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By any measure owner Kaleem Shah is having a remarkable year. The native of Bellary, India, has had nine stakes winners this year, seven of which have been in graded stakes including two grade Is. The weekend of July 26-27 provided the best example of the kind of hot streak Shah is riding. On July 26 at Del Mar, Shah’s Fed Biz won the grade II San ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') On Tuesday afternoon (or morning, if you live in the United States!), Goodwood racecourse in England will begin its prestigious, five-day meet known as ''Glorious Goodwood.'' There will be lots of spectacular racing over the course of the five days, but it's the second day of the meet (July ...

  Earlier in the year our own Ian Tapp visited South Africa (read about his travels here) and just in time for the start of the Southern Hemisphere breeding season, 47 stallions associated with the Cape Breeders Club in South Africa have joined TrueNicks. Obviously there isn't room to do justice to all of them here, but we can note the ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') On July 27th, Monmouth Park in New Jersey will play host to the $1,000,000 Haskell Invitational (gr. I), a traditional post-Triple Crown target for the best three-year-olds of the season. Recent starters in the Haskell have included Oxbow, Shackleford, Ruler On Ice, Lookin at Lucky, Super Saver, Rachel ...

  The Grade 2 Jim Dandyby TimeformUS Analyst Mike BeerSaratoga / July 26 / Race 10 / 6:01 EDT: Get started on FREE TimeformUS PPs for the Jim DandyWith a pair of entrants cross-entered into Friday's Curlin stakes, and the participation of another on the fence, the field for Saturday's Jim Dandy is very much in flux as of this ...

By Nicole Sauer As mentioned in an earlier post on 2-year-old ROR, sales 2-year-olds as a whole achieve a higher rate of return in racetrack earnings than sales yearlings largely because buyers are able to see at least one workout before purchasing. Since workouts have a significant effect on buyers' decisions, MarketWatch used the breeze times ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Sometimes, handicapping a horse race can be as much about the horses whose chances you don’t like as it is about the horses whose chances you do like. For me, the $600,000 Jim Dandy Stakes (gr. II) at Saratoga is such a race. A field of seven has turned out for this nine-furlong Travers prep race, led by ...

A person’s love of horses manifests itself in many ways – from reading about them in books to having the pleasure of merely petting them in their stall to grooming them, and finally to riding them professionally at a racetrack and over fences, or simply through the fields for a leisurely morning gallop. But the love of anything or anyone is ...

by Doug Salvatore A fascinating statistic will be put to the test in the opening leg of the $27,469 Pick 6 on Wednesday at Saratoga Race Course where 8-to-5 morning line favorite Girlabouttown will try to end the “A.P. Indy curse” by becoming the first progeny of her now-pensioned super sire to win a race at six furlongs or less on the main ...

On one side of Saratoga Race Course, facing the Oklahoma training track, is the home of Palace Malice, currently the No. 1 ranked horse in America and favorite for Horse of the Year honors. On the other side of the grandstand, facing the main track, is the home of Wise Dan, reigning two-time Horse of the Year. Both horses can look out their ...