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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, ...

Throughout dual-classic winner California Chrome’s run through the Triple Crown races this season, Steve Coburn, the colt’s co-owner and co-breeder along with Perry Martin, talked about how they felt like they had a classic winner, and perhaps a Triple Crown winner, from the start. California Chrome won the Kentucky Derby Presented by ...

The battle for the leading freshman sire crown in Australia and New Zealand for 2014-15 may well come down to Fastnet Rock vs. the rest. Fastnet Rock While there is plenty of interest among the current freshman crop, there is no doubt that one of the more intriguing developments to watch will be the progress of the first contingent of sons of ...

Not unexpectedly, The Jockey Club announced Aug. 10 a call to action for federal legislation to support uniform medication testing and enforcement.The Jockey Club does not advocate having a federal agency actually responsible for enforcement and testing in Thoroughbred racing, however. Instead, the call to action would involve the pursuit of ...