It has been said that I have a good eye for a horse. Certainly I have bought a great many. Some were good and many were not. Admittedly, when I have picked out and bought a good horse (like Palace Malice...
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Metaboss wins the El Camino Real Derby. Photo: Shane Micheli/Vassar Photography The victory by Metaboss in the $200,000 El Camino Real Derby (gr. III) Feb. 14 on the Tapeta Footings surface at Golden Gate...
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So, Keeneland is now back on dirt and that means the Blue Grass Stakes is back to being a major prep for the Kentucky Derby and no longer a haven for grass and synthetic horses looking to back door it...
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This year's Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) had it all: a close finish, a thrilling run through the stretch, and a lingering controversy. Having all of those elements, along with the usual ramifications...
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By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") As I sit writing this, it is almost exactly one week to the hour that the first of the eagerly awaited Breeders’ Cup races will be run on October 31st. But while part...
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The Grade 2 Fayette at Keeneland Keeneland / October 25 / Race 9 / 5:13 EDT by TimeformUS Analyst Mike Beer Get Started with FREE PPs for the Fayette Saturday's Grade 2 Fayette Stakes has a field of eight...
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Of 201 horses pre-entered to the Oct. 31-Nov. 1 Breeders' Cup World Championships at Santa Anita Park, 38 raced or trained at Keeneland in September or October. House horse Wise Dan, the racing world’s...
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Hall of Fame golfer Gary Player, who also has bred and raced Thoroughbreds for about 50 years, covered a lot of ground during his keynote address at the inaugural Thoroughbred Owner Conference at Keeneland...
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While I’ve seen a few days where the dirt track has suggested a moderate level of bias either way, the new dirt surface at Keeneland generally has been fair and certainly has not produced the dramatic...
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The select Tattersalls October Book 1 yearling sale of 2013 may have been the tipping point in the economic balance between the American and European commercial yearling markets. Throughout the 1970s and...
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