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The answer to this question is almost impossible to answer because you have a ceiling that is so high, it is difficult to assess without getting a bit too carried away. With Omaha Beach, you have to start with the usual questions - How? What? Why? When? and Where? The first question we've addressed, how good is he? What are his limits if he ...

There are times when you just can’t help root for a horse, a trainer, or an owner. When you look at trainer Carlos Martin about to embark on the Breeders’ Cup trail with the brilliant mare Come Dancing, there are a number of thoughts that run through your head, at least if you have any sense of history and are impressed with hard work and an ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman Having come down with an annoying cold this week, I should preface my analysis of Saturday's $300,000 Santa Anita Sprint Championship (gr. I) with the disclaimer that my handicapping will either be very good or very bad—nowhere in the middle. If my handicapping reflects how I feel ...

The evening of Sept. 27 was a memorable one in Central Kentucky. Over at Keeneland Race Course, Gov. Brereton C. Jones was regaled as the 88th Honor Guest at the Thoroughbred Club of America. On the other side of town, friends and family of Will Daugherty gathered to watch a horse he bred, with his father and business partner under the BlackRidge ...

It would be harsh and simplistic to say the Breeders’ Cup Classic is a mess, but that pretty much describes it. Case in point, there is a fairly good possibility that the winners of the Jockey Club Gold Cup, Awesome Again, Travers, Woodward, Dubai World Cup, and Suburban Handicap will not run. You had a 1-5 shot get beat by a 25-1 shot in the ...

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By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman A tremendous week of horse racing lies ahead at tracks across the globe. Eight ''Win and You're In'' qualifiers for the Breeders' Cup are on the agenda, plus three Kentucky Derby prep races in California and Europe. For passionate fans of the sport, it's going to be an unforgettable ...

Every good story in Thoroughbred racing leads to another. Case in point, the stakes results at Parx Racing and Belmont Park Sept. 21 drew a straight line to Central Kentucky, and specifically to the Keeneland sale grounds where the 13-session September yearling sale was nearing completion. At Parx, jockey Sophie Doyle earned her first grade 1 win ...

Racing used to be so cut and dry. It was easy to determine whether a race was good or bad just by handicapping it, watching it, and assessing whether it was a classy performance against classy competition and just how good the winner was. There usually weren’t any real human interest, Cinderella stories to cloud your vision. It was all about ...