Be sure to read the first official Derby Dozen in Blood-Horse magazine next week! 1 Greenpointcrusader Dominick Schettino Bernardini —Ava Knowsthecode, by Cryptoclearance I know everyone is shocked to...
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By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") Twitter: @J_Keelerman One year ago, I wrote an article for Unlocking Winners listing three two-year-olds that had yet to win a graded stakes race, but which I felt had...
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By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") Twitter: @J_Keelerman Are you ready for some Kentucky Derby prep race excitement? If so, then you’re going to be thrilled with the racing action over the next two weeks...
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By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") Twitter: @J_Keelerman On Saturday, Laurel Park will play host to a fantastic day of racing that includes six stakes races, highlighted by the $350,000 Frank J. De Francis...
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Several years ago during Kentucky Derby week, I wrote a small segment in my column about Iraqi War veteran Chris Simonds and his special Derby dream. To honor Simonds, who was awarded the Purple Heart...
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By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") Twitter: @J_Keelerman With another spectacular and memorable renewal of the Breeders’ Cup in the history books, the calendar pages have turned to November, the clocks...
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Somewhere there is a Kentucky Derby with Dale Romans’ name on it. Having grown up a just few miles from Churchill Downs and having spent a good portion of his youth there working for his father, Romans...
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For 37 years, the gates to racing’s pantheon have remained shut, rusted with time, leaving a number of fallen heroes strewn along its steps. But this time, there were no heartbreaking nose defeats, no...
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Much of the discussion following American Pharoah’s romp in the Xpressbet.com Preakness Stakes (gr. I) turned quickly from whether he could win the Triple Crown to whether he would be a deserving Triple...
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By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") @J_Keelerman The 141st running of the Kentucky Derby (gr. I) ( VIDEO ) is in the record books, and already plans are being made by the connections of the Derby starters...
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