By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") Twitter: @J_Keelerman With less than two weeks remaining in 2017, and with a quiet pre-Christmas weekend of racing ahead of us, now seems like as good a time as any to...
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Many people believe that once the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes, Remsen Stakes, and Los Alamitos Futurity are run, that is the end of the 2-year-old season as far as seeing potential Kentucky Derby hopefuls...
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By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") Twitter: @J_Keelerman Once in a while, a horse comes along and wins its debut with such authority and ease that you can't help but wonder if you've seen a superstar in...
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It is that time again to get up on my lonely pulpit and preach to deaf ears. Yes, it is almost time to embark on the Kentucky Derby trail, and with the recent announcement that top 2-year-old Bolt d’Oro...
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You know it's been a tough time in Thoroughbred racing when the best news heard all week is that a big-name horse has been suffering from stomach ulcers. With the tragic and unexpected deaths of Effinex...
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Joe Palmer, the former associate editor of The Blood-Horse , and celebrated columnist for the New York Herald Tribune , once began one of his pieces: “There are several ways of putting a column together...
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Last week I wrote about the dramatic decline in the number of top stars participating in the big Breeders’ Cup preview weekends. Whether or not this is the beginning of a new trend likely will depend on...
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Doesn't anyone run in preps anymore? We have entered a new era on the Triple Crown trail, where many trainers now plan only two preps for the Kentucky Derby. It has proven successful over the past decade...
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Why spend a million dollars on an untried yearling with an uncertain future when you can buy a piece of history that will endure forever? We’re not talking just any piece of history, but items that represent...
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So what do we make of the beginning of the second half of the 2017 race season, where in the space of one week we’ve seen the defeats of Arrogate, Always Dreaming, Cloud Computing, Irish War Cry, and Timeline...
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