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By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman Get ready, everyone! We've got an absolutely stellar Saturday of racing coming up on July 9th, led by six graded stakes races at Belmont Park, four at Arlington Park, and a wide mix of other exciting races. Leading the way are the $1.25 million Belmont Derby (gr. I) and $1 million ...

Last week, it was reported that King Glorious had died in Japan at the age of 30, having been pensioned since 2010 due to declining fertility. This news likely was of interest only to a handful of racing fans who remembered the brief exploits of one of the fastest and classiest horses of the 1980s, and most notably his victory in the 1989 Haskell ...

The West Coast has applied a choke hold on the 3-year-old male division for the past three years, yet it annually continues to let its stars escape to Eastern climes without a fight following the Triple Crown series. Two years ago dual-classic winner California Chrome did not race in his namesake state between the Santa Anita Derby (gr. I) in ...

It is the Fourth of July weekend and the New York Racing Association thankfully is still running the historic and prestigious Suburban Handicap, even if the Graded Stakes Committee is still asleep keeping it a grade II event, despite its history, as the second leg of the Handicap Triple Crown, and being won by such notables as Easy Goer, ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman On Saturday, Gulfstream Park will host the ''Summit of Speed,'' an exciting day of sprinting that includes nine stakes races. There are so many great races to handicap that I've decided to cover more racing action than usual and handicap four races, with a focus on trying to hit some ...

If you go back through the 20th century, the typical equine hero was a 3-year-old or 4-year-old male who excelled at our classic distance of 1 1/4 miles. There were the rare exceptions like geldings Kelso, John Henry, Forego, Armed, Lava Man, and Exterminator, who raced at ages ranging from 6-years-old to 9-years-old, and a handful of fillies and ...

Every year there is a certain amount of hand-wringing from sellers and sales companies in anticipation of the coming yearling sales season. Players hone in on stock market charts, commodity prices, and global economic affairs, seeking clues as to how their yearling crop may sell.The Dow Jones average goes up 200 points one day; then “Brexit” ...

No one is expecting all the big names in racing to make the Breeders’ Cup Classic, but one can always hope, especially when you have a year like this with such a wide variety of talent gearing up for a run at America’s richest horse race. Here then is the Classic dream field that potentially could be assembled at Santa Anita on Nov. 5. With ...

Current Standings1 Keelerman - 9222 Lola (defending champion) - 8773 Porter - 8764 latenite - 8714 trackjack - 8716 Secretariat - 8707 Aluminaut - 8538 JJ the TV wathcer - 8429 fitzpony - 82610 MDG - 81511 Eric Rickard - 81012 Betty S - 80713 Magnoliagirl - 79414 Van Horn - 78915 Riskaverse - 78616 Quinnbt - 77417 Akita Girl - 73517 MaryZinke - ...