By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") Twitter: @J_Keelerman I don't think there's any question that Saturday's $200,000 Lecomte Stakes (gr. III) at Fair Grounds is shaping up to be by far the most competitive...
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Mobile phone carrier Verizon ran ads over the last two weekends during the NFL playoffs with their spokesperson offering an “either-or” scenario of the company’s attributes to his friend Darrell. When...
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There is only one shot to win the Kentucky Derby. Yes, the horses that are peaking on the first Saturday in May are ones you look for, and what all trainers strive for, but we always have to remember that...
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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 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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All it takes is a look at the list of Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winners to know that the Juvenile and the Kentucky Derby are worlds apart. Not only does winning the biggest race for 2-year-olds have no bearing...
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Many thoughts filled my head today (Aug. 27) on the news of John Asher's passing, a bunch all at once, and then seemingly one about every hour as I thought, “I can’t believe John is gone.” These are a...
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Have we seen the last of Justify? That was a burning question during the week following the July 10 announcement that this year’s unbeaten Triple Crown winner would be “evaluated after some filling in...
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While many of the leading Preakness contenders are preparing for the second jewel in the Triple Crown at Churchill Downs and Belmont Park, several of them coming out of the Kentucky Derby, there is one...
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