By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") Twitter: @J_Keelerman An absolutely fascinating renewal of the $1.25 million Travers (G1) is taking place at Saratoga this Saturday. The 1 1/4-mile contest for three...
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By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") Twitter: @J_Keelerman Saturday's running of the $1.25 million Travers S. (G1) at Saratoga is one for the ages. The Kentucky Derby (G1), Preakness S. (G1), and Belmont...
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By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") Twitter: @J_Keelerman Get ready, racing fans! Half a dozen graded stakes are slated to take place on Saturday at Saratoga, including a quintet of Grade 1 prizes led by...
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By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") Twitter: @J_Keelerman Raise your hand if you're ready for some top-class summer racing action at Saratoga! Seven graded stakes (including six Grade 1s) are slated to...
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For Thoroughbred racing these are anything but the dog days of summer. The three grade 1 races at Saratoga Aug. 8 delivered monster performances; each effort seemingly trumping the next. The following...
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By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") Twitter: @J_Keelerman The extended 2019-20 Road to the Kentucky Derby continues its path through uncharted waters with the running of Saratoga's historic $1 million Travers...
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Over the next month I will be waxing nostalgic on occasion, whether racing-oriented or personal. This one is both. Portions of this column I am rehashing from old columns, but most of it new and it is...
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The big dilemma this year is whether we have some form of a Triple Crown. Will the winner of all three classics go down as the 14th Triple Crown winner, along with Secretariat, Citation, American Pharoah...
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(The following is pure fiction and the chances of it actually happening are slim to none, but it does make for compelling thought, especially on April 1st, so let's have some fun with it) I have just written...
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Their names echoed throughout Saratoga Springs in the summer of 1978. From the whispers through the elms to the shouting down Broadway and Union Avenue, the Spa pulsated with the names of Affirmed and...
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