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Covid-19 an unexpected benefit for Thousand Words

POSTED: August 31, 2020

THOUSAND WORDS–Albaugh Family Stables and Spendthrift Farm’s Thousand Words was slated to arrive in Louisville along with his Bob Baffert-trained stablemates around 3 p.m. While...

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The 2020 Kentucky Derby: An Expensive Group of Blue Bloods

POSTED: August 27, 2020

The Kentucky Derby is famous for having horses that come from “anywhere,” such as when it only cost California Chrome’s owners $1,500 to breed him,...

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Gate to Wire Podcast Episode 8, Handicapping Maiden Races and a look at the Travers

POSTED: August 6, 2020

In this episode we look at many of the facets of handicapping maiden and specifically two year old races when the data is limited. Listen...

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Thousand Words “earns his way to the Derby” with upset in Del Mar's Shared Belief Stakes

POSTED: August 2, 2020

DEL MAR, Calif. -- Albaugh Family Stables and Spendthrift Farm’s Thousand Words made every pole a winner Saturday at Del Mar in upsetting the $100,000...

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Baffert's Thousand Words Favored in Oaklawn Stakes For Spot in May 2 Derby

POSTED: April 11, 2020

The Oaklawn Stakes – its inaugural edition last year was known as the Oaklawn Invitational – will offer an automatic spot in the $750,000 Arkansas...

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Racing is a Rollercoaster - Please Stay Seated

POSTED: March 4, 2020

Dennis Albaugh brought 35 or 40 “buddies” out just for the occasion; it was a celebration, a reunion, a party. It was, so to speak,...

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Kentucky Derby

On The Road To The Kentucky Derby 2020

POSTED: February 6, 2020

By: Gary West The Kentucky Derby 2020 will be run May 2 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., over the classic distance of 1-1/4 miles....

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Juvenile Graded Stakes Entrants Flatter Keeneland Sales

POSTED: December 7, 2019

BAST Photo Credit: Scott Serio/ Breeders Cup Keeneland Press Keeneland sales graduates figure prominently in the four graded stakes for 2-year-olds on Saturday at Los...

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Keeneland Sale Grads Headline Grade 3 Bob Hope

POSTED: November 15, 2019

Keeneland News Keeneland September Yearling Sale graduates Thousand Words and High Velocity, stablemates trained by Bob Baffert, lead the field for the Bob Hope (G3) on Saturday at Del...

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