Curtis "Magic" Kalleward

Curtis Kalleward is the Content Editor for RacingDudes.com where he helps make horse racing MAGIC. His opinions don't reflect those of the horses that he follows.

Preakness Stakes

Justify Emerges Perfect in Preakness

BALTIMORE, MD – A thick fog ensconced the far turn and most of the front stretch, leaving all viewers completely in the dark for several seconds. Suddenly through the mist emerged […]

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Ax Man Chops Through Fog, Takes $100,000 Sir Barton

BALTIMORE, MD – Patti & Hal Earnhardt’s homebred Ax Man fought off sloppy conditions and chopped through a dense foggy atmosphere to whistle home clearly the best in Saturday’s $100,000 LARC Sir Barton […] Read More

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Vettori Kin Vectors to Victory in G3 Louisville Handicap

LOUISVILLE, KY – Fern Circle Stables, Stud TNT, Old Friends’ Vettori Kin vectored his trajectory straight to victory in Saturday’s Grade 3, $100,000 Louisville Handicap at Churchill Downs. Breaking well from post 3 under […] Read More

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Girls Know Best Knows Way to Win $100,000 The Very One

BALTIMORE, MD – Owner/trainer Eddie Kenneally’s Girls Know Best shot to the lead in the far turn and blew away her competition in front of the packed house that made her the […] Read More

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Ultra Brat Ultra Strong in G3 Gallorette

BALTIMORE, MD – Alex G. Campbell Jr.’s homebred Ultra Brat was ultra strong in the stretch, taking command in the far turn before drawing off convincingly to take Saturday’s Grade 3, $150,000 Stella […] Read More

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Fire Away Takes Dimunitive G3 Dixie

BALTIMORE, MD – Phipps Stable’s homebred Fire Away saved all the ground on Saturday before exploding through an open hole down the inside of the front stretch to take a dimunitive edition of […] Read More

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Tap Daddy Wires $100,000 James W. Murphy

BALTIMORE, MD – Winchell Thoroughbreds’ homebred Tap Daddy wired a weather-shortened field of six in Saturday’s off-turf edition of the $100,000 James W. Murphy Stakes at Pimlico Race Course. Breaking well from post […] Read More

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Red Ruby Reigns Victorious in G2 Black-Eyed Susan

BALTIMORE, MD – Trainer Kellyn Gorder’s Red Ruby returned to the winner’s circle in fine fashion Friday, reigning victorious in the Grade 2, $250,000 Black-Eyed Susan Stakes at Pimlico Race Course. Breaking from […] Read More

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Irish War Cry Rebounds in G3 Pimlico Special

BALTIMORE, MD – Isabelle de Tomaso’s homebred Irish War Cry rebounded from a rough past 11 months to return to the winner’s circle in Friday’s Grade 3, $300,000 Pimlico Special Stakes at Pimlico […] Read More

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Souper Striking Scores in $100,000 Hilltop

BALTIMORE, MD – Live Oak Plantation’s homebred Souper Striking overcame an awkward start to wire the field and secure her first career stakes score in Friday’s $100,000 Hilltop Stakes at Pimlico Race Course. […] Read More