Just when you thought you’ve heard it all. Every year, with the conclusion of the Thanksgiving weekend stakes at Aqueduct and Churchill Downs, the racing portion of the brain shuts down until Derby Dozen...
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Several months ago, Dan Schafer, who does not own a single racehorse, but has purchased a spot in the $12 million Pegasus World Cup, was looking forward to the next couple of months when the wheeling and...
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He is north of 50 now, an age where you’d think the only horses he should be riding are going up and down around a carousel. But Mike Smith, in the second half of a clearly delineated career, remains today...
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“Take,” “seize,” “confiscate.” Those are just some of the synonyms on Thesaurus.com for the word arrogate. Those synonyms seemed appropriate watching racing’s newest and most dynamic powerhouse, Arrogate...
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Godolphin didn’t make the right decision pointing Frosted for the Breeders’ Cup Classic instead of the Dirt Mile. They made the only decision. Although many feel the son of Tapit has a better shot to win...
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Question: How good is Arrogate and do you think he can beat California Chrome in the Breeders’ Cup Classic? Answer: I’ll let you know around the three-sixteenths pole. No, that isn’t much of an answer...
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Seeing those familiar Juddmonte Stable silks flying way ahead of the others down the stretch in the Travers Stakes, and witnessing the sheer brilliance and dominance of the horse carrying those silks,...
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It was 1996 and Bob Baffert, then a relatively unknown trainer, made his first impact on the classic scene when he brought Santa Anita Derby winner Cavonnier to Churchill Downs for the Kentucky Derby....
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By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") Twitter: @J_Keelerman On Saturday at Saratoga, a full field of fourteen horse will enter the starting gate for the historic $1,250,000 Travers Stakes (gr. I). The ten...
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