By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") He’s arguably the most beloved three-year-old racehorse since Smarty Jones. His dominating victory in the Kentucky Derby was breathtaking to behold. His gritty victory...
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By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") Get ready, folks! On Saturday, Saratoga will host a spectacular fourteen-race card featuring four graded stakes races, including a trio of grade I events headlined by...
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There are some simple factors regarding this year’s Travers Stakes. First, Bayern is going to be very tough on an uncontested lead, especially breaking from post 2 and with a stone closer, Commanding Curve...
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By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") With less than a week remaining before the running of the historic Travers Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga, I thought I would share my preliminary thoughts on some of the...
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Throughout dual-classic winner California Chrome’s run through the Triple Crown races this season, Steve Coburn, the colt’s co-owner and co-breeder along with Perry Martin, talked about how they felt like...
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Welcome to the first edition of my blog Keeping Pace. I’ll largely be focused on the Breeders’ Cup Challenge series through the fall. If you guessed that the first three Breeders’ Cup Challenge “Win and...
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By any measure owner Kaleem Shah is having a remarkable year. The native of Bellary, India, has had nine stakes winners this year, seven of which have been in graded stakes including two grade Is. The...
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By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") On July 27th, Monmouth Park in New Jersey will play host to the $1,000,000 Haskell Invitational (gr. I) , a traditional post-Triple Crown target for the best three-year...
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If you’ve been on the California Chrome bandwagon, there’s no reason to jump off now. If you’re still looking for a way to beat him, there are some new faces and a few old ones who are coming into the...
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By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") We got trouble! Right here at Pimlico! With a capital T and that rhymes with P and that stands for Post Position! After going over the post positions for the 139th Preakness...
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