A few years ago when I started doing this blog I used to put out a Kentucky Derby top 10 list every few weeks beginning in February. Then I realized what a fruitless task it was and I stopped. We all have...
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(By Avalyn Hunter) Regardless of temperatures across the country, it's been a hot 2012 so far for recently pensioned A.P. Indy and his sire line. So far, 14 graded classic preps have been run (effectively...
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Although relative newcomers to the racing scene, investors in let’s Go stables, llC, are already enjoying high-profile success with el Padrino, one of the horses in the stable’s Derby Dreams fund. The...
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When Kiaran McLaughlin announced that Alpha would skip the Gotham Stakes (gr. III) and go directly to the Wood Memorial (gr. I), the connections of Hansen might have thought they were all but home free...
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1 Creative Cause Mike Harrington Giant's Causeway —Dream of Summer, by Siberian Summer No one talks about him much, but he scores high marks in every category. In his three victories he’s never been touched...
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(Originally published in the January 28, 2012 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine . Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.) By Evan Hammonds While we realize it’s...
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How big a role does pedigree play nowadays in determining the Kentucky Derby winner? With fewer stamina-oriented stallions, there was for a while more of a tendency to look at the female family in determining...
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Despite the fact that he lost the Breeders' Cup Juvenile by a head and may not be named 2-year-old champion as a result, Union Rags entered 2012 as the no-doubt-about-it early favorite for the Kentucky...
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(Originally published in the December 10, 2011 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.) When you’re running hot, Plan B works out...
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Getting a seat at the grade I Kentucky Derby currently presented by Yum! Brands has always been tough, but getting tickets for the 2012 edition just got tougher, particularly on fans’ wallets. Churchill...
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