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2009 Kentucky Derby (gr. I) winner Mine That Bird has been entered in the July 4th Firecracker Handicap (gr. II) at Churchill Downs. The race is one mile on the turf. While Mine That Bird is not certain to start in the Firecracker, Trainer D. Wayne Lukas said it would be a prep for the Whitney Handicap (gr. I) on dirt. Do you think Mine That Bird ...

You all know I have a heart for retired Thoroughbred racehorses that are able to find fulfilling, second careers. I want to commend the organization New Vocations for its dedication to this cause, and the fact it is actually proving its mission.    The organization, which claims on its website to “stand in the gap for retired ...

The 151st running of the Queen's Plate, Canada's premier classic race, will be run this Sunday at Woodbine. One glance at the race's past winners reveals several top Thoroughbreds: the great Northern Dancer; La Lorgnette, Canadian champion and dam of Hawk Wing; recently deceased Canadian Triple Crown winner With Approval; 1998 Breeders' Cup ...

Last weekend saw the Carreras de las Estrella – an Argentine Breeders’ Cup – contested at Palermo racecourse. Among many highlights was a double by second year sire Equal Stripes in the two juvenile events. In the one mile (or actually 1600m metric equivalent) Estrellas Juvenile, Paulinho (TrueNicks A++) remained undefeated with a six lengths ...

Welcome to the TrueNicks 2010 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky July Yearlings auction page. The sale will be held July 13-14 at Fasig-Tipton's Newtown Paddocks facility in Lexington, Kentucky. July 13th - Hips 1-203, 11 am July 14th - Hips 204-407, 11 am TrueNicks are available for the sale's offerings listed here by hip number. To generate a TrueNicks ...

(Originally published in the July 3, 2010 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.)  By Lenny Shulman  In virtually every U.S. Presidential campaign the candidates seek to fire up voters by telling them the upcoming election is undoubtedly the ...

Reader challenge: Name all three racehorses and the race that was won by all three. Leave your guess in the comments section below. We will hold all comments until Wednesday, June 30, at 11:00am EDT. UPDATE: Congrats to refrain who correctly identified Pleasant Tap (TrueNicks,SRO), Kelso, and Silver Buck. Pleasant Tap won the 1992 Suburban ...

We are all aware of the big names in the 3-year-old division who won or competed in one or more of the Triple Crown races - names like Lookin At Lucky, Super Saver, Drosselmeyer, Ice Box, Fly Down, First Dude, Uptowncharlybrown, Paddy O'Prado, Jackson Bend, Make Music For Me, Dublin, Stately Victor, Game On Dude, and Mission Impazible. But could ...

Well-backed on the day, the filly Devil May Care looked a brief threat in the Kentucky Derby (gr. I) before fading late. Making her first start since that effort, and back against her own sex, Devil May Care ran out a convincing winner of the Mother Goose Stakes (gr. I) on Saturday. Her victory was part of an excellent weekend for here sire, ...