Take A Peek At The Preakness

Keepmeinmind, racing in the Bluegrass Stakes, will compete in the 146th Preakness Stakes.
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Ram took the lead at the start of a maiden at Keenland this past Fall.  He will race in the 2021 Preakness Stakes.
Ram took the lead at the start of a maiden at Keenland this past Fall. He will race in the 2021 Preakness Stakes.

The middle of May brings the Middle Jewel Of The Triple Crown! Just two weeks after the Kentucky Derby the 146th Preakness Stakes is scheduled for Saturday, May 15th, 2021. The race will feature some contenders from the KY Derby as well as a few entries that bypassed The Run For The Roses. Read on to take at peek at this Preakness.

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Derby Dispatch: Details of the Kentucky Derby

Essential Quality races to the finish in the Blue Grass Stakes. He is a favorite for the 147th Kentucky Derby!
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Essential Quality races to the finish in the Blue Grass Stakes. He is a favorite for the 147th Kentucky Derby!
Essential Quality races to the finish in the Blue Grass Stakes. He is a favorite for the 147th Kentucky Derby!

The time has come. The first Saturday in May is homecoming, here in The Horse Capitol of the World. We welcome all, to join in our enthusiasm, as we watch the The Most Exciting Two Minutes in Sports. Churchill Downs is The Home of the Kentucky Derby.

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Louisiana Derby: Doubling the Digits for The Derby

Girvin, winner of the 2017 Louisiana Derby, competes in the Ohio Derby that same year.
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By My Standards, winner of the 2019 Louisiana Derby.
By My Standards, winner of the 2019 Louisiana Derby.

The Road to The Kentucky Derby doubles up on the points in the preps this weekend. With the top of the leaderboard at a high of 60 points in seven months of racing on The Road, the best of the Louisiana Derby will take the lead. This race, and many that follow, offer an escalated point scale. The first four finishers of the Louisiana Derby will earn 100-40-20-10 points, respectively! This race has historically good odds of placing runners in The KY Derby. How many of the eight in the gate of this Louisiana Derby will Run For The Roses?

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Kings Of Keeneland

Keeneland's paddock is beautiful.

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Lawn jockeys decorated with the winners of previous stakes decorate Keeneland.
Lawn jockeys decorated with the winners of previous stakes decorate Keeneland.

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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Should She Sweep the Susan? : Black-Eyed Susan Stakes

Opening Day at Pilmlico in Maryland preceding the 2018 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes.

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Opening Day at Pilmlico in Maryland preceding the 2018 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes.
Opening Day at Pilmlico in Maryland preceding the 2018 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes.

It is almost time for the middle jewel of the Filly Triple Crown!  Now repeat this triple times, “Should She Sweep the Susan, Should She Sweep the Susan, Should She Sweep the Susan?”  That is a hard question to ask and a harder one to answer.  Who will sweep the Susan?  I have a few ideas about the fillies entered in the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes.

 

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Thistledown Thoroughbred Thrills

Ohio Derby At Thistledown

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Ohio Derby At Thistledown
Ohio Derby At Thistledown

Last weekend was a maiden for me.  I took my first trip to Thistledown to see the Ohio Derby.  It was as thrilling as I had anticipated.  I loved the full day of racing and especially the feature that included 4 horses from this year’s Kentucky Derby.  The race was a photo finish for Girvin and the winner, Irap.  I can not forget the roar of the racing fans as the two approached the finish line.  You just can’t beat live racing!

 

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Preakness Perspective

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Bernardini, Preakness winner
Bernardini, Preakness winner

Here we go, racing fans!  Up next, is the second jewel.  Will we get a Triple Crown winner?  History would predict it is unlikely but the fans know what they want.  The early favorite for the Preakness Stakes is no other than, Always Dreaming, winner of the Kentucky Derby.  Check out his competition here.

 

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Derby Digest

Banners in the silk colors of the 12 Triple Crown Winners

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Secretariat, KY Derby winner, 1973
Secretariat, KY Derby winner 1973, museum wall mural

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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Buying the Best Breeding

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Get into the game!  Do you want to buy or see the graded stakes winners of the future?  If so, plan to head to Keeneland’s September Yearling Sale in Lexington, KY.  Keeneland prides itself on being the auction company to graduate the best yearlings in the world.

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These are a few of the pictures I took at the sale last September.  Thoroughbreds sold at Keeneland are having a fantastic year.  In 2016, more of their grads have gone on to win Grade or Group 1 stakes races than from any other auction house.  Every winner, of each of the 2016 Triple Crown Series, was once sold at Keeneland’s yearling sale in September of 2014.  Nyquist won the Kentucky Derby, Exaggerator won the Preakness Stakes and Creator won the Belmont Stakes.  It would take too long to name drop all of the talent that came out of that sale.  The 73rd annual sale should lead to greatness as well.

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The sale starts with Book 1 on Monday, 9/12/16, at 11 am EST.  All of Book 1 sale dates start at 11 am.  There are 6 books in the sale that concludes on Sunday, 9/25/16.  Books 2 thru 6 sales start at 10 am daily with the exception of Thursday 9/15 when there will be no sale.  The schedule is as follows by book, dates and hip numbers:

  1. 9/12 hips 1-202, 9/13 hips 203-405, 9/14 hips 406-607
  2. 9/16 hips 608-1007, 9/17 hips 1008-1407
  3. 9/18 hips 1408-1817, 9/19 hips 1818-2227
  4. 9/20 hips 2228-2637, 9/21 hips 2638-3047
  5. 9/22 hips 3048-3456, 9/23 hips 3457-3861
  6. 9/24 hips 3862-4178, 9/25 hips 4179-4479

The sale will include the best sire power.  53 Tapit yearlings will go thru the auction.  Pioneer of the Nile is represented by 60 of the yearlings there.  Fine yearlings by Scat Daddy, Bodemeister, Tiznow and Violence will be available as well.  Several more yearlings by other outstanding sires are also cataloged.  Search the entire catalog here: Keeneland September Yearling Sale

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If you can’t make the sale you can go to the Keeneland website to watch the entire sale or TVG and TVG2 will show parts of the sale.  I will be in attendance on several days and I will post frequent pictures and news to Twitter.  Follow me at Thoroughbred U .  Check my webpage over the next few weeks to see more photos and sales recap information.Share This:
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