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For West Coast 3-year-olds, Santa Anita is the road to the Kentucky Derby

POSTED: March 31, 2021

History, happy endings and starters The Santa Anita Derby has long been considered the most important West Coast stepping-stone to the Kentucky Derby. Since 2013,...

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R Adios Jersey scores first stakes win

POSTED: March 29, 2021

OLDSMAR—If saying goodbye to the Garden State was only so easy.  R Adios Jersey left the competition in her wake, leaving no doubt as she...

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Tap It to Win gets first added money score in the NYRABETS Sprint Stakes

POSTED: March 29, 2021

OLDSMAR—It was only a matter of time.  Live Oak Plantation’s Tap It to Win seemed poised to break through. The 4-year-old son of Tapit was...

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Breakdown In Dubai, Golden Shaheen has unfortunate outcome

POSTED: March 27, 2021

Steve Zorn Zenden, a five-year-old son of Fed Biz, was a rank outsider in the Golden Shaheen, the six-furlong dirt sprint on today’s Dubai World...

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The Business Of Racing: Churchill Downs Inc.'s Annual Report

POSTED: March 27, 2021

By Steve Zorn Churchill Downs Inc’s annual reports and proxy statements always make interesting reading. For a number of years now, they have chronicled the...

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A National Tragedy and a girl from Thoroughbred Horse Racing

POSTED: March 24, 2021

The Boulder Colorado shooting impacts a girl from the world of horse racing Some things happen and change the world as we know it forever....

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Remembering the epic Arrogate run down of Gun Runner in the Dubai World Cup

POSTED: March 24, 2021

ARROGATE WINS THE TWENTY SECOND RUNNING OF THE DUBAI WORLD CUP IN 2017 Arrogate ran down Gun Runner in an epic performance prompting comparisons with...

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Iron Mares: Simply Lovely

POSTED: March 21, 2021

Lovely Nurse’s son, Gander, winning the 2002 Empire Classic (Adam Coglianese) By Maribeth Kalinich and Rachel Humphrey Lovely Nurse was an iron racemare who became...

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Road to the Kentucky Derby: Who’s where and what’s next

POSTED: March 21, 2021

With six weeks left until the Kentucky Derby, let’s take a look at who’s where and what’s next.  Undefeated Life Is Good (60 points), who...

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