While the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Selected Yearlings Showcase raked in more than $61.2 million over two days, we’ll defer commenting on the yearling sales until we get more than two books in. Even then,...
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The order of races in the Triple Crown series has changed for 2020. The race dates have been shifted from spring to the summer and fall. The distance of the Belmont Stakes (G1) has changed. Yet, based...
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It was an odd road to the 2002 Kentucky Derby (G1) for the two Derby Dominators, Bob Baffert and Wayne Lukas. Baffert and Lukas had seen one Derby hopeful after another fall by the wayside. It seemed apparent...
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This year’s Triple Crown series is certainly one that will be talked about for years to come, considering the contested outcome of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) and that the entire...
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Joe Palmer, the former associate editor of The Blood-Horse , and celebrated columnist for the New York Herald Tribune , once began one of his pieces: “There are several ways of putting a column together...
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Why spend a million dollars on an untried yearling with an uncertain future when you can buy a piece of history that will endure forever? We’re not talking just any piece of history, but items that represent...
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So what do we make of the beginning of the second half of the 2017 race season, where in the space of one week we’ve seen the defeats of Arrogate, Always Dreaming, Cloud Computing, Irish War Cry, and Timeline...
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By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") Twitter: @J_Keelerman In many cases, handicapping a horse race involves analyzing the speed and talent of each horse and trying to project how the race will be run. Will...
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So, just what did we learn about Lani in the Kentucky Derby? Well, even though he finished ninth, we learned he is not the harlequin many thought he was watching his unconventional training methods at...
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(On May 1, I reprinted t he amazing story of Canonero II’s shocking victory in the 1971 Kentucky Derby to celebrate its 45th anniversary , and with Venezuelan connections represented in this year’s Derby...
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