With this entry, I start a series of personal interviews with racing personalities; if I’m lucky, I’ll get to take a picture of them as well.
Entitled “Chika Muna”, it’s Tagalog for “let’s gossip awhile”, and sounds like the term, “teka muna,” or “wait awhile”. In other words, I’ll ask them to take a little [...]
The Hoarse Whisperer
by Jenny Ortuoste
for 23 May 2007, Wednesday, BusinessWorld
Suggested Heading: Ibarra, the next “superhorse”?
Highly-regarded Ibarra showed his patented supersonic streak at the straight to win the 1st leg of the mile-long Philracom (Philippine Racing Commission) Triple Crown championship series, held May 20 at Santa Ana Park.Ibarra, who came off a fantastic finish in a [...]
KARERA LANG!
By Jenny Ortuoste for Tumbok
Monday, 21 May 2007
Ibarra, bagong “superhorse”?
Kahapon (May 20) idinaos ang milyang 1st leg ng Philracom Triple Crown championship series, tinaguriang “Juanito A. Macaraig Cup” bilang parangal sa yumaong star jockey at trainer. Nagpakita dito ng sobrang husay si Ibarra, ang 3-year-old colt (o lalaking kabayo) ng bagong mayor ng Mandaluyong [...]
Highly-regarded Ibarra showed his patented supersonic streak at the straight to win the 1st leg of the Philracom Triple Crown championship series, held May 20 at Santa Ana Park.
Ibarra, who came off a fantastic finish in a class-division race at Santa Ana Park two weeks ago, came from behind at the half-mile and took the [...]
Jockeys Jonathan Hernandez (foreground) who rode Don Exequiel and Patty Dilema who steered Don Paolo in the 2007 PCSO Silver Cup don’t look very dismayed after having lost to Empire King. Their horses were the frontrunners and faded in the latter stages of the grueling 2050-meter race.Taken as they wait for their turn to weigh [...]
Finally, he earned the one trophy that had eluded him all these years - the PCSO Silver Cup.
Empire King, former Horse of the Year awardee and multi-titled champion, reigned in this year’s edition of this rich and prestigious race, totally dominating the field of six by coming from behind with plenty to spare.
Sent off as [...]
Curlin Derails Street Sense in Preakness
by Dan Liebman
Date Posted: May 19, 2007
www.bloodhorse.com
Curlin, who suffered his first defeat in the Kentucky Derby (gr. I), kept gaining down the stretch and got past Street Sense in the final strides to win the Preakness Stakes (gr. I) (VIDEO) Saturday at Pimlico.
On a day that began with beautiful spring [...]
The 1st phf.com.ph Racing Festival was held successfully at San Lazaro Leisure Park last April 14 and 15. Nineteen trophy races were scattered over the two days.
MJC video editor ROEL TARIPE and I made these two videos which were aired heavily over the live cable TV race coverage during that raceweek and the next.
phf.com.ph teaser [...]
"Karera Lang!" (Tagalog column) appears in Tumbok (tabloid of the Philippine Daily Inquirer Group of Publications) every Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday.
"The Hoarse Whisperer" (English column), appears in Manila Standard-Today every Wednesday.
My articles (in English) and, occasionally, photographs, appear in every issue of Horseman's Digest magazine, which is published every two or three months.
