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Much of the discussion following American Pharoah’s romp in the Xpressbet.com Preakness Stakes (gr. I) turned quickly from whether he could win the Triple Crown to whether he would be a deserving Triple Crown champion.A modest final time in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) and a sluggish time on a sloppy Pimlico surface in the ...

Most fairy tales are born in the creative minds of gifted writers, but on rare occasions they are born in the most obvious of places. For American Pharoah and the Zayat family, their fairy tale was born in part in the most obvious place of all, Disneyland, where Cinderella stories come to life every day. But that is where they remain.For Ahmed ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Let the excitement begin! Now that Kentucky Derby (gr. I) winner American Pharoah has added the Preakness Stakes (gr. I) (VIDEO) to his résumé, we will have a Triple Crown on the line in the June 6th Belmont Stakes (gr. I) for the second consecutive year. With less than three weeks remaining until the ...

So, here we are down to eight horses and only four from the Kentucky Derby. While American Pharoah is knocking heads with Firing Line, Dortmund, and Danzig Moon once again, an army of Belmont Stakes horses is forming up in New York, just waiting to ambush Pharoah if he should take the Preakness or any of the others who actually were brazen ...

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With Preakness horses going out at all times during the morning, it was up to the Bob Baffert pair of American Pharoah and Dortmund to provide most of the entertainment for the 8:30 show. Both colts appear none the worse for wear after their tough battles in the Kentucky Derby, and the same has to be said for Firing Line, who has held his ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') @J_Keelerman In what has become a bit of a rarity in recent years, the top three finishers from the Kentucky Derby (gr. I) will face off again in the May 16th Preakness Stakes (gr. I) at Pimlico, and—on paper—they look poised to sweep the trifecta once again in the second jewel of the Triple Crown. Although ...

Logic tells us that American Pharoah’s lightly raced career and pair of easy Derby preps at Oaklawn will be beneficial coming back in two weeks for the Xpressbet.com Preakness Stakes (gr. I). That very well may be the case. It definitely makes sense, at least on the surface. There is no reason to think there isn’t enough gas left in the ...

If you build it, they will come. This philosophy espoused in the well-loved baseball fantasy movie “Field of Dreams” was the approach taken more than a year ago when owners were asked to pledge to publish the vet records for every horse they entered in a graded stakes. One hundred and thirty owners made this pledge. Their names are listed on the ...

Don't miss Cot's longform feature about Summer Squall, Dogwood Stable's first classic winner. The 1980s was a time when both Japanese tourists and business folk were beginning to venture forth into the world on a wide variety of missions. The Japanese are relatively well mannered and deferential today, but they were even more so then. They were ...