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This scene from The Simpsons came to mind when considering whether to single Wise Dan in the $200,000 guaranteed Pick 4 on Sunday at Woodbine, or go against him in the Ricoh Woodbine Mile. Seeing the reigning Horse of the Year win his ninth consecutive race would ''please the gentleman'' as the shopkeep says in the video above, but he ...

The roster of TrueNicks stallions includes some outstanding performers from around the globe, and the latest of these is Brazilian superstar Plenty of Kicks (BRZ) (TrueNicks), who retires to Haras San Francesco for the 2013 breeding season. Plenty of Kicks finished second over seven furlongs on his debut but was to go undefeated in seven ...

Sunday, Woodbine, Race 10, Scheduled Post Time 5:38pm ET The G1 Woodbine Mile, Turf, 1 Mile, Three-and-upBy Douglas SalvatoreEven though the Woodbine Mile might be the least attractive betting race on Sunday's entire card, it will be the focus for us because of the celebrity of Wise Dan. In plain English, Wise Dan should dominate this group. In ...

For the full magazine version of this story, check out the Sept. 21 issue of The Blood-Horse. They called him the ''Panamaniac,'' an erratic runner who propped, wheeled, and zig-zagged his way across the strip down at Hipódromo Presidente Remón. In one start, Private Zone ducked to the inside and his jockey lost the irons for a nerve-wracking 200 ...

(Originally published in the September 14, 2013 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.) By Eric Mitchell - @BH_EMitchell on Twitter The group’s goal is simple, according to Keeneland president Bill Thomason, a founding member: to provide excellent experiences ...

The Sept. 9 Presque Isle Masters Stakes (gr. II) for fillies and mares was an example of how looks can sometimes be deceiving. With former $4,000 claimer Purely Hot in front past six furlongs in a sizzling 1:08.36 on the Tapeta surface at Presque Isle Downs & Casino, it appeared the rallying Groupie Doll would blow past in mid-stretch and win by ...

By Nicole Sauer Over the past three years (2010-12), 458 yearlings have been sold through the Keeneland September sale that were the produce of either grade I-winning or grade I-producing dams, or the rare dams that are both. Buyers have responded similarly to the first two groups, averaging $206,994 for progeny of grade I-winning dams and ...

Another Keeneland September sale, and another tweaked format. This year, the first catalog encompasses the first four days of the sale, with the whole catalog being of hypothetically relatively even merit and sorted alphabetically by dam as one continuous group. With only 875 cataloged, each session has just over 200 yearlings, which means ...

The Grade 2 Bowling Green Handicap, Saturday at Belmont (Race 8), Inner Turf, Three-Year Olds and Up, One Mile and One Quarter Get Free PP's for the Bowling Green Handicap The hard-hitting six-year-old Boisterous has been installed as the 7/5 morning line favorite even though he finished a disappointing eighth as the 9/5 favorite in the ...