In a move designed to build the confidence of new horseplayers while emphasizing that racing offers a different form of gambling from random gaming like the lottery, Oaklawn Park is paying more money for...
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By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") Twitter: @J_Keelerman With just three weeks remaining until the Kentucky Derby, the last of the official prep races are scheduled to be run this Saturday, led by the...
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By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") Twitter: @J_Keelerman Get ready, everyone! A tremendous day of racing awaits on April 8th, with fourteen graded stakes races scheduled to be run at Aqueduct, Keeneland...
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By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") Twitter: @J_Keelerman Although the first of the 100-point Kentucky Derby prep races was held last Saturday (that being the UAE Derby in Dubai), the climax of the Kentucky...
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By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") Twitter: @J_Keelerman We're here, folks! After a long winter of anticipation, we are now just six weeks away from the Kentucky Derby, which means that the final round...
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By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") Twitter: @J_Keelerman Good luck separating the contenders in the $900,000 Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park! The 8.5-furlong race is the penultimate leg of Oaklawn's Kentucky...
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By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") Twitter: @J_Keelerman After a major rearranging of the Kentucky Derby picture last weekend, with heavy favorites Irish War Cry and El Areeb falling to defeat, racing...
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By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") Twitter: @J_Keelerman The Road to the Kentucky Derby continues on Saturday with two major Derby prep races at Aqueduct and Gulfstream Park, including the $400,000 Xpressbet...
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By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") Twitter: @J_Keelerman The road to the Kentucky Derby will get serious on Saturday when Fair Grounds hosts the $400,000 Risen Star Stakes (gr. II), the first Derby prep...
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By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") Twitter: @J_Keelerman With some of this week's best races scheduled to be run on Presidents' Day, the racing action on Saturday will be a little quieter than usual. However...
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