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Entering the Florida Derby, there were a couple key questions that Quality Road had to answer: Would he bounce off a huge Fountain of Youth effort and could he get two turns? The Jimmy Jerkens trainee answered both questions emphatically while turning in the most impressive Derby prep before this season - by far. The son of Elusive Quality was ...

 By Frank Vespe, That's Amore Stable, LLC Normal people have normal markers for the change of seasons.  They might observe spring, for example, by the first buds, bravely sneaking up through the soil; the first robin, trilling in the barren tree; or, in a more sporting vein, the words “pitchers and catchers report.” But racing folk ...

The other day, I was channel surfing and came across an interesting title on KET - the Kentucky Public Broadcasting Television Network. The show was Powder and Glory about Elizabeth Arden. I then asked myself Is that the make-up chick or fashion lady? And of course it was, but it was about to talk on one of her non business interests...and that is ...

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Two of the last three Kentucky Derby winners have come out of the Florida Derby, so this race demands our respect for at least that reason. Though the field is not overly-deep from top to bottom, the three big horses are legitimate Triple Crown threats. Before the analysis, just a reminder that due to the Dubai World Cup, which is on Saturday ...

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Medaglia d'Oro (TrueNicks,SRO) is currently in command of what looks to be a promising group of second-crop sires (the leaders' list also includes Tapit (TrueNicks,SRO) , Candy Ride (ARG) (TrueNicks,SRO) , Speightstown (TrueNicks,SRO) , and Lion Heart (TrueNicks,SRO) ), and he added another stakes winner recently when She's Our Annie took ...

Who deserves to be the North American Broodmare of the Year? The Blood-Horse MarketWatch editorial board has identified10 candidates it believes are deserving the of the honor and highlighted their accomplishments in the March issue. Detailed progeny statistics have been compiled on each nominee with five singled out to ...

You've probably read all of their names at some point or other during the past year. A few might be longtime favorites whose pedigrees appear immediately in your mind's eye; others are perhaps more vague. All 10 mares chosen as candidates for the 2008 MarketWatch Thoroughbred Broodmare of the Year are worth further review, however, and here's ...

On several occasions over the past few years, Todd Pletcher has reached into his hat to pull out a rabbit, and in most cases the trick didn't go quite as planned. Despite some bad hare days, Pletcher has decided to try his luck at prestidigitation once again in Saturday's Florida Derby (gr. I). Read the rest of the column here.