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Kentucky Derby 2012: Historic Year For Breeders' Cup Juvenile Runners
The Breeders' Cup Juvenile is traditionally a race that can raise expectations and hope in the hearts of racing fans in the fall, only to dash those dreams in the…
April 26 2012, 5:33am | Visit source ›
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Only four 2yo Grade 1 winners have also won Derby since BC
Only four 2-year-old Grade 1 winners have won the Kentucky Derby since 1985, a span of 27 years (15 percent). Before…
April 6 2012, 10:04am | Visit source ›
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Handicapping Precocious Babies
Friday is opening day at Keeneland race track and that means the most precocious of this year’s two year old…
April 4 2012, 5:21pm | Visit source ›
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Thoroughbred Times TODAY column on 2yos and Derby
Specialist 2-year-olds versus late-developing classic colts: Only five of 27 Kentucky Derby winners since the first Breeders’ Cup races in…
April 4 2012, 7:00am | Visit source ›
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Analysis: Last 10 Kentucky Derby winners and their form at 2
When he won the Grade 1 Florida Derby Saturday, Take Charge Indy became the eighth individual Graded stakes winner of…
April 2 2012, 5:36am | Visit source ›
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THE WORLD’S RICHEST RACE FOR 2-YEAR-OLDS BY JAMES GUILL
Fact: Aussies bet more money on horseracing and poker machines than any other country in the world per capita. _____________________…
March 28 2012, 6:00am | Visit source ›
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Before jumping to conclusions and overlaying this research on American Thoroughbreds, remember that there are environmental and medical differences in Thoroughbreds as you travel around the world. The way that…
February 29 2012, 9:01am | Visit source ›
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New Evidence Suggests Training And Racing Thoroughbreds At 2 Years Promotes Longer Career
New research, published this month in the Equine Veterinary Journal (EVJ), has suggested that exercise early in life has a positive effect on musculoskeletal health and may have a positive…
February 29 2012, 7:43am | Visit source ›
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Maiden Watch | Looking Back, and Forward
It looks like Hard Spun may have squeaked out a victory in the first-crop sire earnings race, with Spun Clear's 2nd-place finish at Turfway Park (see below). I say may…
January 1 2012, 10:06am | Visit source ›
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Happy Holidays from In the Money!Here are the horses to watch from Dec. 20 - 27:1. Ismene [(filly, Tribal Rule - Never…
December 28 2011, 7:33am | Visit source ›
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My Miss Aurelia came out of Breeders’ Cup with “shin” but Oaks is not discounted
My Miss Aurelia, the unbeaten winner of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies, has what managing partner George Bolton termed “a small shin” from the Breeders’ Cup. In a series of…
December 27 2011, 2:25pm | Visit source ›
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2-year-olds to Watch: 2011 Awards
What an exciting year for the juveniles. Here's the top In the Money awards to the 2-year-olds who deserve some…
December 26 2011, 7:53am | Visit source ›
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Secret Circle works in company, may target Sham Stakes
Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Sprint winner Secret Circle worked in company with Candrea this morning at Santa Anita for trainer Bob Baffert. With jockey Martin Garcia aboard, Secret Circle went 6…
December 23 2011, 8:24am | Visit source ›
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Liaison is proving a connection to success for his breeder and owner
In the 1998 Kentucky Derby, most of the attention at the finish was on Real Quiet, the knife-blade narrow son…
December 23 2011, 5:05am | Visit source ›
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Hansen: He was my pick in the Breeders Cup Juvenile (G1) so he is first on my list. He has impressed me in all three of his starts. People question…
December 20 2011, 7:32am | Visit source ›
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Here are the ITM winners we had last week:1. Summer Front [(colt, War Front - Rose of Summer by El…
December 20 2011, 6:50am | Visit source ›
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Liaison Bests Rousing Sermon Again To Take CashCall Futurity
Bob Baffert won his record sixth G1-CashCall Futurity (and third in the last three years) when Liaison, 5/1 at post time, edged out Rousing Sermon by a neck at Hollywood…
December 19 2011, 11:00am | Visit source ›
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Canani and Calabrese's Claiming Coup
So owner Frank C. Calabrese and trainer Nick Canani struck often at the claim box this past weekend at Gulfstream. Tell me…
December 19 2011, 8:02am | Visit source ›
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CashCall Futurity Racing Roundup
The $750,000 CashCall Futurity (G1) is the last major race of the season for 2-year-old Thoroughbreds competing for graded stakes…
December 16 2011, 2:19pm | Visit source ›
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Brother Francis Intriguing Longshot in CashCall
The thirtieth running of the CashCall Futurity will be held on Saturday, December 17. In those 30 years, fourteen horses…
December 16 2011, 1:25pm | Visit source ›
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Brother Francis worth a look in the CashCall Futurity
With 13 juveniles set to clash for the winner's share of the $750,000 CashCall Futurity, it is no wonder that…
December 16 2011, 12:54pm | Visit source ›
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A Rousing Hollywood Futurity On Tap
The last graded stakes of the Hollywood Park meet is the Grade 1 Cashcall Futurity. This race will provide an…
December 15 2011, 8:22pm | Visit source ›
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Well for one, it’s the name of a 2 year old maiden running Saturday in the 8th race at Gulfstream. Trained by Nick Zito, he is owned by Dream Walkin’…
December 15 2011, 7:17pm | Visit source ›
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Here are the ITM winners we had last week:1. Killer Graces (Hollywood Park, Hollywood Starlet Stakes, Dec. 10) - Superb win…
December 13 2011, 8:27am | Visit source ›
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CashCall Stars Can Emerge From Long Shadows Cast by Breeders' Cup Juvenile
Our last look into the 2011 chrystal ball that is next year’s road to the Kentucky Derby presented by Yum!…
December 12 2011, 1:01pm | Visit source ›
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Weemissfrankie needs surgery on leg injured in Hollywood Starlet
Weemissfrankie, one of the nation’s top 2-year-old fillies, was scheduled to undergo surgery on Sunday afternoon after being diagnosed with a non-displaced condylar fracture following a fourth-place finish in Saturday’s…
December 11 2011, 1:36pm | Visit source ›
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Hopeless or Hopeful? Lasix and Saratoga’s Premier Race for 2-year-olds
Last week the American Graded Stakes Committee announced its 2012 graded stakes races. Among the noteworthy changes was the downgrading…
December 9 2011, 6:30am | Visit source ›
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Juveniles to Watch, "Company" Workout, Top Beyers
Dan Illman: *Todd Pletcher unveiled a promising juvenile at Gulfstream last Saturday. DISCREET DANCER, a son of first-crop sire Discreet…
December 6 2011, 3:55pm | Visit source ›
