Here we go again. This is where we left you two weeks ago; trying to decipher a formula of countless possibilities. In the case of the Preakness Stakes (gr. I), it’s all about pace and what impulses are...
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Each year, we go through the same routine, analyzing the winner of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) in an attempt to convince ourselves that he is the next Triple Crown winner. We compile...
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Tradition! As Tevye said in Fiddler on the Roof when his daughter went against tradition and asked to marry a lowly tailor, “Unheard of, absurd…unthinkable.” For owner Ahmed Zayat, his Bodemeister went...
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I was going to leave this sleeping dog lying where it was, but the dog is being kicked so often, it’s time to come to its defense. There is no denying that NBC analysts Donna Brothers and Gary Stevens...
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The next time a trainer mentions his or her concerns about running back in two weeks after the Kentucky Derby (gr. I), can we pay no attention to it? It is now 25 of the last 28 Preakness (gr. I) winners...
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(Originally published in the May 28, 2011 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine . Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column. ) Apart may still be overshadowed by a prominent...
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The Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) was supposed to clear up the confusing 3-year-old picture. Well, did it or didn’t it? It all depends on whether Animal Kingdom is as good as he looked...
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.commentForm, .postComments, #comments{display:none;} <a href="http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php/option=com_mobile/task=viewaltcast/altcast_code=edbf8794fe" >Triple...
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With Kentucky Derby (gr. I) winner Animal Kingdom not scheduled to arrive at Pimlico until Saturday, the focus was on…well, everyone else. First, let’s look at the post position draw, which was fairly...
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