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Should nothing change in the next 30 days—which in horse racing time is admittedly an eternity—we will be witness to an event as rare as Donald Trump being subtle. On April 2 the two titans of the 3-year-old division, Mohaymen and Nyquist, have a date to meet in the Xpressbet.com Florida Derby (gr. I) at Gulfstream Park. In an age when top ...

1 Mohaymen Kiaran McLaughlin Tapit—Justwhistledixie, by Dixie Union It doesn’t pay to try to analyze this horse. He has run his halfs in :45 4/5, :47 1/5, :49 2/5, :49, and :47 1/5. He comes home fast in some races and not so fast in others. He wins with his ears pinned whether he’s doing it easily or not. In short, he just gets to the wire ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman On Saturday, the third of Aqueduct's four Kentucky Derby prep races of 2016 will be held, that being the $400,000 Gotham Stakes (gr. III). The 8.5-furlong race has drawn an exceptional field of eight evenly-matched rivals-let's take a look at the entries! #HorseJockeyTrainerLast ...

It was July 20, 1968. The entire racing world was focused on Aqueduct Racetrack, where Damascus and Dr. Fager were meeting for the fourth time in the Brooklyn Handicap, in what was regarded as one of the most volatile and intense rivalries of all time. When Damascus crossed the finish line 2 1/2 lengths ahead of Dr. Fager, I stood in the ...

Usually a handicap race on a Thursday afternoon wouldn’t attract that much interest around the editorial department of Blood-Horse. However, the race Feb. 25 at Meydan Racecourse featured the star attraction California Chrome, 2014 Horse of the Year.The 5-year-old Cal-bred, now owned by Perry and Denise Martin, Taylor Made, and several other ...

1 Mohaymen Kiaran McLaughlin Tapit—Justwhistledixie, by Dixie Union We’ve heard of horses peaking too soon, but this time it looks like the Kentucky Derby may be peaking too soon, with the classic East-West showdown of unbeaten horses taking place in the Florida Derby instead of the first Saturday in May. Bonus or no bonus, that’s a long way ...

You remember the episode of Seinfeld when George Costanza was told the girl he had just dated had missed her period. In a matter of seconds, his face went from shock to revelation to ecstasy: “Oh, my God! I can’t believe it. I’m a father. I did it. My boys can swim!” In some ways, breeders with shares in American Pharoah could be heard ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman When it comes to handicapping races, six-horse fields aren't usually very hard to analyze, but the $400,000 Xpressbet.com Fountain of Youth Stakes (gr. II) on Saturday at Gulfstream Park could prove to be an exception. The second of three official Kentucky Derby prep races being held ...