Heading into April weekends we love seeing stories with headlines such as “Preps to Clear Derby Picture” because: a) the features always focus on the obvious, over-worn angles, and b) the results often...
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1 Always Dreaming Todd Pletcher Bodemeister —Above Perfection, by In Excess There is very little separating him and Irish War Cry in natural ability and running style, and both should have no problem with...
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1 Always Dreaming Todd Pletcher Bodemeister —Above Perfection, by In Excess This move will draw mixed reviews, and it is understandable. We’ll see after Saturday’s Blue Grass if this will be a permanent...
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1 Gunnevera Antonio Sano Dialed In —Unbridled Rage, by Unbridled After a nice easy 5-furlong breeze he stepped it up with a good sharpener in 1:01 4/5 at Gulfstream Park West in his final drill for the...
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1 Gunnevera Antonio Sano Dialed In —Unbridled Rage, by Unbridled Returned to the work tab with an easy 5 furlong breeze in 1:04 3/5 at Gulfstream Park West (formerly Calder), with exercise rider Edgard...
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Perhaps it was the freakishly warm weather that had people behaving like hibernating critters that come back up out of the ground too early. Two people in the past month have asked me, “So, who is your...
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1 Gunnevera Antonio Sano Dialed In —Unbridled Rage, by Unbridled Simply put, he’s the only experienced, proven stakes horse who is moving in the right direction and who is doing the things a classic horse...
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Throughout the 1960s and ‘70s, and into the '80s, the name Darby Dan Farm and the Galbreath family were synonymous with the Triple Crown, especially the Kentucky Derby. The names still resound in my brain...
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One year after Japanese-trained Lani started in all three Triple Crown races and earned a classic placing with a third in the Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets (G1), the Kentucky Derby Presented by...
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1 McCraken Ian Wilkes Ghostzapper —Ivory Empress, by by Seeking the Gold By having three preps, even if he does regress slightly somewhere down the road, don’t expect Wilkes to fret over it. He won’t allow...
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