I don’t know about you guys, but when it comes to handicapping a race, the name of a horse is a huge factor for me. Even though I can read a program and tell you what each statistic means, and whose past...
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Since the Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) will be my main focus for the next few weeks, and spring is in full bloom, I thought I would give you a little insight into my trip to Keeneland this past weekend for the...
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By Rachel Levine, author of Thorough Chat All of the Kentucky Oaks talk has been about Blind Luck and Christine Daae, however there is a filly that is flying under the radar. No, she hasn't won a stakes...
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A filly like Rachel Alexandra comes around once in a blue moon. It is not reasonable to think that another 3-year-old filly will surface any time soon and do the things she did. But we can still hope,...
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Courtesy of Becky Johnston I've heard that comment over the last week with open-ended infinity. I know our sport wants a star badly, but we have had some awfully good three-year-old fillies that beat much...
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.commentForm, .postComments, #comments{display:none;} Brought to you by: OCD Pellets Calvin Borel, the hard-working and unassuming jockey who won his second Kentucky Derby aboard 50-1 longshot Mine That...
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The Kentucky Oaks has grown tremendously in stature in the past 40 years, with the purse going from about $40,000 to $500,000. There have been many fantastic fillies to win the race in that span. We've...
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If manufacturers want to stay in business, they don’t pro-duce what they want; they produce what consumers want. Television networks try to act in exactly the same manner. Why else would ESPN need a bracketologist...
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Courtesy of Becky Johnston There has been some pointed discussion about Stardom Bound's time in her Las Virgenes win on Saturday. She ran the race in 1:36 2/5 and received speed ratings in the area of...
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Although we all have different opinions on it, I think we can all agree that we've beaten Horse of the Year debate to death. Let's move on to another topic; one that that I'm sure we also won't all agree...
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