Keen Ice

We've taken a breather in this series during the January Sale, where I shared many conversations on themes raised in its first two parts--notably the market's addiction to unproven stallions. Time after time, it was the same story. A shrug of the shoulders, a helpless spreading of the hands: "Yes, we know it's nuts. But we have to make the game pay." Fair enough. It's a bit like the individual who asks why he or she should make a massively inconvenient personal sacrifice, with regard to the climate crisis, when...

The morning after winning the GI Travers S. with Keen Ice (Curlin) trainer Dale Romans noted that the victory was one of the most exciting and overwhelming of his career. "It's been overwhelming since last night," he said while standing outside the barn and still soaking in post-race glory. "I've been in a lot of big events and won a lot of big races, but the lingering effect of this one is bigger than [winning] the Preakness or any of them. I had so many calls my phone froze up...