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By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman No matter how you slice it, Saturday's $400,000 Fountain of Youth Stakes (G2) at Gulfstream Park figures to be a crazy race. As a Road to the Kentucky Derby prep event, the Fountain of Youth offers 50 Kentucky Derby qualification points to the winner. This lofty prize—coupled with ...

On a wall of my living room, hanging next to his halter, is a picture I took of A.P. Indy in the mid-1990s at Lane’s End Farm. He is full of himself, ears straight up, chin resting on the top rail of his paddock fence, nose placed just above his nameplate. He looks toward the camera out of the left corner of his eye, mugging for it. On a fence ...

1 Tiz the Law Barclay Tagg Constitution—Tizfiz, by Tiznow Is waiting two months between races the right way to go? He had a monster Thoro-Graph leap to run a career-high negative number; his Brisnet numbers show an equally huge leap; he will have five career starts; and has a strong 2-year-old foundation. It seems like the way to go. ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman It's a quiet weekend on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, which means we can turn our attention to a smaller stakes race at Sunland Park. The $100,000 Mine That Bird Derby might not offer qualification points toward the Kentucky Derby, but the 1 1/16-mile race does serve as a local ...

Selling Thoroughbreds at public auction has never been for the faint of heart and has seemingly gotten a lot tougher in recent years. The focus has become laser sharp on the best-perceived horses while the middle and lower ends of the spectrum have become the loss leader of the commercial market. The Fasig-Tipton Kentucky winter sale, which ran ...

1 Tiz the Law Barclay Tagg Constitution—Tizfiz, by Tiznow His 108 Brisnet speed figure is by far the fastest number by a 3-year-old this year. What is even more impressive is that he was able to run a 105 late pace figure after running a 106 middle pace figure and a 98 early pace figure. That is a horse who has a high cruising speed and can ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman The $400,000 Risen Star Stakes (G2) at Fair Grounds has been growing steadily in popularity and prestige. Case in point? No fewer than 23 horses have been entered in Saturday's edition of the 1 1/8-mile race, prompting Fair Grounds to split the Risen Star into two divisions. The ...