Like most of his progeny, Kitten’s Joy is making a sustained late run, showing his best turn of foot nearing the wire. This race is the contest for 2018’s top North American sire, and Kitten’s Joy has...
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We have witnessed numerous changes in recent years in how horses are prepared for major races. Three-year-olds race so infrequently now, we hardly know anything about them when they get to Churchill Downs...
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As we move past the mid-point of February, mares are dropping foals in Central Kentucky—and elsewhere—and the 2018 breeding season is off and running. In addition to Lenny Shulman’s panoramic look at the...
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Behind every Thoroughbred that makes its way to the racetrack is a team of people who have plowed plenty of capital and sweat equity into turning a dream into a reality. And there is always a great backstory...
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By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") Twitter: @J_Keelerman With a full field and a winner's purse of $7 million on the line, Saturday's $16.3 million Pegasus World Cup (gr. I) at Gulfstream Park is shaping...
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A look at Gun Runner's Equibase Speed Figures for 2017 adds a bit more evidence of the consistently brilliant season enjoyed by the son of Candy Ride. In winning five of six starts, including four straight...
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An interesting news item appeared on BloodHorse.com the afternoon of Dec. 3 after the grand mare Stellar Wind had appeared on the Palm Meadows Training Center’s worktab. The champion 3-year-old filly of...
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Thoroughbred racing is all about information and the constant quest for answers. We are provided with information in the past performances, in the pedigrees, in the workouts, in backstretch gossip and...
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For most of us that live east of the Pecos, the Breeders’ Cup weekend of Nov. 3-4 at Del Mar was like stumbling onto the lost city of the Incas. Who knew it was the best-kept secret in racing? As stunning...
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There is no need for an alarm clock when you're in Saratoga, especially when you're staying with your close friends Avi and Rhoda Freedberg, whose home on Fifth Avenue backs right onto the Oklahoma training...
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