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With no points races scheduled this weekend on the Road to the Kentucky Derby series, it is a good time to reflect and scrutinize some of the more impressive victories seen so far. Beginning March 2, seven straight weekends through April 13 will offer at least one points race as the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) field ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman With 72 days remaining until the Kentucky Derby, the field is slowly starting to crystallize, and we're getting a better idea of which foreign-based runners might have the Kentucky Derby as a distant goal. In recent years, Churchill Downs has done quite well attracting international ...

It’s been an incredibly busy week for BloodHorse employees...we hope you haven’t noticed. The company has moved locations—lock, stock, barrel, and mouse pad—from the Beaumont Centre area of Lexington across Harrodsburg Road to 821 Corporate Drive into the second floor of The Jockey Club building. The new digs are pretty nice. Despite disruption ...

1 Game Winner Bob Baffert Candy Ride (ARG)—Indyan Giving, by A.P. Indy Baffert worked him in company with a tough older horse in Dr. Dorr and I like the way he laid off him early, hooked him and ran toe to toe with him, finishing on even terms in 1:01 3/5. This was a competitive work as the pair even brushed galloping out. The guess ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman Six years ago, a horse named Oxbow obliterated his rivals by 11 ½ lengths in the Lecomte Stakes (gr. III) at Fair Grounds. Although he would later reiterate his talent by scoring a classic victory in the Preakness Stakes (gr. I), his dominant Lecomte romp didn't translate to success in ...

This week, Steve Byk posted on Facebook reminding everyone that on Feb. 11, Michael J. Marten would have turned 61. Mike, or Mick as some called him, died in 2012 after being diagnosed with cancer. That came as a shock considering what a health nut he was, a lifestyle that rubbed off on him living with his longtime companion, owner and breeder ...

1 Game Winner Bob Baffert Candy Ride (ARG)—Indyan Giving, by A.P. Indy He again swapped works with Improbable, as they have yet to work fast or slow at the same time. This week it was Game Winner who worked five furlongs in a sharp 1:00 1/5, while Improbable went a slow six furlongs in 1:15. Looking at the Thoro-Graph numbers, his final ...

The final hammer Feb. 5 at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Winter mixed sale brought to a close the breeding stock segment of the marketplace and, according to Twitter, the breeding sheds are open in Central Kentucky. The Thoroughbred cycle continues to turn…so what have we learned? There are so many smart people in this game one only has to throw a ...