The Blue Grass Stakes (gr. I) was once a great race that attracted many of the leading Derby contenders. Since the switch to Polytrack it no longer is regarded as a top Derby prep, attracting mostly grass...
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A little more than a week ago, after Uncle Mo went down in the Wood Memorial, I wrote that Kentucky Derby 137 had become a free-for-all. After watching The Factor flop in the Arkansas Derby and a couple...
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Talk about no respect. First Archarcharch gets dropped from the final Future Wager pool because of a third in the Rebel (gr. II), in which he had a ton of excuses. We expressed all the reasons why we felt...
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At 5:52 p.m. EDT on April 9, Kentucky Derby 137 officially became a free-for-all. Uncle Mo's defeat in the Wood Memorial was shocking. There is no getting around it. Very few people expected the undefeated...
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With morning-line favorite Premier Pegasus scratched from the 2011 Santa Anita Derby , is it now anybody's race? Will Silver Medallion take to the dirt? Is it time for another surprise? Now is your chance...
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No, not seats; tickets to the starting gate. Spaces are filling at a rapid rate and there aren’t many left for all the horses scheduled to run over the next two weekends. In case no one has noticed, half...
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(Originally published in the April 9, 2011 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine . Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column. ) Friendships made in college can last a lifetime...
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1 Uncle Mo Todd Pletcher Indian Charlie —Playa Maya, by Arch Breezed a half in :48 1/5 for much anticipated start in the Wood Memorial. There doesn’t appear to be anyone who can test him to any degree...
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So, at this late date, are there any proven horses left who did not make the third and final Future Wager field despite looking like legitimate Kentucky Derby contenders. In one instance the answer is...
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