By J. Keeler Johnson (“Keelerman”) Twitter: @J_Keelerman Get ready, everyone! Another terrific day of racing awaits on January 9th, highlighted by the return of 2014 Horse of the Year California Chrome...
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By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") Twitter: @J_Keelerman The Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (gr. I) may offer more prestige and a higher purse, but one can make a case that the $350,000 Los Alamitos Futurity ...
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What did Sir Edmund Hillary do after he became the first person to climb Mt. Everest? What peaks are left to climb when you’ve climbed the highest in the world? Hillary would climb 10 more peaks in the...
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With NBC televising a special on American Pharoah's Kentucky Derby on May 2 I thought it would be a good time to reprint one of my favorite columns that appeared in 2015. That was my last Kentucky Derby...
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If you’ve ever been fortunate enough to attend the races at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, N.J., you know that a trip there has the feel of a mini-vacation. This year’s William Hill Haskell Invitational Stakes...
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So, here we are down to eight horses and only four from the Kentucky Derby. While American Pharoah is knocking heads with Firing Line, Dortmund, and Danzig Moon once again, an army of Belmont Stakes horses...
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With Preakness horses going out at all times during the morning, it was up to the Bob Baffert pair of American Pharoah and Dortmund to provide most of the entertainment for the 8:30 show. Both colts appear...
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Logic tells us that American Pharoah’s lightly raced career and pair of easy Derby preps at Oaklawn will be beneficial coming back in two weeks for the Xpressbet.com Preakness Stakes (gr. I). That very...
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California trainer Bob Baffert appears to have the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) favorite in his barn for the third time since 2000. The remarkably easy eight-length win April 11 by American...
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[image url="http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/keeping-pace/2015/50to1_DVD_Frontleft.jpg"][/image] Like Mine That Bird's struggles in the winter and spring before his upset victory in the 2009 Kentucky Derby...
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