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The shiver of anticipation during the playing of ''My Old Kentucky Home'' as the horses parade onto the track at Churchill Downs, the roar of the cheering crowd, and the horses' pounding hooves as they turn into the homestretch are a few of the incredible moments in my annual Derby experience. Photographing the Kentucky Derby is an ...

The ''greatest two minutes in sports'' will be preceded by the greatest week in sports at BloodHorse.com. With expanded video segments and our award-winning news, BloodHorse.com  has the Kentucky Derby covered! BloodHorse.com starts the week with daily video news reports and features and weaves in throughout the next six days insightful ...

It defies logic, but this is horse racing. You had to see it to believe it: Thousands of people on a cool, windy day jamming the grandstand at Atlantic City Race Course, the New Jersey track that was supposed to close and be demolished about 12 years ago. Kids with parents, 20-something beer drinkers, baby boomers, and seniors that probably were ...

 1 Lookin at Lucky Bob Baffert Smart Strike—Private Feeling, by Belong to Me Likely assumes the favorite’s role after the defection of Eskendereya. He’s been working sharply and he is flourishing physically with great muscle tone. Removal of blinkers will help get him back off what promises to be a rapid pace.  2 ...

A TrueNicks Auction Guide page is now available for the upcoming Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Two-Year-Olds In Training Sale in Timonium, Maryland. The sale will be conducted on Monday, May 17, 2010, beginning at 10am. Under tack shows will take place Wednesday and Thursday, May 12-13, beginning at 10am.At Fasig-Tipton Midlantic there are 149 hips ...

Welcome to TrueNicks' 2010 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Two-Year-Olds In Training auction page. The sale will be held in Timonium, Maryland, on Monday, May 17 beginning at 10am. TrueNicks are available for the sale's offerings listed here by hip number. To generate a TrueNicks report, click on the link beneath the hip number.   Hip No. ...

Picking a Kentucky Derby horse can sometimes be as much about tossing others as it is selecting the winner. In large part, handicapping is a process of elimination, especially in a field of 20 horses. Along those lines, I would like to know which 10 horses you will safely rule out for the win. That is not to say any of those 10 won't hit the ...

As I’m sure you already read on our Web site a few days ago, there is a chance that Devil May Care could run in the Derby instead of the Oaks, depending on how her workout at Churchill goes April 24. What do you guys think about that? She has the earnings, but is this filly, who has never raced against males, ready to face a huge field full in the ...

The sterling efforts of Pivotal, and of Sadler’s Wells sons Galileo and Montjeu – who come to the fore as the distance increase – not withstanding, European racing often appears to be dominated by the Danzig line, particularly via Danehill and Green Desert. Those two branches were particuarly in evidence in the last week, through Dansili – who is ...

The richest race of the weekend was actually not one of the graded events, but was the $1,000,000 Charles Town Classic. Last year local hero, Researcher, had defeated the formidable Commentator to take the prize, and he once again turned back the shippers to score by 1¾ lengths. Researcher (TrueNicks A) is by the Two Punch stallion, Two Smart, out ...