Journalist Kate Hunter continues her visit with mares in Japan. Like any big breeding operation, the Yoshida brothers are looking for mares who have performed at the highest level and impressively so....
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Supercharger , dam of 2010 Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver , has a 2011 Tiznow colt born on March 30, at WinStar Farm near Versailles, Ky. The mare has been bred to Medaglia d’Oro . With her current...
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Question: At this time last year, if you had to name the one juvenile filly with the best chance of being a 3-year-old superstar, who would it be? Chances are, most of you would have chosen champion 2...
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Courtesy of Becky Johnston There is something about a deep closer in horse racing that elicits the inner underdog in humans. We can relate. Who hasn’t had their back up against the wall in some task in...
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By Dana Byerly, greenbutgame.org It isn't easy finding the right date for the big dance. ( ronstarr64 ) Let's face it, we know just enough about our Derby suitors to start some serious speculation. Have...
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You can't swing a cat without hitting a relative of Unbridled in this year's Derby picture, but I am not advocating you try either swinging a cat or avoiding this group of three-year-olds. There will be...
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There has been a lot of talk on this blog about Old Fashioned's performance in the Southwest. Considering what he did in the Remsen, was it all that we expected out of his 3-year-old debut? Were the relatively...
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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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I think it's safe to say that with the exception of Capt. Candyman Can and Hello Broadway, most of last week's high-profile horses that ran at Gulfstream were disappointing. Checklist, Break Water Edison...
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In part two of Stopping the Clock, here are a few works turned in this week by some of the early Kentucky Derby contenders. There are no prominent 3-year-old races this weekend, but next week we'll return...
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