Terry's Blog

A Knife Which Cuts Both Ways

May 31, 2012

Trainer Donnie K. Von Hemel has experienced some real ups and down lately with the stars of his stable. Alternation, winner of the Oaklawn Handicap, held on tenaciously to narrowly defeat the hard-charging Nehro in the Pimlico Special. On Monday, in what some believe was a good candidate for Race of the Year, Shackleford managed to just hold off Von Hemel’s charge Caleb’s Posse in winning the Metropolitan Mile at Belmont Park. Clearly this is a case of the knife cutting both ways. Read More

Oaklawn and Lukas Under the Radar

May 21, 2012

Where do we go from here? It’s been 34 years since a Triple Crown winner and we’ve walked this ground before. Over this period the Rolling Stones song, “I Can’t Get No Satisfaction," has been the anthem of the Triple Crown. Come June 9 much of the sporting world will stop for a while to see what happens in the latest try for the elusive Triple Crown. Read More

Friendly Territory Again?

May 15, 2012

In Retrospect

May 08, 2012

I guess we can’t be too surprised when one of those horses which raced at Oaklawn during the live meet doesn’t get to the winner’s circle for the Kentucky Derby. It has happened only twice in the past decade (Smarty Jones & Super Saver). We also can’t be surprised when Oaklawn-raced horses finish in the top three in the Kentucky race, since it’s happened seven out of the last nine years. Read More

One and Done Again

April 28, 2012

We’ve heard a lot lately about the “one and done” theory of recruiting college basketball players. Most recently it came to the sports headlines when the entire starting team of the University of Kentucky national champion basketball team declared itself for the NBA draft. Read More

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