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By: Erin Shea, @BH_EShea Just as most of us horse-crazy people have done, Jeff Tow-Arnett found himself enamored with an off-track Thoroughbred named ''Noah'' after seeing an online listing.  ''I read Noah's biography and I said, 'That's the horse I want. I don't need to read (about any others), that's the one that I want,''' ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman This Saturday, Santa Anita will host a fantastic nine-race card that includes four graded stakes races and a couple of very competitive maiden special weights. The day's feature is the $500,000 Gold Cup at Santa Anita (gr. I), a ten-furlong race that has drawn a strong field of nine ...

As reported several times before, this is my 50th anniversary in racing, which means the 50th anniversary of that unforgettable year of Damascus, Dr. Fager, Buckpasser, In Reality, and so many other talented horses. Throughout the year, I will be writing retrospective columns on some the most memorable races and events. As a celebration of this ...

On the morning of May 20 John Sikura and his 13-year-old son, Jackson, were handicapping the Preakness Stakes (G1). “This is going to sound ridiculous, Jackson, but I’m looking at the form…this horse can win the race.” Sikura was talking about Cloud Computing, a colt he bred from the first crop of Maclean’s Music who stands at his Hill ‘n’ Dale ...

By: Erin Shea, @BH_EShea Geno's Bambino is being fine-tuned by his owner Kate Anderson for the upcoming Arapahoe Park meet. But the 6-year-old Decarchy gelding is doing more than just breezing like a typical racehorse in training. Anderson and the Golden Creek Equine staff have been training ''Geno'' in classical dressage and even experimenting ...

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If you enjoyed the Kentucky Derby dream, no sense waking up now. You might as well keep dreaming until you are jolted back to reality, if and when that ever occurs. Kentucky Derby winners often run better in the Preakness, despite the two-week comeback, or maybe because of it, and it would not be surprising to see Always Dreaming win the ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman Two weeks after an exciting Kentucky Derby that saw Always Dreaming cruise to a decisive victory, the field is set for the $1.5 million Preakness Stakes (gr. I) at Pimlico, the second leg of the Triple Crown. Nine challengers will line up to face the Derby winner, though according to ...

Even though we have a pretty lousy record of selecting winners of the Preakness Stakes (G1), despite its being perhaps the most formful Triple Crown race, there are three “sure things” on the agenda prior to the main event May 20. First up, no matter what the weather forecast says before departing for Baltimore, it will change dramatically by the ...

(Be aware this is pretty long, what else is new. But it was the only way to properly tell the story of Allen Jerkens’ greatest year, which ties in to him being honored with a grade 1 stakes named after him) Of all the stakes on NYRA’s calendar to change to the H. Allen Jerkens Memorial, none would have made the Hall of Fame trainer happier ...