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There are some simple factors regarding this year’s Travers Stakes. First, Bayern is going to be very tough on an uncontested lead, especially breaking from post 2 and with a stone closer, Commanding Curve, inside him. Second, Tonalist and Wicked Strong are both sitting on big efforts, and it was apparent from the Jim Dandy Stakes that Wicked ...

By Nicole Sauer Yearlings by young and unproven sires can be a risky investments, but those by proven sires tend to be more costly. Consequently, weighing the risks against the potential returns may seem like a rock and a hard place situation for value-seeking buyers at the yearling sales. MarketWatch looked at first- through fifth-crop ...

Hello old friend. With its return to dirt racing this fall, Keeneland hopes to hear that greeting--cue Eric Clapton--from more horsemen interested in prepping their top starters for main-track races in this year’s Breeders’ Cup World Championships. When Keeneland after this year’s spring meet removed a remarkably safe Polytrack that ...

As part of the ongoing debate about the future of medication testing and enforcement in American racing, let’s hope out-of-competition testing takes on a greater sense of urgency.Being able to test a horse at any time serves an important role in finding banned substances that would otherwise go undetected because they could have cleared a horse’s ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') With less than a week remaining before the running of the historic Travers Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga, I thought I would share my preliminary thoughts on some of the major contenders and try to get a feel for how the race might unfold. So without further ado, here’s my analysis of six well-regarded Travers ...

Horses prepped this morning for the Arlington International Festival of Racing in Arlington Heights, Il. The four stakes races are the Arlington Million XXXII (gr. IT), the Beverly D (gr. IT), the Secretariat Stakes (gr. IT), and the American St. Leger, running on August 16, 2014. BUY THIS PHOTO Favorites for the Arlington Million ...

The Grade 1 AlabamaSaratoga / August 16 / Race 10 / 6:20 EDT by TimeformUS Analyst Mike Beer Get started with FREE TimeformUS PPs for the AlabamaWith Untapable once again absent for a major race in the division she so clearly dominates right now, Stopchargingmaria (#8, 2-1), an under-appreciated performer, will get a chance to take down a ...

No one can really predict Hall of Fame greatness after one start, but there have been a number of fortunate trainers who have had the thrill of foreseeing potential greatness in a young horse. Most of those visions, however, fade away after their sure-fire star descends into mediocrity.But on a rare occasion the images take shape just as they ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') On Saturday, Arlington Park will play host to seven stakes races worth a combined total of $2,865,000. The day’s racing will be highlighted by a quartet of major stakes races, led by the historic $1,000,000 Arlington Million (gr. I). Simply from a sporting perspective, the races are going to be fantastic, ...