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By Jude T. Feld To access our facebook page, click here. Now relegated to “afterthought” status because of a mottled Triple Crown season, the 142nd Belmont Stakes (G1) still holds some interest, especially for those seriously engaged in breeding Thoroughbreds. For at least the past two decades, American breeders have manufactured horses mainly for the […]

By Jude T. Feld To access our facebook page, click here. Despite being the second jewel in the American Triple Crown, the Preakness is often treated like a second-class citizen. Although a victory in the historic race is a necessity to win the three-sided Cartier trophy and rise to the top echelon of great Thoroughbred […]

By Bob Feld Caracortado, who basically cost less than a dime superfecta ticket is scheduled to run in the Preakness (G1) on Saturday.Benoit Photo For over a century, kings, queens, sheiks and billionaires have coveted winning a race in the American Triple Crown. The Kentucky Derby (G1), Preakness (G1) and Belmont (G1) are called “jewels” […]

By Jude T. Feld To access our facebook page, click here. The 135th Preakness will be contested at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday, May 15. Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver will take a run at the Triple Crown bid predicted by his jockey, Calvin Borel, in his post-Derby interview, but there are several sophomores who […]

By Jude T. Feld WinStar Farm’s Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver and jockey Calvin Borel looking good in the post parade minutes before their impressive victory.AMANDA DUCKWORTH PHOTO Super Saver ran a 105 Brisnet speed figure. It was the highest of his life and three points higher than any other horse in the field ever […]

To listen to live streaming coverage of the Kentucky Derby (G1) post position draw from Churchill Downs racing office just click here or on the HRRN banner ad on the right. The show begins at 11:30 a.m. (ET) on Wednesday, April 28. By Jude T. Feld The Kentucky Derby roses – Who will wear them […]

To listen to live streaming coverage of the Kentucky Derby (G1) post position draw from Churchill Downs racing office just click here or on the HRRN banner ad on the right. The show begins at 11:30 a.m. (ET) on Wednesday, April 28. By Jude T. Feld With the defection of Eskendereya from the Kentucky Derby […]

By Jude T. Feld Trainer John Sadler has been pointing to this race for quite awhile. To access our facebook page, click here. CLICK HERE FOR FULL CARD KEENELAND CLOSING DAY SELECTIONS The final fork in the Derby trail is here and now. The Cliff’s Edge Derby Trial (G3), named for Robert LaPenta’s stallion, who […]

Jude T. Feld Drinking the D. Wayne Lukas Kool-Aid can make the Kentucky Derby (G1) picture more than just a little fuzzy. To access our facebook page, click here. Derby week officially starts on Saturday with the running of The Cliff’s Edge Derby Trial (G3) at Churchill Downs. That race is absolutely the very last […]

By Jude T. Feld WinStar Farm’s Endorsement worked a super half-mile in :46 2/5, under trainer Shannon Ritter, Friday morning at Keeneland. Could he be sitting on a Kentucky Derby (G1) victory? With all the excitement last weekend’s Toyota Blue Grass (G1) and Arkansas Derby (G1) promised, the races left Derby trail followers feeling a […]