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The race, 148 years in the making, is upon us! The Run For The Roses, the $3 Million, Woodford Reserve, Grade I, Kentucky Derby is set for Saturday. Twenty contenders have been awarded entry, while only one will win. Don’t miss these details and the Kentucky Derby developments.
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Get ready for the Rebel, where they are racing for an opportunity to Run For The Roses! Eight are entered and half of the field will win points on the Road To The Kentucky Derby. This weekend there is only one KY Derby prep. All eyes will be on Oaklawn as the showdown is on. This race has a historical history of producing KY Derby starters and winners. Read along and don’t miss a furlong.
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Alas, the 145th Preakness Stakes is finally set to post this Saturday! The conventional second jewel but COVIDentional third jewel of the Triple Crown series will be raced at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland on October 3rd. While there won’t be a sweep this year, there is a sizeable field of talented thoroughbreds entered for this classic stakes race. Keeping with the unique differences the pandemic has created, one horse will not only carry the prestige of being the Preakness Stakes winner but for the first time ever, this winner will be granted an automatic berth into the $6 million dollar, Grade 1, Breeders’ Cup Longines Classic. Let’s keep learning about all of the unconventional awesomeness of this year’s Preakness!
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It is time to see who will slam The Sham? Santa Anita Park in California is hosting the next race on The Road To The Kentucky Derby. Seven contenders make their 3 year-old debuts in the Sham Stakes this. Four will pick up KY Derby points. Only, one will win. Continue on to learn more about today’s race…
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It’s been exactly one week since things really heated up at Keeneland racetrack in Lexington, KY. The October meet opened Friday, October 5th and served up some hot temperatures and hotter stakes races. Fall Stars Weekend delivered 10 stakes races. Since then they have held another stakes as well. What has sire power meant to Keeneland’s racetrack so far and who may we expect to win this weekend’s stakes?
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Happy Marether’s Day to everyone! This weekend we celebrate a special holiday to honor all of the mothers who brought us into this world and cared for us so dearly. I am especially thankful to have a great mom myself. Tomorrow is Mother’s Day and it seemed a fitting time to focus on some of the outstanding broodmares. Thoroughbreds have mothers too and they are important to the pedigree and to the emotional and physical soundness of the foals that grow up to be the best racing champions.
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On the Monday preceding the Thanksgiving holiday, I seized the day (a little Carpe Diem pun) and took a tour at WinStar Farm. This modern but magnificent horse farm has been on my to do list since I began my website nearly three years ago. Good things do come to those who wait because WinStar just keeps adding champions to their sire roster. At over 20 stallions there was so much to see so I’ve selected some to share.
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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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Welcome to the 143rd consecutive running of the Kentucky Derby! We have waited a long time to get to this historical moment and the time is upon us this weekend. Who will win The Run For The Roses?
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Happy Easter! We are less than 3 weeks shy of the 143rd running of the 2017 Grade 1 Kentucky Derby. The final two prep races were held yesterday so we have come to the end of the road to the KY Derby. We now have our roster of eligible contenders in the Run for the Roses.
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