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By Brock Sheridan, The Brock Talk Churchill Downs will open the wagering windows for the 2010 Kentucky Derby when they begin taking bets on Pool 1 of their Kentucky Derby Future Wager Friday, Feb 12. Fans and players will have three days to wager on the first pool of the Future Wager which closes Sunday night and for a period of time they ...

Personally, I am not a huge fan of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager. I don't like the fact that they only allow 23 betting interests (plus the mutuel field) when it would seem fairly easy to expand the pool to 40 or 50 choices. But more to the point, I am someone who likes to get huge odds when I place a future bet, and that is why I always find ...

Breeders interested in producing classic horses have long looked for the right genetic mix of speed and stamina. An article by Avalyn Hunter does a good job of examining the different breeding theories and their successes in the Feb. 13th issue of The Blood-Horse. As I read this piece, I could not help but think of the recent announcement by Irish ...

There is a full weekend of stakes action on the calendar, including a trio of important 3-year-old prep races--the Sam Davis and Robert Lewis on Saturday, and the Southwest on Monday--but all of those races have been pushed to the background by the announcement that Rachel and Zenyatta will supposedly now meet in the Apple Blossom, which was moved ...

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When Oaklawn Park owner Charlie Cella announced he would ante up $5 million in an attempt to lure Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta to the April 3 Apple Blossom (gr. I) we all knew it was a longshot at best. Everyone wondered aloud, “How can Rachel be ready by then?” On Feb. 10, Jess Jackson, co-owner of Rachel Alexandra, answered our question: “She ...

From the blog Horsin' Around Not many horses are quick enough to set a track record, and when they do it isn't often they duplicate that performance. It is even rarer to see a horse set a eclipse his own record while receiving no pressure or encouragement whatsoever. Last year I saw only one horse do just that, and her name was Rachel Alexandra, ...

Welcome to TrueNicks' 2010 Fasig-Tipton Calder Select 2-Year-Olds Sale page. The Fasig-Tipton Calder auction holds the juvenile sale records for gross revenue, average price, and median price. The marks for gross and average of $62,187,000 and $403,812, respectively, were established in 2006. The record of $250,000 for median was set in 2007. ...

Cindago (TrueNicks,SRO) broke his maiden in stylish fashion as a juvenile at Santa Anita, leaving eventual grade I winner Latent Heat in his wake. As a 3-year-old the colt knocked off two more grade I winners, Wood Memorial S. (gr. I) winner Bob and John and Santa Anita Derby (gr. I) winner Brother Derek, in the El Cajon Stakes at Del Mar. ...

Denis of Cork (TrueNicks,SRO) began his career with three straight decisive victories. He won his debut as a two-year-old at Churchill Downs and culminated his winning streak in the grade III Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn Park. He confirmed his quality in the subsequent Triple Crown series, running third in Big Brown’s Kentucky Derby (gr. I) and ...