By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") Twitter: @J_Keelerman Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! A fantastic week of racing awaits at tracks across the country. No fewer than 15 graded stakes races are on the agenda...
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Kentucky Derby weekend in Louisville had it all. It was exciting yet bizarre, colorful yet weird, and tense yet quiet…often at the same time. But it makes sense in a year when Hunter S. Thompson’s once...
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By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") Twitter: @J_Keelerman Four months later than originally scheduled, the 146th running of the Kentucky Derby (G1) will take place on Saturday, Sept. 5 at Churchill Downs...
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Events since early March 2020—both health-related and society-related—are reshaping America, and the planet for that matter, at a pace unimaginable a year ago. The pandemic is widening the chasm between...
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By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") Twitter: @J_Keelerman It seems like every year, I write a preview of the potential Kentucky Derby pace scenario and reach the same inevitable conclusion—"the pace won...
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If you think watching racing from Belmont Park and Churchill Downs and other tracks in front of empty grandstands is kind of eerie try watching the races from Royal Ascot where the event normally is highlighted...
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June 6 is a historic day in the history of the United States, with Operation Overlord, better known as D-Day commencing that day on the beaches of Normandy in 1944. While it pales in comparison, June 6...
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The Thoroughbred racing landscape is coming back to life with the depth of a 1960s movie in Cinemascope. The New York Racing Association jump-started its racing calendar June 3, and racing re-broke from...
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By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") Twitter: @J_Keelerman Although it's only a Grade 3 with a $100,000 purse, Saturday's Winning Colors Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs has drawn a surprisingly deep field...
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By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") Twitter: @J_Keelerman Guess what? We're three weeks into the month of May, and the Road to the Kentucky Derby is about to heat back up! We're heading into uncharted territory...
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