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Unbridled 1990With five Derbys photographed, I was finding my comfort zone on the final turn and had terrific assistants working with me. Unbridled and Summer Squall were together on the final turn going for home and we were able to capture a great shot.I was in the winners circle that year, a very exciting opportunity for me. Equipment for my ...

TrueNicks is offering complimentary reports for this year's Derby field. While just 13% of the Thoroughbred foal population rate A or better, an impressive 13 of the 20 Kentucky Derby entrants are TrueNicks rated A++. Juvenile champion Lookin At Lucky is the 3-1 morning line favorite for the 136th Run for the Roses. The son of Smart Strike ...

As always, there is plenty of room for longshots in the Derby, especially this year with the favorite likely going off at 7-2 or higher and nearly the entire field with morning-line odds of 10-1 or higher. As of now, here are the four horses I am looking at hardest to pull an upset or at the very least fill out exotics. Noble's Promise (12-1): ...

The 136th Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) will be run Saturday, May 1, 2010. Click the link for each contender to view a complimentary report. What do you look for in a Derby pedigree? Who is your Derby pedigree-pick? Let us hear your thoughts in the comments section below.   1 - Lookin At Lucky (3-1) FREE TrueNicks ...

Sarah Palin, where are you? Two weeks ago: Spent a couple of days at Atlantic City Race Course. No promotion, no advertising, but crowds so big there were lines outside the restrooms. This week: Covered part of an equine industry conference with the typical pronouncements—can’t fix the betting model; can’t agree on how to approach this or that; ...

By Kevin Stafford, the Aspiring Horseplayer Surprise, surprise - another Derby week dawns and another round of shocking news and updates is not far behind.  The updates themselves are surprising - Eskendereya out of the Kentucky Derby - but the notion that such events will unfold this time of year should not be so.  Yet, we seem ...

Now that we know Devil May Care is definitely going to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), and the Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) field has been drawn, I decided to start zeroing into some of those fillies, namely one that has very much been under the radar: Ailalea. A stablemate to Devil May Care, Ailalea’s resume isn’t close to the ...

After my first Derby experience as a photographer in '85, I was hooked. Event photography is very exciting; it takes a lot of planning and work, but it’s well worth the results. During the early years of my time at The Blood-Horse, Martin Jessee (a Lexington Herald Leader photographer for many years) led the publication's photography team. He ...

(Originally published in the May 1, 2010 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.)     If you toss a coin 24 times, and it lands on heads each time, what are the odds it will come up heads on the 25th try? Since odds are based on the ...

The 2010 Kentucky Oaks A slideshow of the Oaks runners. Who will win this year's Kentucky Oaks? Who will finish last? Now is your chance to see how your picks stack up against the rest of the BloodHorse.com community. ...