Jerry Crawford - Page 10

Dear Partners and Friends, Easily one of the toughest race decisions in a long time. Many of you know the arguments: A prep race over the Saratoga surface has often been good for Travers contestants. The Saratoga track is not as speed biased. And those are strong arguments to be sure....

One of the topics I have been most consumed with for the past ten days is whether to send Keen Ice to the Haskell (against American Pharoah) or the Jim Dandy.This has involved studying the likely fields (larger and deeper at Jim Dandy), the racing surfaces (would prefer to run...

Dear Partners and Friends, I love this time of year! Saratoga and Del Mar are less than a week and a half away and we have two great kinds of racing: Mid-summer classics for our Veterans and the early track works for our two year olds.All eight of our two...

Dear Partners and Friends, Del Mar There is a very good chance that Finnegans Wake will run in the Grade I, $400,000 Eddie Read Stakes this Saturday at Del Mar.If you would like help with tickets, please let us know by tomorrow (Tuesday) so we can try and be helpful. ...

Dear Partners and Friends, The Fasig-Tipton July sale has come and gone and Donegal did not make a single bid.I am willing to give any of you EVEN money that the 2017 Derby winner was not sold today. Still, as my friend Fred Kammeier likes to say, "You have to...

Dear Partners, Future Partners and Friends: Yearling Sales: It all begins this week for Donegal's Derby Dreams VIII. We will be working the Fasig-Tipton July Sale in Lexington. We have identified 35 hips (out of 332) that meet our specifications on paper. Beginning tomorrow, our team will evaluate all 35 and...

Dear Partners and Friends, It seems like the racing excitement never stops. We no sooner get through the Triple Crown (and the amazing success of Finnegans Wake in the first half of the year) then we head into the second half with just as much going on.Consider what is ahead in the second...

Dear Partners and Friends, The aptly named Shesthewinner, 2yo filly by Paddy O'Prado, won Thursday's Race 5 at Gulfstream Park in a gutsy come from behind victory going five furlongs with a very courageous move through on the rail to get the money.You can view the race replay here Paddy's...

Dear Partners and Friends, I, for one, never stopped believing in Brother O'Connell. I just thought he needed enough distance and an average trip and he would get there in front. And he did.Of interest en route to Brother's victory at 4-5 odds is that someone made a $10,000 win...

Dear Partners and Friends, I wanted to touch base to let you know all is well. I am in Alaska with my father and Conor Foley is in Europe at a sale. As a result, we are both a bit out of touch until the end of next week.  We...