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Tradition! As Tevye said in Fiddler on the Roof when his daughter went against tradition and asked to marry a lowly tailor, “Unheard of, absurd…unthinkable.”    For owner Ahmed Zayat, his Bodemeister went against tradition by blazing a half in a near-record :45 1/5 in the Kentucky Derby and still finished second, beaten 1 ½ ...

After assimilating all the facts, handicapping tools, and observations, we can honestly say we don’t have any more of a clue than we did two weeks ago.As everyone knows, we have had Creative Cause as our No. 1 ranked horse just about every week since we started the Derby Dozen back in January.As a preliminary list, we listed our favorite horses ...

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Who will win? Who will finish last? Submit your choices, and compare with the community. writeRanker(''http://i.bloodhorse.com/xml/ranking/2012KYDerbyOrderofFinish.xml''); To participate, use your cursor to drag the selections on the left (currently arranged in post position order) to the blank placeholders on the right. Once you have ...

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The time is getting near. No not the Derby, trying to finally decipher this intricate and confusing puzzle. We’ve made a few more observations this morning that should help, as well as another trip to the paddock.First, the quote of day goes to who else but Bob Baffert, who drew post 20 with Liaison and post 6 with Bodemeister. Baffert has gotten ...

Believe You Can predict the winner of this year's Kentucky Oaks? And Why Not, you are On Fire Baby, as it's Hard Not to Like Grace Hall for Oaks Lily. writeRanker(''http://i.bloodhorse.com/xml/ranking/2012KYOaksOrderofFinish.xml''); To participate, use your cursor to drag the selections on the left (currently arranged in post position ...

It sure felt like summer as several Derby horses schooled this morning and afternoon. The handicapping is over, the works are over, most of the gallops are over; the only thing left in addition to the dreaded draw, of course, are the schooling sessions.We didn’t get to see as many schoolers Wednesday as we would have liked. The ones we did see ...

Well, it’s one day away from the dreaded draw, that simple tradition that can have even the most hardened racetracker shuddering in fear and apprehension. This is the last hurdle to clear, and if you don’t, it could mean four months of training, racing, worrying, and dreaming right down the proverbial drain.One owner of a Derby horse said just ...

(Originally published in the May 5, 2012 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.) By Evan Hammonds   Stallion managers pop a few buttons with pride if one of their sires comes up with the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) or Kentucky ...