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I’m going to my make picks blog very simple this year: Kentucky Oaks: Summer Applause Kentucky Derby: Union Rags Kentucky Oaks I have a strong feeling on Summer Applause. Of course, I was alive in the late pick 4 going into the final leg last year singed to Joyful Victory and was counting my money before they got in the gate. We all know ...

Who will win? Who will finish last? Submit your choices, and compare with the community. writeRanker(''http://i.bloodhorse.com/xml/ranking/2012KYDerbyOrderofFinish.xml''); To participate, use your cursor to drag the selections on the left (currently arranged in post position order) to the blank placeholders on the right. Once you have ...

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The time is getting near. No not the Derby, trying to finally decipher this intricate and confusing puzzle. We’ve made a few more observations this morning that should help, as well as another trip to the paddock.First, the quote of day goes to who else but Bob Baffert, who drew post 20 with Liaison and post 6 with Bodemeister. Baffert has gotten ...

With so much speed entered in this year's Kentucky Derby, you have to consider that stalkers, and closers who sit just off the pace this year could pull out a victory. The catch is…with so much speed, you have to wonder if the mass traffic jam of tired horses will allow the one or two speed horses who have either stamina, or a second gear, to ...

Anna Ford, racing manager for E. Paul Robsham Stables, had some last minute shopping to do May 3. “We just decided on Sunday (April 29) that we’re going to the (Kentucky) Oaks (gr. I) and I still need to find a dress,” said Ford while standing outside trainer Todd Pletcher’s barn 34 at Churchill Downs, where Broadway’s Alibi was being walked ...

Believe You Can predict the winner of this year's Kentucky Oaks? And Why Not, you are On Fire Baby, as it's Hard Not to Like Grace Hall for Oaks Lily. writeRanker(''http://i.bloodhorse.com/xml/ranking/2012KYOaksOrderofFinish.xml''); To participate, use your cursor to drag the selections on the left (currently arranged in post position ...

One of the most surprising twists in the build-up to the Kentucky Derby (gr. I) was the declaration of Trinniberg. It's not that Trinninberg hasn't shown a considerable level of talent—in his last two starts he's won graded stakes by six lengths and three lengths, and earlier he'd come within three-quarters of a length of winning a grade I—and ...

Trinniberg is one of the the biggest auction bargains among the horses entered in the May 5 Kentucky Derby Presented By Yum! Brands (gr. I).   In 2010, M&H Training and Sales bought the dark bay or brown colt for only $1,500 from Beau Lane Bloodstock, agent, at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October yearling sale. The following year, ...