J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the Whitney S. (G1) at Saratoga....
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J. Keeler Johnson shares three longshots with potential to outrun expectations at the 2021 Breeders' Cup....
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J. Keeler Johnson shares his early thoughts on top contenders for the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) at Del Mar....
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J. Keeler Johnson shares his selections for the Nov. 6-7 Breeders' Cup at Keeneland....
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J. Keeler Johnson takes an early look at the 2020 Breeders' Cup Classic....
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By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") Twitter: @J_Keelerman Action on the road to the Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) at Churchill Downs picked up last week with a couple of major races for three-year-olds, and it will continue this Saturday with the prestigious $1,200,000 Whitney Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga. Over the last dozen years, the nine-furlong race has been won by future Breeders' Cup Classic winners...
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J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the Whitney Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga....
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J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the Pennsylvania Derby (gr. II) at Parx Racing....
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J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the Stephen Foster Handicap (gr. I) at Churchill Downs....
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J. Keeler Johnson analyzes which races American Pharoah might target this summer and fall....
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One of my cause célèbre is to rally against the need to PICK A WINNER in important races. Any horse is capable of winning. A handicapper's job is to pick winners, but a horse player's job is to balance the chances of a win with the odds and bankroll. But it's Breeders' Cup Saturday, and just as everyone wants to know your Kentucky Derby pick, there's definitely an onus to be able to pick one horse...
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Santa Anita Friday, Race 10, Local Post Time 4:35 pm PT The G1 Breeders' Cup Distaff , 1 and 1/8 Miles, Dirt, F&M, 3+ By Robert Finnegan Selections : 1) #4 Royal Delta 2) #5 Beholder 3) #6 Princess of Sylmar - Get Breeders' Cup PPs for $1.50 per day - For selections, analysis, and past performances for all 14 Breeders' Cup races, get the TimeformUS Breeders' Cup Package The Breeders' Cup Distaff...
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With the release of TimeformUS Advance Breeders' Cup PPs , you can easily see which horse owns the best last-out TimeformUS speed figure in each Breeders' Cup race. We've asked TimeformUS Chief Figure Maker Craig Milkowski to describe the circumstances in which these top last-out figures were run. For Breeders’ Cup Advance Past Performances – complete with best-in-class foreign running lines and European...
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In a rare moment of social media accord, it was mostly agreed upon that the Breeders' Cup Classic fields from either 1998 or 2004 were the best not only for the Western Hemisphere's richest race but also in the history of the North American Turf ! I'll muddy the waters a little bit and include 2009 in the discussion because of the international flavor of that event and because the most popular horse...
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I've lamented before about the horseplayer compulsion to pick THE winner, and nothing upsets that need more than coupled entries. The Brisnet.com Ultimate Past Performances now available for Belmont Park this weekend include program numbers and morning line to help you navigate this situation. When it comes to the pari-mutuel pool, though, you don't get extra credit for saying Real Solution will win...
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Pace handicapping is actually a two-step process. The question is not "How fast will they go," but (in the case of front runners), "How fast can this horse go and still win?" "A lot of pace in the race" doesn't set the race up for a closer if three front runners are gassed after a :22 first quarter and :45 half but a fourth horse is able to run those fractions and still come home in :24 for 1:09 for...
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Will Royal Delta take on the boys at the Breeders' Cup?...
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