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Check back Saturday for Sunday stakes previews from Belmont Saturday Belmont, Race 9G2 Peter Pan StakesBy Mike Beer A field of seven is set to enter the gate for the Grade 2 Peter Pan.  They will go nine furlongs over Belmont's main track, and when all is said and done, one of these three-year-olds will be a newly minted graded stakes ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') In the wake of California Chrome’s impressive victory in the Kentucky Derby (gr. I) last Saturday, it’s easy to let the excitement take over and start thinking about a potential sweep of the Triple Crown—the first since Affirmed in 1978. But even if California Chrome wins next Saturday’s Preakness Stakes (gr. ...

     By Robert Kieckhefer      There is an ongoing explosion of new racing ''festivals'' around the world and much more is on tap.      Craig Fravel, president and CEO of Breeders' Cup Ltd., kicked off an Asian Racing Conference seminar on ''big ...

     What do you do as a racing operator when you see your turnover drop by 25% during a five-year period? For the Hong Kong Jockey Club, the answer to that scary experience was: Connect with the customer.      Many people say that. The HKJC did ...

By Robert Kieckhefer     Can the ''cutting edge'' technology of sports television be of any help to horse racing? Some of the pioneers in television tech said yes, in presentations May 7 at the Asian Racing Conference in Hong Kong.   ''Our philosophy is bringing people closer to ...

The 2014 Kentucky Derby was about dreams and fate, an improbable hero from humble parentage, memories of Derbys long ago, and a favorite owned and trained by underdogs. In short, it was about life and its quirky twists and turns that lead us to places envisioned only in dreams and guided only by fate. Thoroughbred racing was once dubbed The ...

Putting the caring horsemen behind Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) winner California Chrome on the world’s stage could not have come at a better time for Thoroughbred racing. To be sure, racing has been taking its lumps lately. Video from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals alleging abuse, finger-pointing among industry ...

The Asian Racing Conference - Photo: Hong Kong Jockey Club By Robert Kieckhefer  If there was a theme to the first full day of the 35th Asian Racing Conference, ongoing in Hong Kong, it might have been: Enlist government as your ally.
The subtext would have been: Oh, but first get your act together and be successful. Panels discussed a ...