By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") Twitter: @J_Keelerman The 2024 Triple Crown reaches its pinnacle this Saturday with the 156th running of the $2 million Belmont Stakes (G1). Due to renovations taking...
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By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") Twitter: @J_Keelerman Two weeks after the 150th Kentucky Derby (G1) ended in an exciting three-horse photo finish, the Triple Crown stage shifts to Pimlico for the 149th...
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By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") Twitter: @J_Keelerman Every year, in the days or weeks following the Breeders' Cup, I like to dig into the juvenile racing scene and highlight up-and-coming Kentucky...
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In horse racing's year of resiliency in 2020 as its network of advance-deposit wagering outlets allowed customers to wager on the sport from home while horsemen and tracks found a way to continue to offer...
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If one of the horses with early speed entered in the $1 million Rebel Stakes (G2) March 13 at Oaklawn Park is able to emerge with a victory in the 1 1/16-mile race, they figure to be a good fit for the...
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Racing has continued amid a pandemic, and for that we have a great many thanks. In Maryland, hopeful horsemen declared last week: “Hey, they’re running the Preakness Saturday…it’s like we’re alive in the...
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BloodHorse ’s annual “Summer Sales Guide,” like most everything else in this crazy, mixed-up world in 2020, was kicked down the road to the “Yearling Sales Guide.” Our team has worked hard to present some...
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If you think watching racing from Belmont Park and Churchill Downs and other tracks in front of empty grandstands is kind of eerie try watching the races from Royal Ascot where the event normally is highlighted...
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On April 3, 1972, the front page headline in the Morning Telegraph read, "Head of the River Wins Everglades Stakes." It looked as if the colt's owner Rokeby Stable and trainer Elliott Burch had another...
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The order of races in the Triple Crown series has changed for 2020. The race dates have been shifted from spring to the summer and fall. The distance of the Belmont Stakes (G1) has changed. Yet, based...
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