships for the third time since the Breeders’ Cup was first held there in 2015, when Triple […]
by Paulick Report Staff|11.02.2022|3:27pm Breeders’ Cup Presents The News Minute: Focusing On Integrity And Safety Officials with Keeneland, Breeders’ Cup, the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority and Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit on Wednesday went through many of the policies in place to protect the safety of the horses and the integrity of this year’s Breeders’ Cup world championships at Keeneland race course on Nov. […]