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A Little Lady Takes on the Big Boys in Preakness

[ 11 May 2009 | No Comment | 243 views ]

They’ll be a new player in Baltimore for the 134th Preakness. She’s the likely favorite – Rachel Alexandra.

All that’s formally needed is the $100,000 supplemental fee to make the restricted 14-horse field as long as there’s a ... read more

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Tradition Doesn’t Take a Back Seat at Preakness

[ 6 May 2009 | No Comment | 208 views ]

Maryland’s chief executive and several friends visited Saratoga in 1868 several years after America’s oldest track opened. Gov. Oden Bowie and other prominent racing figures attended a dinner party where ... read more

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Derby winner cleared for Preakness

[ 4 May 2009 | No Comment | 227 views ]

In news that is absolutely no surprise, handlers of Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird say their horse will run in the Preakness Stakes.

On Sunday, a day after the 50-1 long shot’s big upset at Churchill Downs, trainer Bennie ... read more

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Tradition! A Historic Portrait of the Derby

[ 30 Apr 2009 | No Comment | 254 views ]

Tradition! That’s the theme of the musical “Fiddler on the Roof” based on tales by Sholem Aleichem (1859-1916) defining the Jewish lifestyle in a Russian village in 1905.

Tradition! That’s a big part of the read more

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135th Derby: Pretenders, Possibles and Contenders

[ 30 Apr 2009 | No Comment | 271 views ]

There have been many changes the past couple of weeks concerning who’s in and who’s out of America’s Race.

Injuries too their toll: Likely co-favorite Quality Road was derailed by a pair of quarter cracks on his right feet. Sore shins sidelined Square Eddie and a weak ankle ... read more

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Greg Melikov’s Horses to Watch

[ 29 Apr 2009 | No Comment | 293 views ]

Horses worth watching, a list of runners compiled by handicapper/turf writer Greg Melikov that should improve significantly or do well next time out, won six times times, ran second four times and finished third seven times since March 7. These thoroughbreds are worth considering when developing you... read more