By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") Twitter: @J_Keelerman A week later than originally expected, the Kentucky Derby favorites Game Winner and Improbable will make their much-anticipated three-year-old debuts...
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Not everyone connected to City of Light was at rain-soaked Gulfstream Park Jan. 26 as William and Suzanne Warren Jr.’s colt parted ways with his 11 rivals, and departed with the $4 million winner’s share...
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Bob Baffert has had many important horses in his Hall of Fame career, topped by the obvious names, Silver Charm, American Pharoah, Justify, Arrogate, and Game On Dude. But there is one horse rarely mentioned...
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By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") Twitter: @J_Keelerman Happy New Year, everyone! I hope you didn't blink, or you might have missed the first Road to the Kentucky Derby prep race of 2019—the schedule...
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Another Derby Dozen draws near and that means the same old formulated thinking and same old logic and same old historical perspectives, with only the names of the horses changing. Uh, not so fast. That...
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By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") Twitter: @J_Keelerman With five wins in the Kentucky Derby (and two sweeps of the Triple Crown) since 1997, it's safe to say that no trainer in recent memory has dominated...
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By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") Twitter: @J_Keelerman The Road to the Kentucky Derby continues on Saturday with the $300,000 Los Alamitos Futurity (gr. I) , a very productive 1 1/16-mile event at Los...
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By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") Twitter: @J_Keelerman On this fairly quiet weekend of racing, I imagine that most of us are already looking ahead to the 2019 Kentucky Derby and are busily analyzing...
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There have always been three stages when it comes to the Kentucky Derby trail. But they have changed dramatically over the years. The first stage, and the one that has become antiquated in this era of...
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We have witnessed numerous changes in recent years in how horses are prepared for major races. Three-year-olds race so infrequently now, we hardly know anything about them when they get to Churchill Downs...
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