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By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman The Del Mar and Saratoga meets might be behind us, but the great racing action of the summer continues on Saturday with a variety of intriguing stakes races, including the $400,000 Super Derby (gr. III) at Louisiana Downs, a race that has been won in the past by such famous horses as ...

If you look up Racing Times on Google, you will find only a single one-paragraph item on the racing newspaper being closed down after 10 months in existence. But what a 10 months it was following a full blown battle in which the new publication waged war on the powerful monopoly, Daily Racing Form, which had ruled the Sport of Kings since 1894 ...

Each week I write a column in BloodHorse Daily on the Breeders' Cup Challenge that typically includes table information relevant to the week. But because of room constraints, I do not run all race winners to date. Since I have that information--and plenty of room on this blog--I figured I'd post it. Breeders’ Cup Challenge winners, ...

It is a place where locals still line up at springs around town, dipping jugs of water under spigots to gather liquid they believe delivers beneficial minerals. It is not just Saratoga’s water, though, that heals whatever might ail you. A summer’s visit to the idyllic town in upstate New York can drain many of life’s pressures from humans and ...

What do the following horses have in common? Secretariat, Forego, Kelso, Dr. Fager, Damascus, Buckpasser, Affirmed, Alydar, Seattle Slew, Spectacular Bid, Alysheba, Cigar, Easy Goer, John Henry, Arts and Letters, Riva Ridge, Skip Away, Holy Bull and fillies Personal Ensign, Genuine Risk, Lady’s Secret, and Winning Colors just to name a ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman The final Saturday of the 2016 Saratoga meet is a good one, with four graded stakes races on the schedule. By far the biggest in terms of prestige is the $600,000 Woodward Stakes (gr. I), a nine-furlong race that has drawn a competitive field of talented horses with Breeders' Cup ...

Top-level horses and horsemen on the comeback trail were among the big stories the last full week of August, and they found entry to the winner’s circle a little harder than it used to be. While the fairy tales didn’t have happy beginnings, their returns to the spotlight are just the opening pages of the tale. There are plenty of chapters to go to ...

It was 1996 and Bob Baffert, then a relatively unknown trainer, made his first impact on the classic scene when he brought Santa Anita Derby winner Cavonnier to Churchill Downs for the Kentucky Derby. No one knew much about this former Quarter-Horse trainer, except that he generally trained sprinters until Cavonnier came along and he had a ...

Let’s cut right to the chase. Steve Byk, the voice of Thoroughbred racing, is human in flesh and blood, but it would be difficult to convince anyone that he isn’t an android, more simply a robot with human appearance; a mental cyborg. The only other explanation for Byk’s other worldly ability to assimilate information on any subject, ...