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The three prep winners this weekend were all terrific in different ways. Many questions were answered and now we are left with a pretty clear picture of the top New York and California contenders. After this weekend's Blue Grass and Arkansas Derby, the real fun begins. Like almost everyone, I thought I Want Revenge's Wood performance was simply ...

  These 10 Thoroughbred greats all ran in the Kentucky Derby, but failed to win. How would you rank them? writeRanker(''http://i.bloodhorse.com/xml/ranking/KDbestwowinning.xml''); To participate, use your cursor to drag the selections on the left (currently arranged in alphabetical order) to the blank placeholders on the right. ...

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Saturday's big three Kentucky Derby preps should be pretty formful, with one or two standouts in each race. But, there's a lot more to these races than who is going to win. While they are all prestigious events, let's not forget the fact that they are indeed preps. Read full column here. 

  If you all read my last blog from March 27, you know that Elizabeth Arden's Jet Pilot won the 1947 Kentucky Derby, and that Arden had established herself as the queen of cosmetics and a super power in the business world. Read that blog if you have not to get the background surrounding Jet Pilot, his trainer, and his owner.Let's fast ...

Courtesy of Becky JohnstonI'm a glass half-full kind of girl when it comes to horse racing.  You would be hard pressed to find a more enthusiastic supporter.  I admire that we are doing things to try and make horse racing safer for both horse and rider.  I realize they are the stars of the show.  I know that good research ...

The three weekend preps will separate the men from the boys and give us a pretty good idea of the handful of legitimate Kentucky Derby contenders. There's plenty to cover, so let's get right into it. As a reminder, the live blog chat will return to its usually time of Saturday at noon EDT. For those of you who have not tried it, it's a lot of ...

I haven't paid too much attention to the Godolphin phenom Desert Party (profile) -- I've already made it clear who will win the 2009 Kentucky Derby! -- but he's worth a good look. Desert Party is a good example of a Thoroughbred female family branch that has lay nearly dormant for several generations but which is showing signs of ...

By Kevin Stafford, The Aspiring Horseplayer  A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse! Now that Quality Road has dispatched the heavily hyped Dunkirk, just where does the son of Elusive Quality belong in the rankings for the 2009 Kentucky Derby?  All the way at the top, if you ask me.  His gutsy performance to hold off ...

As a prelude to the stallion study -- which is currently ''under construction'' as we determine the best way to track all the horses that we have rated by each sire throughout the world -- we thought that it was worthwhile going back and taking a look at the 2008 OBS March sale of 2-year-olds to examine the horses that rated well ...