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By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman Every winter, with the Road to the Kentucky Derby drawing plenty of attention from racing fans and handicappers alike, there tends to be more talk than usual about pedigrees—who's bred for dirt, who's bred for turf, who's bred to run 1 ¼ miles on the first Saturday in May, ...

As we chased down one of many angles of the back story of Gunmetal Gray following the 3-year-old’s dramatic last-to-first victory in Santa Anita Park’s Sham Stakes (G3), J.R. Boyd of Brick City Thoroughbreds near Ocala, Fla., gave props to bloodstock agent Steve Shahinian. When the same names pop up over and over throughout the years while being ...

Current Standings   Riskaverse 1229 Akita Girl 993 Bill Dawson 984.5 Leigh 957.75 Eric Rickard 934.75 latenite 923 RobbieJoe25 918 Rik Est 870.75 Anglachel 870.5 smitty37 861 Kathy Weightman 836.75 ...

There is only one shot to win the Kentucky Derby. Yes, the horses that are peaking on the first Saturday in May are ones you look for, and what all trainers strive for, but we always have to remember that luck – good and bad – also plays a big part in who gets the roses and who goes back to the barn a loser. When you think of hard-luck horses ...

I would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year and express our sincere appreciation for the support we experienced in 2018 from our readers and advertisers. Our flagship BloodHorse magazine has continued to improve as the only weekly magazine dedicated to covering the Thoroughbred industry with circulation increasing year over year. Our year-end ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman Happy New Year, everyone! I hope you didn't blink, or you might have missed the first Road to the Kentucky Derby prep race of 2019—the schedule kicked off right away with the January 1st Jerome Stakes at Aqueduct, and the series will continue this Saturday with the Sham Stakes (gr. ...

Ready to test your handicapping skills in a series of informal handicapping contests? Then you've come to the right place! Every Saturday, the Unlocking Winners readers gather to share their selections for eight major race across North America and occasionally the world. Winning isn't easy, but the victor takes home the prestigious honor of ...

Another Derby Dozen draws near and that means the same old formulated thinking and same old logic and same old historical perspectives, with only the names of the horses changing. Uh, not so fast. That had been my thinking every year since Derby Dozen began for Bloodhorse in 1999 and on Derby Watch for Daily Racing Form from 1992-1998. But ...