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  1 Uncle Mo Todd Pletcher Indian Charlie—Playa Maya, by Arch Boy, am I going to get hammered for this move. I just cannot come up with a #1 that I’m totally comfortable with, so I am going back to the horse most people thought was a superstar only a couple of weeks ago and who had an encouraging 5-furlong work Tuesday. He’s been ...

Ponche de Leona was three weeks overdue. The 9-year-old mare kept showing signs she was about to foal, and her owner Carole Rio, who leases 40 acres of Rose Grove Farm near Ocala with her husband John, had been staying up day and night with her. Whenever she was unable to, John would take over. They eventually decided to put her out in the field ...

Blaming my Derby winner choice on ''The World's Most Interesting Man'' is not too far from fact. Stay Thirsty caught my attention last year, less due to his skill, and more for the very fact that ''Stay Thirsty My Friends'' is the tag line to one of my favorite television commercial campaigns in the last year. I am a media man, so I tend ...

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Before we get really perplexed and befuddled by the morass of statistics, opinions, and rumors, here is one person’s opinion of the best of what we have and what we’ve seen, listed by categories. You may be surprised by the horse who finished first in the most categories and who could be a very live Derby horse at a decent price, but we will ...

Recently, the Association of Racing Commissioners International (RCI) – a trade association made up of state regulatory bodies nationwide - issued a statement calling on the horse racing industry and member regulators to embrace a strategy to phase out drugs and medications in horse racing within five years. The release further called for a move ...

After scanning many of these current Derby lists (which, by the way, mean less this year than any other year, if that's possible), the consensus seems to be that the favorite is Dialed In. Rounding out the top 5, in no particular order, are Archarcharch, Nehro, Toby's Corner, and Uncle Mo. The interesting thing about the new consensus top 5 is ...