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By: Erin Shea, @BH_EShea Soon after multiple graded stakes winner Kid Cruz was pulled up in a claiming race at Aqueduct Racetrack March 19, his breeder, Machmer Hall's Carrie Brodgen tweeted: ''Just got the call, Kid Cruz is coming home! He has a tendon, but will be fine. Gelding, vacation and 2nd career next!'' Kid Cruz winning the Dwyer ...

In the emotional frenzy of Arrogate’s incredible victory in the Dubai World Cup, social media, as if often does, has run amok with comments, running the gamut from Arrogate being the greatest horse of all time to the greatest horse since Secretariat to the greatest horse of the 21st century to being an over-hyped horse who hasn’t beaten anyone ...

 By Eric Mitchell The late Unbridled's Song appears to have already clinched the 2017 North American leading sire title with Arrogate's rich back-to-back victories in the $12 million Pegasus World Cup (G1) and $10 million Dubai World Cup Sponsored by Emirates Airline (G1). Juddmonte Farms' 4-year-old juggernaut has grabbed $13 million in ...

1 Gunnevera Antonio Sano Dialed In—Unbridled Rage, by Unbridled After a nice easy 5-furlong breeze he stepped it up with a good sharpener in 1:01 4/5 at Gulfstream Park West in his final drill for the Florida Derby. Working alone, he cut the corners tightly, hugging the rail on both turns, and was striding out beautifully at the wire. ...

Sometimes in Thoroughbred racing we have a tendency to spew out superlatives in the immediate aftermath of a spectacular performance. We start comparing the winner to the greats of the past, and then, like always, time has a way of tempering our spontaneous hyperbole and jolting us back to reality. So, following Arrogate’s mind-boggling ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman We're here, folks! After a long winter of anticipation, we are now just six weeks away from the Kentucky Derby, which means that the final round of prep races is about to begin. First up is the UAE Derby (UAE-II) on Saturday at Meydan, followed later in the day by the $500,000 Jack ...

It’s hard enough to train a Thoroughbred and be able to bring out their talents. But when they have a mind of their own and keep fighting you, it makes the task extremely difficult and taxing on the nerves. To borrow a line from the movie A Bronx Tale, “The saddest thing in life is wasted talent.” The question right now with Classic Empire as ...

Even one hundred years after his birth—March 29, 1917—Man o’ War remains one of the biggest names in racing. While the black-and-white photos and grainy video footage of Man o’ War might be fading, his legend—20 wins in 21 starts during a golden age of sports in the 1920s—still thrills us. He topped “The Blood-Horse’s Top 100 Racehorses of the ...

Since launching tours in 2015, Horse Country has given the public an opportunity to see inside Kentucky's top breeding farms where Thoroughbreds are foaled and raised—but now they are adding another location to show what happens to Thoroughbreds once their racing careers are finished.  Starting March 18 through the ''Meet The ...