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Blessed with beautiful weather and an indigenous, knowledgeable fan base, Keeneland Race Course broke in stride during its Fall Stars weekend Oct. 7-9. More than 19,000 turned out on a blue-sky Friday afternoon for some fun and frolic, and despite a local power outage that delayed the racing action a half-hour more than 28,000 were on hand ...

Arrogate will go into the Breeders’ Cup off a 10-week layoff. Frosted and Shaman Ghost will go into the Breeders’ Cup off a nine-week layoff. Melatonin will go into the Breeders’ Cup off a four-month layoff. Heck , if American Pharoah can win the Breeders’ Cup Classic off a  two-month layoff, why not take the cautious route? It is that ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman With just four weeks left until the Breeders' Cup, the racing action is really heating up! Following the excitement of ''Super Saturday'' on October 1st, we're set for another ''Super Saturday'' on October 8th, with thirteen graded stakes races to be held at Belmont Park, Keeneland, ...

As we head into the Breeders’ Cup, everyone’s attention will be on California Chrome and Arrogate in the Classic and stars such as Songbird, Stellar Wind, Beholder, Tepin, and Flintshire, and which race Frosted will point for. While these horses dominate the headlines, we tend to forget or simply overlook those hard-knocking, consistent horses, ...

In Hollywood’s film industry, studios seek to develop a franchise—such as “Star Wars” or “Indiana Jones”—that’s so successful they become tent poles that ensure the well-being of the company and, by extension, the industry for years to come. Thoroughbred racing is fortunate to count within its ranks human pillars that have done similar yeoman’s ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman One of my favorite days of racing each year is ''Super Saturday,'' when Santa Anita and Belmont Park put on a show with massive cards filled with graded stakes races. Some of the best horses in the country will be in action this Saturday, and these races will undoubtedly have a ...

With all the major stakes being run at Belmont Park on Saturday, there is one that has special meaning to me – the Gallant Bloom Handicap. I have decided to reprint my column from five years ago about the race’s namesake, and my favorite filly of all time. Although Gallant Bloom will be the main focus of this column, no mention of that amazing ...

From long before sunrise to well past sunset Sept. 25, activities took place on the grounds of Keeneland Race Course that should have a ripple effect on the future of Thoroughbred racing in North America. Out on the track a little after 5:30 a.m. was James McIngvale’s Runhappy, who tore through the darkness on his way to a five-furlong work ...

If you’re a racing fan, especially in the New York area, you can tune in to “Belmont Park Live” on the days it airs and be guided through four races by handicapper Andy Serling and two of the sport’s most knowledgeable observers of horses in the paddock and on the racetrack, Richie Migliore and Maggie Wolfendale. And moving the show along smoothly ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman Get ready, everyone! On Saturday, Parx Racing will host a stellar twelve-race card that is highlighted by the $1,250,000 Pennsylvania Derby (gr. II) and the $1,000,000 Cotillion Stakes (gr. I). The two races have drawn fantastic fields, particularly the Pennsylvania Derby, which is ...