Hinging On The Holy Bull

Spin Wheel breaks from post 12 trailing the pack to rally with a fourth place finish at Keeneland. If he finishes in the top four in the Holy Bull he will get Kentucky Derby prep points.
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Spin Wheel finished in the money at Keeneland this Fall.  Today he hopes to gather Kentucky Derby prep points!
Spin Wheel finished in the money at Keeneland this Fall. Today he hopes to gather Kentucky Derby prep points!

This weekend there are three Grade 3, Kentucky Derby prep races. Today the Withers Stakes is at Aqueduct and the Holy Bull Stakes is at Gulfstream. Tomorrow, Santa Anita will host the Robert B. Lewis Stakes. Writing from my very chilly Kentucky home, my thoughts are with warmer Florida today. For nine thoroughbreds, their chances at getting Kentucky Derby prep points today are hinging on the Holy Bull.

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Derby Day at Oaklawn: The Arkansas Derby Double Feature

Crypto Cash races in his first start at age 2 at Ellis Park!
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Silver Prospector and Santana, Jr. win at Keeneland!
Silver Prospector and Santana, Jr. win at Keeneland!

When the 2019 Kentucky Derby resulted in a disqualification I thought that racing could not be more historically different and I felt a sense of disappointment. Never would I have imagined that different and disappointment would become what is often referred to as, “The New Normal.” Sometime, in the winter of 2019 a novel virus began sweeping the world and changed everything. Horse racing, an American tradition since the 1600s, slowed but did not, will not stop. Following an altered path on “The Road to the Kentucky Derby”, Grade 1 racing returns with such enthusiasm that it gathered 2 divisions! On the first Saturday in May, when the KY Derby traditionally takes place, we may instead enjoy two Arkansas Derby races, before the KY Derby resumes, scheduled for September 5th.

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Discussing the Derby

Good Magic and Flameaway head for the finsh line in the Blue Grass Stakes!.

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Free Drop Billy romps early in the Blue Grass Stakes.
Free Drop Billy romps early in the Blue Grass Stakes.

What a long strange trip it’s been, this Road to the Kentucky Derby.  Thinking back to last September, how many times have we changed our minds, or might there be a few who had an inkling from foaling season?  I’ve had an fascinating but indecisive path myself however, I have finally come to some determinations.  This is what I know about the 144th running of the Kentucky Derby and I would love to share it with you.

 

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Outline for the Oaks

Monomoy Girl wins the Central Bank Ashland Stakes at Keeneland for Brad Cox and Florent Geroux!

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Kenny McPeek and Corey Lanerie had a nice finish with Eskimo Kisses in her second place finish in the Ashland Stakes!
Kenny McPeek and Corey Lanerie had a nice finish with Eskimo Kisses in second place in the Ashland Stakes!

Are you ready for my favorite fourteen filly face-off on Friday, the 4th?  I have a quick breakdown on the facts, fun, food, fashion, feelings and fortune that awaits in the 144th Kentucky Oaks.  Please, follow along with my easy outline for the Oaks.

 

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November by the Numbers at the Keeneland Sale

Stellar Wind, sales topper at the 2017 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale

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Stellar Wind strikes a $6 million dollar pose
Stellar Wind strikes a $6 million dollar pose

The 2017 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale concluded yesterday, 11/18/17.  It was a spectacular sale with high demand for the best quality weanlings, mares and horses of racing age.  With so much to say in the recap, I think it might be best to let the numbers speak for themselves.

 

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Scat Daddy Divas

Titled, hours before her race at Churchill Downs

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Two, Scat Daddy sisters, race at Churchill Downs
Two, Scat Daddy sisters, race at Churchill Downs

What a week it has been.  Since my last post I have attended Thoroughbred sales at both Fasig-Tipton and Keeneland and live racing at Churchill Downs.  I have witnessed the sale of champions like Tepin, Stellar Wind, Catch A Glimpse and Songbird, seen the weanling foals of sires like American Pharoah and Medaglia d’ Oro and enjoyed racing at the home of the Kentucky Derby.  A common thread at the auctions and the track are the impressive and primarily female offspring of the late Scat Daddy.

 

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Selected Summer Sales

Hip 290 was a million dollar baby! Yearling filly by Medaglia d'Oro. Her dam is Hung the Moon.

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Hip 295 , a filly to Maclean's Music and Inner Groove.
Hip 295 , a filly to Maclean’s Music and Inner Groove.

These summer sales were certainly sizzling.  This week Fasig-Tipton in Lexington, KY hosted two sales.  On back-to-back hot and humid days the Summer Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale and The July Sale of Selected Yearlings took place.  I attended the later and I saw plenty of fantastic bloodstock.

 

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