Ponche de Leona was three weeks overdue. The 9-year-old mare kept showing signs she was about to foal, and her owner Carole Rio, who leases 40 acres of Rose Grove Farm near Ocala with her husband John...
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Before we get really perplexed and befuddled by the morass of statistics, opinions, and rumors, here is one person’s opinion of the best of what we have and what we’ve seen, listed by categories. You may...
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After scanning many of these current Derby lists (which, by the way, mean less this year than any other year, if that's possible), the consensus seems to be that the favorite is Dialed In. Rounding out...
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Complimentary TrueNicks Enhanced reports are available for the Kentucky Derby (gr. I) contenders listed below. Click on the horse's name or letter grade to view the report. No. Contender Graded Earnings...
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The Blue Grass Stakes (gr. I) was once a great race that attracted many of the leading Derby contenders. Since the switch to Polytrack it no longer is regarded as a top Derby prep, attracting mostly grass...
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A little more than a week ago, after Uncle Mo went down in the Wood Memorial, I wrote that Kentucky Derby 137 had become a free-for-all. After watching The Factor flop in the Arkansas Derby and a couple...
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Talk about no respect. First Archarcharch gets dropped from the final Future Wager pool because of a third in the Rebel (gr. II), in which he had a ton of excuses. We expressed all the reasons why we felt...
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At 5:52 p.m. EDT on April 9, Kentucky Derby 137 officially became a free-for-all. Uncle Mo's defeat in the Wood Memorial was shocking. There is no getting around it. Very few people expected the undefeated...
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With morning-line favorite Premier Pegasus scratched from the 2011 Santa Anita Derby , is it now anybody's race? Will Silver Medallion take to the dirt? Is it time for another surprise? Now is your chance...
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