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Maker’s Mark Mile Preview: Hit the Road Does Exactly That

LEXINGTON, KY – Trainer Dan Blacker’s red-hot Hit the Road does exactly that as he makes his first sojourn away from California for Friday’s $300,000 Maker’s Mark Mile Stakes (G1) […]

Race Previews

Alda Cuts Back in Distance for 2021 Debut in TVG Limestone Turf Sprint

LEXINGTON, KY – Wertheimer and Frere homebred Alda will start her 2021 campaign where 2020 concluded: at Keeneland. Trained by Graham Motion, Alda finished 12th in last fall’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies […] Read More

Race Previews

Silver Dust Tops Field of Five for Ben Ali; Into Mystic Among 10 Entrants in Giant’s Causeway

LEXINGTON, KY – Tom Durant’s multiple Grade 3 winner Silver Dust tops a field of five older runners entered Wednesday for Saturday’s 90th running of the $150,000 Ben Ali going 1 1/8 miles […] Read More

Race Previews

Micheline, Brown Duo Headline Field of Six for Coolmore Jenny Wiley

LEXINGTON, KY – Godolphin homebred Micheline, winner of the Hillsborough (G2) at Tampa Bay Downs in her 2021 debut, and the graded stakes-winning duo of Etoile and Tamahere trained by Chad Brown headline a small […] Read More

Podcast

BLINKERS OFF 490: Mega Saturday Kentucky Derby Preps and Rapid-Fire

The Racing Dudes preview this weekend’s three 100-point Kentucky Derby (G1) prep races – the Santa Anita Derby (G1), the Blue Grass (G2), and the Wood Memorial (G2) – then […] Read More

Race Previews

Blue Grass Preview: Essential Quality Set for Final Prep

LEXINGTON, KY – A compact but strong field of nine 3-year-olds including Essential Quality will contest Saturday’s $800,000 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (G2) on Day 2 of Keeneland’s 2021 Spring […] Read More

Kentucky Oaks

Ashland Preview: Malathaat Returns

LEXINGTON, KY – Shadwell Stable’s undefeated Malathaat makes her long-awaited return to the races in Saturday’s $400,000 Central Bank Ashland Stakes (G1) at Keeneland. The Ashland is a 1 1/16-mile […] Read More

Race Previews

Keeneland’s Blue Grass Undercard Rife With Price Possibilities

LEXINGTON, KY – With no disrespect intended toward the headlining event, Keeneland’s Blue Grass Stakes (G2) undercard stakes Saturday is rife with price possibilities, including a Grade 1 event returning […] Read More

Race Previews

Three Stakes Top Keeneland Opening Day Card

LEXINGTON, KY – Keeneland’s card this Friday serves up a triple-punch of stakes offerings, including a Breeders’ Cup (G1) champ returning to the site of past glory, as the track […] Read More

Kentucky Derby

Essential Quality, Simply Ravishing Headline Blue Grass, Ashland

LEXINGTON, KY – Undefeated Godolphin homebred Essential Quality drew post 4 for the $800,000 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (G2), and trainer Kenny McPeek’s Simply Ravishing drew post 3 for the […] Read More