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Doesn't anyone run in preps anymore? We have entered a new era on the Triple Crown trail, where many trainers now plan only two preps for the Kentucky Derby. It has proven successful over the past decade, so more and more trainers are adopting that philosophy. But before we embrace this method, let's take into consideration that it might be ...

It's one thing to pass the torch, but the torch Bob Baffert's horses have passed the last two years has been more like an inferno. Winning the Triple Crown is the ultimate achievement in Thoroughbred racing. There is a reason why there have been interminable gaps of 25 years and 37 years. If Baffert had never come close to having a horse ...

When Arrogate goes to the post for the Breeders’ Cup Classic, not even the most astute handicappers will have any idea what to expect. Are we going to see the four-race terror that was unleashed on the sport or the horse who was made to look somewhat flawed in his last two starts at Del Mar? Uncertainty breeds intrigue and there surely will ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman Few races have climbed as high in recent years as the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby (gr. I) at Parx Racing. The nine-furlong race for three-year-olds has attracted so many accomplished runners as of late that the race will be run as a Grade 1 for the first time this year, and the ...

By: Erin Shea, @BH_EShea Racing and three-day eventing are separate sports requiring different skills and training methods, but the one thing that's needed to succeed in both is serious athleticism. One newly created event is trying to bring the eventing world and the racing world closer together, and celebrate the one breed with endless ...

The late Penny Chenery and the great Secretariat are forever linked as the greatest one-two punch in the history of American racing. The story remains as rich today as it was in 1973, especially considering the fact Chenery was navigating her way through settling her family’s estate and negotiating a record-breaking stud deal all the while trying ...

Well, Penny, after wishing you a Happy Birthday every couple of years, I must update my sentiments one final time. Although it isn't your birthday, it is the day you have entered the gates of racing's pantheon, and ethereally speaking, have been reunited with those the two noble steeds who would help define your life, as well as the man you so ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman It doesn't take long for the racing action to rebound following the end of the Del Mar and Saratoga meets. Last weekend may have been quiet, but this coming weekend is a big one with eleven graded stakes races on the schedule, including six at Woodbine. One of the most intriguing ...

By: Erin Shea, @BH_EShea More than 250 off-track Thoroughbreds descended on the Kentucky Horse Park's Rolex Stadium in Lexington Sept. 8-10 as part of the first-ever New Vocations Charity Thoroughbred Show/Thoroughbred Incentive Program Championships. With 253 competitors from 22 states, the show was up 138 entries from last year's two-day ...