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By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman The penultimate weekend of prep races on the Road to the 2019 Kentucky Derby is also the biggest and most exciting weekend, with three huge races to be held across the country at Santa Anita, Keeneland, and Aqueduct. If you're not a fan of playing favorites, then you're in luck, ...

March went out anything but like a lamb. Following a record-breaking sale at Fasig-Tipton’s The Gulfstream Sale of 2-year-olds March 28, Meydan delivered a splendid day/night of international racing in Dubai, and Maximum Security ran off a nifty wire-to-wire win in the Xpressbet Florida Derby (G1) on a stakes-packed card in South ...

1 Omaha Beach Richard Mandella War Front—Charming, by Seeking the Gold You couldn’t have watched his last work, a bullet half in :47 4/5 without feeling very good about this horse and the progress he’s been making. He was just cruising off a workmate and when set down inside the eighth pole he took off opening seven lengths in a flash and ...

Some of the top international runners under consideration for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) should sort themselves out March 30 in the UAE Derby Sponsored by Saeed & Mohammed Al Naboodah Group (G2) at Meydan. Three runners of interest are based in Dubai with trainer Ahmed bin Harmash for owner Phoenix Ladies Syndicate. ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman Get ready everyone! An action-packed day of racing is scheduled for March 30th, with a championship card of racing at Meydan in Dubai being followed by a stakes-laden afternoon at Gulfstream Park that includes the Florida Derby (gr. I). Let's dig in and examine five of the most ...

In this space last week the point was made that it was time for a national set of rules to govern Thoroughbred racing and that the industry should get behind the proposed Horse Racing Integrity Act and follow the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities and The Stronach Group’s lead on banning race day medication. That stance still ...