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With the weekend Kentucky Derby trials -- the Wood Memorial Stakes (gr. I), Santa Anita Derby (gr. I), and Illinois Derby (gr. II) -- going to horses (I Want Revenge, Pioneerof the Nile, and Musket Man, respectively) that had captured graded stakes on their previous start, the most interesting new 3-year-old stakes winner was the filly Hooh ...

Just about anyone starting out as a Thoroughbred breeder perceives himself as a near-expert. After all, it's just horses, right?  No brain surgery here. Whether it's because of a lifelong love of horses or a family background in racing or the self-assuredness of having succeeded at another enterprise, the pattern is common:  Feel ...

  The Kentucky Derby has been won by some of the greatest trainers in the history of the sport.  We've listed the 16 who have won more than one Kentucky Derby.  Rank them in order, from first through 16th, and see how your selections stack ...

The weekend crowned two new grade I winners among the older division. Vinery already has one promising stallion prospect in their homebred Friesan Fire, a 3-year-old son of A.P. Indy (TrueNicks,SRO). Now they have another in 4-year-old Kodiak Kowboy. A son of Vinery stallion Posse (TrueNicks,SRO) , Kodiak Kowboy was purchased by Vinery as a ...

My horses had a big weekend, including several old friends. How did your's do?Winning feels good..., but I need to learn to take my own advice.Opening day of Keeneland was a little cool and overcast, but that wasn't going to keep me away. The crowd was small, and I was a little concerned about the number of people present. I lost some money on my ...

On a beautiful spring day in Central Kentucky April 4, it was easy to see why Keeneland was considering a major expansion to its facility (now on hold due to the current state of the economy). With the fifth-highest attendance in its history—30,550—the place was bursting at the seams.With a larger physical plant, that number would have been ...

All in all it was a pretty good night. North Carolina (my alma mater) won the national championship in college basketball, and the there some bright spots during the opening session of the Keeneland April sale of 2-year-olds in training. The market remained brutal, with the buy-back rate and the number of scratches much too high for comfort, but ...

It’s not quite the Sunshine Millions, but this year’s Kentucky Derby (gr. I) is looking like a regional battle between California- and Florida-based horses, who at this point appear on their way to occupying the top four favorite roles in the Run for the Roses. Read the full column here.

Prix Noailles The first major French Derby prep of the year, the Prix Noailles (Fr-II) was won by the French-foaled but decidedly German-pedigreed Grandcamp (FR) (by Platini (GER) out of a mare by a son of Super Concorde), who is rated A++ by TrueNicks. Platini is a son of the great sire Surumu (GER), from the male line of Dark Ronald ...