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By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman When the Breeders' Cup is over, Thanksgiving has passed, and December has begun, racing fans know what time it is--it's time to start thinking about the Kentucky Derby! Every year at this time, I start looking for lightly-raced, up-and-coming young colts that have yet to run in ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman As one of the last grade I races for older horses left to be run in 2016, the $500,000 Clark Handicap (gr. I) at Churchill Downs has drawn a remarkably deep and competitive field, and the nine-furlong event promises to be one of the highlights of a fantastic Thanksgiving week of ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitte: @J_Keelerman With its $1,000,000 purse, the Delta Downs Jackpot Stakes (gr. III) at Delta Downs would be a major race even if it didn't have Kentucky Derby implications, but as an official Kentucky Derby prep race--offering 10 qualification points to the winner--the Jackpot has even more ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman With the Breeders' Cup behind us, and with the end of the year less than two months away, it's time to start turning our attention to 2017 and begin analyzing the horses that could be poised to make a big impact next year. On Saturday, Aqueduct will host the $150,000 Discovery ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman It's here, folks! We're less than 24 hours away from the start of the 2016 Breeders' Cup, and after days (even weeks!) of handicapping, it's time to finalize our selections. Without further ado, here are my thoughts on the thirteen Breeders' Cup races... Breeders' Cup Juvenile ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman We're getting close now! The 33rd Breeders' Cup is barely more than a week away, and pre-entries were released yesterday, giving handicappers a chance to begin serious analysis of the thirteen races. There's still a lot of data to consider and dozens of replays to watch, but at this ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman At every Breeders' Cup, two of the key races to decipher if you want to have success in the multi-race wagers are the Breeders' Cup Juvenile (gr. I) and the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (gr. I). With the latter usually falling as the first race on Saturday and the former being a ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman Now that the major Breeders' Cup prep races are behind us, we have three weeks to analyze the races, research horses that we aren't familiar with, and plan our wagering strategies. One of the most competitive races of the Breeders' Cup figures to be the $1,500,000 Breeders' Cup ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman With just four weeks left until the Breeders' Cup, the racing action is really heating up! Following the excitement of ''Super Saturday'' on October 1st, we're set for another ''Super Saturday'' on October 8th, with thirteen graded stakes races to be held at Belmont Park, Keeneland, ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman One of my favorite days of racing each year is ''Super Saturday,'' when Santa Anita and Belmont Park put on a show with massive cards filled with graded stakes races. Some of the best horses in the country will be in action this Saturday, and these races will undoubtedly have a ...