Most influential horses of the decade
Jeremy Plonk, Special to ESPN.comMy run on ESPN.com began in 2000 with the opening of the new millennium and it's hard to believe there have been 10 years of bylines.
Story | Conversation | December 17, 2009Compulsive competition
Jeremy Plonk, Special to ESPN.comI'm not sure if Tiger Woods ever set foot at a racetrack in America, or has dabbled online with an exacta or two from Calder.
Story | Conversation | December 10, 2009Springboard Mile scouting report
Jeremy Plonk, HorseplayerPro.comWith an achievable distance of one mile and a rich, $200,000 purse, the newly renamed Springboard Mile certainly could serve its purpose of springboarding a star 3-year-old to the Triple Crown trail next spring.
Story | Conversation | December 10, 2009Money and the message
Jeremy Plonk, Special to ESPN.comYou want to cut 30 percent out of your post-race testing budget? Run 30 percent fewer races and make sure the 70 percent you keep are held to the highest standards possible.
Story | Conversation | December 03, 2009Three to be thankful for
Jeremy Plonk, Special to ESPN.comThanksgiving means much more than getting out a nail punch from the tool shed and expanding your leather belt by a notch. It's a time to reflect and appreciate as much as anything; and those of us who work in, and enjoy, the horse racing industry truly have been blessed in 2009.
Story | Conversation | November 23, 2009Cardinal scouting report
Jeremy Plonk, HorseplayerPro.comNine fillies and mares provide the roll call for this 1 1/8 miles turf test, which carries Grade 3 status and a $100,000 purse.
Story | Conversation | November 20, 2009Change hits the Derby trail
Jeremy Plonk, Special to ESPN.comFor me, the annual end of the Breeders' Cup season marks the beginning of the Triple Crown pursuit.
Story | Conversation | November 18, 2009Cup memories begin and end with Z
Jeremy Plonk, Special to ESPN.comAfter 48 hours of reflection, I tried to put the monstrous mare's victory into personal perspective.
Story | Conversation | November 10, 2009Who's in your saddle?
Jeremy Plonk, Special to ESPN.comI'm not old enough or dumb enough to use words like "ever," but jockeys will play a bigger role in Friday and Saturday's Breeders' Cup World Championships than perhaps any major racing stage of the past few decades.
Story | Conversation | November 02, 2009The Ambassadors of Dirt
Jeremy Plonk, Special to ESPN.comWhile it might not sound like much of an upper-level cabinet post, the Ambassadors of Dirt at the 2009 Breeders' Cup World Championships will be the most highly scrutinized politicos in this dog-and-pony show.
Story | Conversation | October 28, 2009Study shows no turf edge on synthetics
Jeremy Plonk, Special to ESPN.comIt's time to separate the facts and the friction.
Story | Conversation | October 21, 2009QEII Challenge scouting report
Jeremy Plonk, HorseplayerPro.comWeek-long rains and cool temperatures will certainly play a factor in the turf course condition for this Grade 1 $500,000 event.
Story | Conversation | October 15, 2009It's the surface, stupid
Jeremy Plonk, Special to ESPN.comIf everyone is going to get upset over how skewed last year's results were in a one-year sample, then we should never wish for another Breeders' Cup on a fast dirt track again either.
Story | Conversation | October 14, 2009Spinster scouting report
Jeremy Plonk, HorseplayerPro.comThere's no shortage of horsepower at Keeneland for Sunday's time-honored Spinster, which attracted 11 distaffers in search of a half-million dollar purse.
Story | Conversation | October 09, 200924 races, 24 more cases
Jeremy Plonk, Special to ESPN.comThis weekend features no less than 24 races to watch, from all corners of America.
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