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Welcome to March, when the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) field begins to take shape thanks to increased prep race qualifying points that essentially ensure winners of races like the Xpressbet.com Fountain of Youth (G2), San Felipe (G2), and Rebel (G2) stakes a spot in the Derby gate. This year, Turfway Park's top Derby ...

Fall was approaching, and in Thoroughbred racing that meant the beginning of the championship season. Dr. Fager was coming off his world-record mile in the Washington Park Handicap, having previously won the Whitney, Suburban, Californian, and Roseben Handicap, all of them carrying 130 pounds or more. But having split his two epic ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman The stage is set, the horses are ready, and fans of the Kentucky Derby are excited to witness the seasonal debut of the champion Good Magic in the $400,000 Fountain of Youth Stakes (gr. II) on March 3rd at Gulfstream Park. The talented son of Curlin is considered the early favorite to ...

By: Erin Shea Inspired by what he experienced while wagering at the 2017 Breeders' Cup at Del Mar, Bob Hutton returned to Arizona with an idea to raise money for Thoroughbred aftercare.  Hutton, the president of the Arizona Horsemen's Benevolent & Protective Association, was making wagers on AmTote machines that had a pop-up ...

If you could use a two-word racing term to best describe the ever-growing issue of horse slaughter it would be ''blinkers off.'' After so many years of apathy and ignorance when it comes to the horrific end so many of our Thoroughbreds are subjected to in the name of greed, we indeed are starting to remove the blinkers and are actually taking ...

Before young people flocked to Churchill Downs’ night racing cards, Turfway Park brought out the party crowd with its dollar beer nights, complete with local bands. Before any other Kentucky track caught on to the demands of a changing business model, Turfway Park opened a state-of-the-art simulcast area in 1994 with big screen televisions, ...

1 Good Magic Chad Brown Curlin—Glinda the Good, by Hard Spun He makes his long-awaited debut in the Fountain of Youth Stakes, and tuned up with a strong half-mile breeze in :48 1/5, in which he switched leads smoothly, then lowered his head and was striding out powerfully, followed by a strong gallop-out. It was encouraging to see his ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman Although there aren't any official Road to the Kentucky Derby prep races scheduled for this weekend, racing fans are advised to keep an eye on Sunday's $100,000 Mine That Bird Derby at Sunland Park, a race that could potentially produce a Kentucky Derby candidate or two. The ...