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Horse racing is much more than an excuse for gambling. It is a love for the beauty, grace and speed of the horse. It can also be an intellectual battle of examining competing facts and trying to formulate the future from results of the past. In some ways it is an investigation, as performed by an eager detective. And in other ways it can be the thrill of a crossword puzzle, with multiple possible responses, but ultimately only one correct answer. It is a thing of beauty as much as it is a matter of commerce. I have been involved with horse racing in both practical and intellectual ways. From time spent as an apprentice jockey, to later the research of bloodlines in the multimillion dollar world of thoroughbred breeding and sales. And for the past twelve years I have provided speedrating information to the racing industry and public through my company: Speedratings (www.speedratings.com.au).

See the stars of racing in England and the US

June 8th 2009 01:56
The Belmont Stakes victory by Summer Bird, ridden by Kent Desormeaux, displayed the fairy tale nature of horseracing. Stories with conclusions rich in drama, rich in irony, and always full of surprises.

Sea The Stars going on to win Epsom Derby
Sea The Stars going on to win Epsom Derby



Photograph: John Marsh/Action Images

Twice Kent Desormeaux has been denied Triple Crown Glory - and very recently and spectacularly so last year when Big Brown finished an inglorious last. But it was to be the very next year that Desormeaux would ride the perfect (perfectly timed) race aboard Summer Bird to deny Calvin Borel the distinction of winning the Triple Crown as a jockey (riding two different horses).

And to gain that distinction - a Triple Crown Winning jockey - the final ride needed to be worthy of that honour. It was not. Calvin was not terrible aboard favourite Mine That Bird, but on this occasion his early move (seemingly a winning move at the time) was a move made far too early over the the 1 1/2 mile trip.

In England Sea The Stars won the second leg of the English Triple Crown winning the Epsom Derby in brilliant style after earlier winning the English 2000 Guineas. Trainer John Oxx looks likely to defer from attempting the marathon third leg St Leger (14 furlongs) as even though Sea The Stars has now proven himself a world class stayer, he does see his future at the premier distance of 2000m - setting sights upon the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, or even the Breeders’ Cup - later in the year. But first it is likely he will contest races such as the Eclipse, Juddmonte International, or Champion Stakes in Ireland or at Newmarket. The ride by Mick Kinane on Sea The Stars was a brilliant display of settling a horse suspect at the trip - and timing his run to perfection.



2009 Epsom Derby





2009 Belmont Stakes

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