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LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 11, 2013) -- Twenty-five races remain on the Road to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), with the Jan. 4 Jerome Stakes (gr. II) at Aqueduct and the Jan. 11 Sham (gr. III) at Santa Anita Park kicking off the action in 2014. Here's a look at how the winners of last year's prep races fared after their victories, ...

Saturday Betfair Hollywood Park, Race 9, Local Post Time 4:35pm PTThe G1 CashCall Futurity, 1 and 1/16 Miles, 2YO, SynthBy Justin FinchThe Grade 1 Cash Call Futurity will be run against a poignant backdrop as Betfair Hollywood Park approaches its end. And one should add that it approaches it with some style, as this is a very interesting edition ...

Inner visions, horses not fast Innervisions, put my money on blast Lots of racing for handicapping Lots of horses for losing money Inner visions here to stay To, uh oh, those long winter nights I could go on-especially since the next verse includes the command, ''Tell me more; tell me more,'' but you get the gist: if Keeneland and Kentucky ...

The winnowing of graded and listed black-type stakes in the United States continues.Last week the American Graded Stakes Committee released its list of 645 graded and listed stakes for 2014. The total is nearly 11% fewer than was recognized in 2010. Over the past five years the number of graded stakes has dipped from 487 to 455 while the number ...

I posed this question on Twitter, on ''At The Races'' w/ Steve Byk, and in the Brisnet.com weekend preview, and still have not received a definitive answer: Does thisweekend (it's happening Friday, Saturday, and Sunday) mark the first time that Calder Race Course, Guflstream Park, and Tampa Bay Downs are conducting racingat the same time? If ...

Saturday Betfair Hollywood Park, Race 6, Local Post Time 3:04pm PTThe G1 Hollywood Starlet Stakes, 1 and 1/16 Miles, Fillies, 2YO, SynthBy Justin FinchThe Grade 1 Hollywood Starlet has eight two-year-old fillies and almost as many question marks. There have been stronger editions of this race, to be sure, but this edition, the final one, stands ...

After looking the past two years for a viable Horse of the Year candidate who ran on dirt and being unable to find one, I realize just how sad that is. The thought of not being able to find a single dirt horse in two years worthy of a Horse of the Year title is staggering to someone who goes back to the ‘60s and has seen that crown worn by so many ...

Tampa Bay Downs has (rightfully) earned its reputation as one of the more player-friendly tracks racing, and we at Brisnet.com and TwinSpires.com always welcome its return, which this year is Wednesday, December 4. Daily Selections full-card analysis with best bets will be available all meeting long. This is a great tool for Tampa players in ...

Two-year-old racehorses are all about the anticipation. Owners cannot wait for the first start to see if their horses have what it takes to win. And if those horses become winners, the anticipation only grows. Just how good could they become?Churchill Downs offered a full card of 12 imagination-grabbing juvenile races Nov. 30, and the thrills ...

It has only been in recent years that our society has recognized post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in combat military personnel returning home from war and anyone else exposed to an extreme traumatic event that has altered their life. Going back to World War I, this disorder was trivialized with the term shell shock.There are a number of ...