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Follow @racehorsereport Bobby’s Kitten breezing over the polytrack on April 5 at Keeneland as he prepared for Saturday’s Toyota Blue Grass (G1)Keeneland Photo Great cards at both racing emporiums Saturday. This is pretty much make or break if you want in the gate at Churchill Downs in three weeks. It’s been the wildest Kentucky Derby […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer California Chrome is a likely Kentucky Derby favorite after dominating the Santa Anita Derby while New York’s top Derby prep turned up a long shot winner. Two other impressive weekend winners, however, will bypass the Run for the Roses. Meanwhile, a Kentucky Oaks prep at Keeneland also may have […]

Follow @racehorsereport AQUEDUCT RACE 8 – THE BAY SHORE (G3) In a race laden with early speedsters, KOBE’S BACK is the closer to fear. If you cross off his two distance debacles, his form is pretty stellar. The John Sadler trainee has the California speed so effective shipping east and he drew the cozy outside […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer World Cup night in Dubai produced a truly international result while the Kentucky Derby field started to take shape in weekend races in Florida and Louisiana. In Dubai, horses from Hong Kong, Japan, Ireland, England and South Africa all won on the World Cup card before the Godolphin “home […]

Follow @racehorsereport DUBAI Meydan Race 2 – The Godolphin Mile (G2) SHURUQ won the Burj Nahaar (G3) in solid fashion and could make it two-in-a-row if she repeats that race. FLOTILLA is rounding to form nicely after her fall vacation and should be ready for her best effort of 2014 here. SOFT FALLING RAIN reportedly […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Add to the likely Kentucky Derby list: We Miss Artie, Chitu and Midnight Hawk, giving trainers Todd Pletcher and Bob Baffert five of the top six prospects. Baffert saddled Chitu and Midnight Hawk to a 1-2 finish in Sunday’s Sunland Park Derby in New Mexico. Pletcher sent out We […]

Follow @racehorsereport SANTA ANITA RACE 4 – THE SAN LUIS REY (G2) Back in the day, when this race was weight-for-age, it was among the toughest races to win in the United States. Ruined now by allowance conditions and relegated to a Grade 2, only five horses are entered. With the short field, at this […]

By ROBERT KELLEY KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer A colt named Hoppertunity hopped right into the Kentucky Derby picture this weekend while, elsewhere, some fillies flashed fine form, the fields for Dubai World Cup night came into focus and a pair of embattled Hong Kong runners showed international promise. And a happy St. Patrick’s Day to […]

Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas sends out his Kentucky Derby (G1) hopeful, Strong Mandate, in the Rebel Stakes (G2) at Oaklawn ParkOaklawn Park Photo OAKLAWN PARK RACE 8 – THE AZERI (G2) Multiple Grade 1 winner CLOSE HATCHES makes her 2014 debut in this Hot Springs, Arkansas event, named for one of the […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer Super Saturday at Meydan featured winners from around the world while Game On Dude proved best in the “Big Cap” at Santa Anita as the top three U.S. handicap stars stayed home. A bustling weekend of horse racing also included a victory by California Chrome in an important Kentucky […]