The Grade 2 Raven Run at Keeneland Keeneland / October 18 / Race 9 / 5:13 EDT by TimeformUS Analyst Mike Beer Get Started with FREE PPs for the Raven Run Saturday's feature at Keeneland is the Grade 2 Raven Run, a 7-furlong sprint for 3yo fillies on dirt. It has drawn a large field of 13 and could hardly have come up a more competitive race. The ML favorite, Miss Behaviour, has been pegged at a tepid...
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J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the British Champions Day races at Ascot....
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J. Keeler Johnson shares some early thoughts on the thirteen Breeders' Cup races....
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The Grade 1 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Keeneland / October1 / Race 9 / 5:13 EDT by TimeformUS Analyst Justin Finch Get Started with FREE PPs for the Queen Elizabeth Challenge Cup The Grade 1, $500,000 Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup has nine three-year-old fillies entered to go a mile and 1/8 on the grass. Early weather forecasts are predicting rain--lots of rain--for Friday. Saturday's weather...
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J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes (gr. I) at Keeneland....
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J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (Fr-I) at Longchamp in France....
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The Grade 1 Shadwell Turf Mile Keeneland / October 4 / Race 9 / 5:45 EDT by TimeformUS Analyst Mike Beer Get started with FREE TimeformUS PPs for the Shadwell Turf Mile There haven't been many chinks revealed in Wise Dan's armor. The two-time reigning Horse of the Year seems to have gone from strength to strength during his long run of success, which has produced 18 wins from his last 21 starts dating...
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J. Keeler Johnson handicaps six grade I races at Keeneland, Belmont, and Santa Anita....
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J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the Pilgrim Stakes (gr. III) and Miss Grillo Stakes (gr. III) at Belmont Park....
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The Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup Belmont Park / September 27 / Race 10 / 5:50 EDT by TimeformUS Analyst Mike Beer Get started with FREE TimeformUS PPs for the Jockey Club Gold Cup Considering the recent high-profile retirements of Will Take Charge and Palace Malice (we know, he may come back to race again in 2015), this year's running of the Grade 1, $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup could really have...
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J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the Super Saturday races at Belmont Park and Santa Anita....
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The Grade 2 Pennsylvania Derby Parx Pacing / September 20 / Race 12 / 6:13 EDT by TimeformUS Analyst Justin Finch Get started with FREE TimeformUS PPs for the Pennsylvania Derby Nominally a Grade 2, the $1,000,000 Pennsylvania Derby has a Grade 1 feel this year, as well as a Grade 1 purse, and that, of course, is due to the presence of 2014 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner California Chrome. California...
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J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the Pennsylvania Derby (gr. II), Cotillion Stakes (gr. I), and Gallant Bob Stakes (gr. III)....
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J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the Woodbine Mile (gr. I) and Northern Dancer Stakes (gr. I) at Woodbine....
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The Grade 1, $1,000,000 Woodbine Mile has attracted a field of 11 horses to go a one-turn mile on the scenic Woodbine turf course. The field contains no Grade 1 winners, but it does contain several winners of lesser graded stakes....
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J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the group I Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown....
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The Grade 2 Super Derby Louisiana Downs / September 6 / Race 11 / 5:12 CDT by TimeformUS Analyst Justin Finch Get started with FREE TimeformUS PPs for the Louisiana Derby The Grade 2, $400,000 Super Derby has a field of 11 three-year-olds running nine furlongs on the dirt. The field contains no Grade 1 winners, one Grade 2 winner, and two Grade 3 winners. No, this is not the strongest Super Derby field...
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J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the Iroquois Stakes (gr. III) and Ack Ack Handicap (gr. III)....
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J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the Hopeful Stakes (gr. I) and Saranac Stakes (gr. III)....
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The Grade 1 Woodward Saratoga / August 30 / Race 11 / 6:46 EDT by TimeformUS Analyst Mike Beer Get started with FREE TimeformUS PPs for the Woodward The Grade 1 Woodward has long been one of the premier races for the handicap division in this country. This year's running didn't draw the deepest field of handicap horses ever seen around these parts, but it does bring back the top two finishers from...
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J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the Woodward Stakes (gr. I) and Bernard Baruch Handicap (gr. II) at Saratoga....
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The Grade 1 Travers Saratoga / August 23 / Race 12 / 5:45 EDT by TimeformUS Analyst Mike Beer Get started with FREE TimeformUS PPs for the Travers The 145th Travers Stakes, a Grade 1 for 3yos contested over 1 1/4 miles and carrying a purse of $1.25 million, has drawn an excellent field of 10. The contenders seem to be coming from three different directions, so let's break them down into three groups...
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J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the Travers Stakes (gr. I) and three other graded stakes races at Saratoga....
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J. Keeler Johnson takes an early look at some of the key contenders in the Travers Stakes (gr. I)....
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The Grade 1 Alabama Saratoga / August 16 / Race 10 / 6:20 EDT by TimeformUS Analyst Mike Beer Get started with FREE TimeformUS PPs for the Alabama With Untapable once again absent for a major race in the division she so clearly dominates right now, Stopchargingmaria (#8, 2-1) , an under-appreciated performer, will get a chance to take down a second Grade 1 prize at this Saratoga meet. Stopchargingmaria...
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