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Steve Jordan will be celebrating his 64th birthday on Saturday; a day that could be made more exciting if I’ll Have Another should win the Belmont Stakes and become the first horse in 34 years to sweep the Triple Crown. But this will not be the first time Jordan’s birthday fell on a day when a Triple Crown sweep was on the line.It happened on his ...

I'll Have Another's history as a sale horse has been chronicled extensively during his bid to sweep the Triple Crown. It's a good story because the 3-year-old son of Flower Alley sold for modest prices in an era when the best young horses bring seven-figure or high six-figure amounts. Victor Davila, who is the head exercise rider for and an ...

Memorial Day weekend's racing in the U.S. was highlighted by an epic Metropolitan Handicap (gr. I) duel between Shackleford and Caleb's Posse. However, it also featured a notable achievement by a former Metropolitan Handicap victor, Ghostzapper (TrueNicks,SRO), who was represented by graded winners on all-weather, turf, and dirt. On Saturday at ...

After 34 years and 11 failures, this is the year the Triple Crown will be conquered…right? It’s so close you can taste it. Unfortunately, the taste hasn’t lasted very long, quickly dissipating somewhere between the quarter pole and eighth pole of the 12-furlong Belmont Stakes (gr. I). Well, once again, the tantalizing taste has returned. We are so ...

Welcome to the new handicapping blog on bloodhorse.com. As many of you probably know, Jason Shandler is leaving Blood-Horse. Jason did a great job of fostering a place for handicapping discussion on this website, and I am looking forward to sharing insights. I made my debut on That Handicapping Show this week with Tom LaMarra, and ...

So, I’ll Have Another will gallop up to the Belmont Stakes. Well, that’s what we’ve been told. Officially, that is correct, as there will be nothing on the worktab under the name I’ll Have Another.But if you’re concerned that the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner will be compromised by not having a work, unlike the past three Triple Crown ...

The astonishing start to his stud career made by Japanese sire Deep Impact continued last weekend when he enjoyed a group stakes double that included a victory by his son Deep Brillante in the Japanese Derby (gr. I, video below). Deep Impact is a son of the Halo stallion Sunday Silence, whose status as not only the greatest Japanese stallion of ...

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I'll Have Another could become the first Thoroughbred to complete a sweep of the Triple Crown since 1978 when he runs in the June 9 Belmont Stakes (gr. I). But when he was younger, the colt wasn't one of those horses that everybody just knew from the beginning was going to be successful. Nearly everyone overlooked him during the 2011 Ocala ...

Every several years, whenever a horse is attempting to sweep the Triple Crown, Billy Turner is summoned by the media to offer his take on the horse, the obstacles that stand in his way, and to reminisce about the great Seattle Slew, who under Turner’s guidance and expertise became racing’s only undefeated Triple Crown winner. But there is ...