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By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer With the Belmont Stakes still two weeks away, weekend racing focus shifted to contenders for upcoming classics in England and France. Candidates for this fall’s Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Santa Anita also began the long sorting-out process as far away as Buenos Aires. And some top names were […]

By Jude T. Feld Jude, Doug O’Neill and Mike Amodei enjoying a post-race Maker’s Mark back at Pimlico’s Stakes Barn, celebrating I’ll Have Another’s game Preakness victoryRian Feld Photo It was five o’clock on Friday afternoon in Baltimore. The spring weather was absolutely beautiful and Old Hilltop was awash in varying shades of pink, from […]

By Jude T. Feld 1st Race) PRINCE NOIR was claimed by sharp trainer Kieron Magee from his last start. He wins with 47% of his recent acquisitions. DISCO DANDY is a “horse for course,” winning four out of five starts on the Pimlico sod. He’s tough to leave off your ticket. ALSTON GUNTER has been […]

By Jude T. Feld 1st Race) On paper, the opener looks like a match race between UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE and SNEAKY LIL. They are impossible to separate, so the tote board will have to be our guide. 2nd Race) UNDER CONTROL is a talented Brazilian gelding, trained by Graham Motion. He has improved his speed figures […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer It was a weekend for looking ahead in Thoroughbred racing — to the Preakness Stakes, to Singapore, to the Epsom Derby, to Royal Ascot and beyond. While there were some big races at Belmont Park and Hollywood Park, even those looked like preliminaries for the summertime fixtures that lead […]

Jude T. Feld Bob trying not to call attention to himself during a Keeneland sale. My grandmother was standing over the ironing board, spraying starch on one of my Dad’s white shirts when the phone rang. “Oh precioso,” she said in Spanglish. “Roberto. Oh precioso.” It was then I knew I had another brother and […]

By ROBERT KIECKHEFER UPI Racing Writer I’ll Have Another won the Kentucky Derby with a “one day at a time” approach and his owner thinks that bodes well for the rest of the Triple Crown chase. No horse has won the Triple Crown — the Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes — since Affirmed in 1978. […]

By Jude T. Feld Follow @racehorsereport 4TH Race) VERTIFORMER ran a lot better than his line indicates. Hot riding James Graham got to know him last time out and will time his finish better today. SOUPER SPECTACULAR has always had ability but has yet to break through. He is now in the barn of Hall […]

By Jude T. Feld Follow @racehorsereport 4th Race) FUNNY PROPOSITION has lived up to her Saratoga Yearling Sale hype and should appreciate the added distance of today’s race. CRESPANO has improved off her two-year-old season and is back in the Todd Pletcher stable. She can be counted on for a good effort. IRE broke her […]

By Jude T. Feld Follow @racehorsereport Just days until the Kentucky Derby (G1) and my list of contenders is narrowing. This is an unusually strong crop of three-year-olds. The 2011 Grey Goose Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) has proven to be the “key race” of the century with nine sophomore stakes winners eminating from that event. […]