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While trainer Saeed bin Suroor did not commit to pointing the UAE Derby Sponsored by the Saeed and Mohammed Al Naboodah Group (G2) winner Thunder Snow to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1), Godolphin's Dubai-based trainer said the Louisville classic will get a long look when he meets with Sheikh Mohammed. Should Thunder Snow start ...

As an industry not famous for cooperation among competing entities, the two dozen members around Central Kentucky that came together to plan and see to fruition the advent of Horse Country Tours deserve accolades. The farms, sales companies, equine clinics, and one feed company identified the need to create an enhanced experience for tourists ...

By: Erin Shea, @BH_EShea When Thoroughbreds reigned supreme in the hunter-jumper ranks, the road from racetrack to show ring for horses was mostly through connections made with people who knew their way around the backside.  As the dynamics of aftercare and sport horse purchasing changed in the age of the internet—and with the rise of many ...

 By Eric Mitchell The average price of a sire's progeny sold at auction is one our most trusted metrics of commercial value because money actually changed hands. An average sold price follows the adage that an item is worth what someone is willing to pay for it. Prices that have not met a reserve also have a place in ...

1 Always Dreaming Todd Pletcher Bodemeister—Above Perfection, by In Excess This move will draw mixed reviews, and it is understandable. We’ll see after Saturday’s Blue Grass if this will be a permanent home for him. Sometimes a special horse can transcend speed figures early in their career, and this colt took a sledgehammer and shattered ...

Some masterpieces are done in oil, others in clay. In the world of Thoroughbred racing and breeding, masterpieces are created in the minds of breeding experts. But calling John Nerud just a breeding expert is like saying Da Vinci was just an artist. In the true meaning of multi-talented genius, Nerud was a brilliant horseman, marketer, ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman Although the first of the 100-point Kentucky Derby prep races was held last Saturday (that being the UAE Derby in Dubai), the climax of the Kentucky Derby trail begins this weekend with the $1 million Florida Derby (gr. I) at Gulfstream Park and the $1 million Louisiana Derby (gr. ...

Of the dozen horses entered in the $500,000 JACK Cincinnati Casino Spiral Stakes (G3) March 25 on the Polytrack at Turfway Park, nine had never won a race on dirt. That group included winner Fast and Accurate, who entered off a maiden-claiming race win at Turfway Park and a win in a turf sprint stakes race at Gulfstream Park. After ...