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It’s never too early to start thinking about the Kentucky Derby. Rank the Derby potential of these top 2-year olds: writeRanker(''http://i.bloodhorse.com/xml/ranking/KDwinner2010.xml''); To participate, use your cursor to drag the selections on the left (currently arranged in alphabetical order) to the blank placeholders on the ...

When Patricia Cooksey was beginning her riding career in 1979, she was advised to list her name as “P.J.” because many trainers would not ride a female jockey. When she retired in June 2004, Cooksey had been aboard 2,137 winners, second all-time among women riders. Cooksey also made history when she became the first female jockey to win a stakes ...

The ongoing battle for North American Horse of the Year became a little clearer in August. Several of the top contenders started to separate themselves from the pack. Who would you rank as the #1 Thoroughbred in the country? Rank your Top Ten based on how each horse has performed so far this year. ...

The U.S. Congressional hearings are over. Network camera crews are documenting other stories. PETA demonstrators have gone back to protesting fur coats. The sting of Eight Belles’ death on Derby day last year is waning, so the National Thoroughbred Racing Association and The Jockey Club no longer roll out press releases with the same frequency ...

Horses and courses, of the collegiate variety, coalesced at the Big Red Spring as Saratoga held its first-ever College Day. Karaoke began the proceedings prior to the first post at 2:30 pm.  The karaoke was followed by Team Trivia and a 7 pm backyard concert.  After the running of each race, the name of a lucky person was drawn for $1000 ...

.postComments, .commentsContainer, .commentForm{display:none;} .questionForm{display:block} Trainer Tim Ice has gone from being a relatively unknown trainer based in Louisiana to one of the shining young stars in the profession, largely due to the Belmont Stakes (gr. I) and Shadwell Travers (gr. I) successes of Summer Bird. A native of East ...

Not that many years ago it seemed fine to know, and record into past performances, that a horse had run six furlongs in 1:11 1/5. Today we wouldn’t stand for that because we now understand the difference between 1:11.01 and 1:11.19. Those times, and those fractions in between, formerly all showed as the same time (1:11 1/5) when in fact they ...

The Daily Racing Form’s David Grening, horse racing’s hardest working writer, wrote that Todd Pletcher, the trainer of Munnings, was disappointed when his colt drew the rail in Saturday’s 7-furlong King’s Bishop Stakes.  As a result, The Saratogian’s perennial top handicapper, Bill Taylor, wants to set the record straight about the importance ...

Although the NetJets King's Bishop Stakes does not have as extensive a history as other Saratoga races, it has been won by some of the top horses. Rank these winners: writeRanker(''http://i.bloodhorse.com/xml/ranking/kingsbishopwinners.xml''); To participate, use your cursor to drag the selections on the left (currently arranged ...

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