Your task is simple. I want your Overall pick for the WINNER of the Kentucky Derby 136 and tell me why. Then I want who will be second and third. Finally, who is your sentimental pick for the race, unless...
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Before we get started, I must congratulate my boy Giant Oak. If you are a common reader of my blog, you totally understand why =) "Daniel Sullivan, president of the Illinois Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners...
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When Oaklawn Park owner Charlie Cella announced he would ante up $5 million in an attempt to lure Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta to the April 3 Apple Blossom (gr. I) we all knew it was a longshot at best...
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If you have not read Steve Haskin's Derby Dozen for this week, be sure to do so. Why you ask? Because his number one pick is a MaidenWatch horse (by Saint Liam) and he is trained by Bruce Levine, I am...
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It is like the ingredients are mixed right to cook a sweet Red Velvet cake (my favorite), but we need the chef to bake it correctly or a bitter taste could replace a delicious opportunity. If the Thoroughbred...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Liz Harris 502-636-4474 Liz@KyDerby.com TwinSpires.com TV Announces High-Def Keeneland Races Louisville, Ky. (Oct. 13, 2009) β Churchill Downs Incorporated (NASDAQ:CHDN)...
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By Lisa Grimm, Superfectablog.com It's typically an extremely rare occurrence when my worlds collide - oddly, this is the second time it has happened this year. As many in the archival world know, I write...
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By Frank Vespe, That's Amore Stable, LLC βItβs a beautiful day for a night game.β So said the Fordham Flash, baseball Hall of Famer Frankie Frisch, sometime around 1935. Which almost makes it sound as...
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Why in the world has racing not been doing this longer?! That is my first and foremost thought on this experience. http://www.churchilldowns.com/downs-after-dark Churchill asked visitors to vote on whether...
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(Originally published in the July 11, 2009 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine . Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column. ) In the midst of a stinging defeat for expanded...
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