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It’s been a bit since my last blog as we’ve been quite busy moving our horses around and getting settled for the winter months. Earlier this month, I was fortunate to get the chance to attend the Breeders’ Cup as a spectator and I wanted to take this moment to share the experience with you. […]
Post Saratoga is always a little bit of a rush as we try to get everyone back to Belmont and then I head off to the Keeneland yearling sale. We saw an incredibly strong market for the yearlings in Lexington in September, which made it quite difficult to buy a horse early on. It’s always […]
Once sale season at Saratoga is over, the second half of the meet becomes hyper competitive and our barn concentrates hard on getting our horses to the track for their races in the best form possible. Travers weekend led to a monstrous effort from our superstar NY-bred La Moneda when she won the Yaddo Stakes […]
By: Jim Roberts, Rainbow’s End Racing Stable LLC For most, a visit to Saratoga in late August means only one thing, horse racing. As partners in a small barn, Rainbows End Racing Stable, LLC, arriving with the knowledge that you have two of your horses running the week you are there, redefines excitement. There is […]
Sorry I’ve been away for so long, but this time of the year starts to get incredibly hectic with Saratoga and the yearling sale. No complaints on my end about being incredibly busy, it’s not a bad thing at all. We had a really solid end to the Belmont meet with Ten Eyck breaking his […]
Belmont Stakes day was an absolute cracker for us and everyone involved in US horse racing in general. After watching Saxon Warrior fall in the Epsom, the only Triple Crown available on the face of the earth was Justify. When I moved to the US people said the American Triple Crown needed to be changed […]
Is it just me or is this year flying right by? Though Maggie and Grace could not join me, I rounded out April with a quick trip home, grabbing a couple of days to attend my god daughter Matilda Walker’s christening. Her father, Ed, has been one of my dearest friends for all of my […]
In the market for a racehorse? Here are six things to consider when shopping for a champion: 1. FEET One of the most important parts to look at on a horse is feet. Horses with bad feet at a young age are unlikely to grow out of them and get better. You can, of course, […]
We’ve had a couple of encouraging 3-year-old maidens run well this first quarter. Flat Out half-brother to Rattlesnake Bridge, Westderdale broke his maiden by 14 ¾ lengths at Aqueduct in a maiden special weight on the 25th of February. He’s currently taking some time off to recover from a tiny suspensory injury – nothing dramatic […]
After making some extremely encouraging starts for us in New York last year, Roman Approval was put to the test in Texas, facing trying conditions and finishing 11th in the Gr.3 John B. Connally Turf Cup. Up in New York, the weather turned against us and his dislike of soft ground was proven at Aqueduct. […]