There were several nice moves in the big Kentucky Derby prep races this past weekend. The Lane's End was pretty decisive, but the Louisiana Derby had a pack at the end of the final turn. Were there any...
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With a little more than five weeks to go until the Derby and about 10 prep races remaining, it's not a bad idea to take a quick look at the graded earnings list . Granted, there is still a lot to be decided...
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Lane's End Stakes (gr. 2) Thoughts I have been aching for a Rock Hard Ten to really show himself to be a Derby contender, because I LOVE Rock Hard Ten ! I want his first 3YO crop to have representation...
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Churchill Downs announced NBC will air the first of three "Road to the Kentucky Derby" telecasts of Derby prep races. The first day falling on Saturday March, 27. This day will show the Louisiana Derby...
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If you read Adam's Turf regularly, then maybe you won money with Ice Box . "Jackson Bend is still over hyped in my opinion. Jackson Bend is a great horse, but I picked Eskendereya to beat him in the Fountain...
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It's amazing how one bad race--or in this case, a stroke of bad luck--can change the Kentucky Derby picture. Prior to the Fountain of Youth, many people had Buddy's Saint near the top of their Derby lists...
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I started to write this column a month ago but several friends said take it easy on Santa Anita after the Feb. 6 card was canceled. That amount of rain, they said, might have caused racing to be canceled...
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Out of sight, out of mind. That's the way it is on the Kentucky Derby trail when 3-year-olds that win prep races are elevated to higher status and those making belated seasonal debuts are forgotten. Noble...
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With nearly two months of the Derby prep trail completed, quite honestly I have not been blown away with the 3-year-old crop as a whole. Maybe that's why the horse I have ranked No. 1 on my list doesn...
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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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