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Did you know three of the last five Kentucky Derby winners failed to break their maidens before the middle of January?...

Did you know only 110 days remain until the 2022 Kentucky Derby? Let’s round up the latest Kentucky Derby (and Kentucky Oaks) news....

Horse racing is one of the most popular sports in Sweden, and harness racing in particular....

Tackroom is full of water, maybe a pipeline broke That’s how the day started. It’s 7:07 on a cold, icy, windy Martin Luther King Day morning. Minutes later, I step and splash into the tackroom. My instinct is to call someone. Call anyone. Charles, the handiest handyman I know. Annie,...

... with California Cup Sprint win. Jay PrivmanJan 15, 2022 ... Bet the races with confidence on DRF Bets. You're one click away from the only ......

The following letter from Hall of Fame trainer Richard Mandella is in reference to the investigation of California Horse Racing Board equine medical director Dr. Jeff Blea by the California Veterinary Medical Board and Blea being placed on administrative leave by the CHRB pending a Jan. 21 hearing.  I have...

The G3 Lecomte Stakes for 3-year-old colts, slated to be run January 22 at a distance of 1 1/16 miles, typically kicks off the Road to the Kentucky Derby series of races at the historic Fair Grounds Race Course. Yet this season the track instituted in December the new Gun...

Brutal out there, 13 degrees. Rising to 24 by noon. Snow to commence at 1:00. Temperature will rise to 30 by 6 p.m. and strangely climb to 42 by midnight, snow is meant to turn to ice and then subside by tomorrow afternoon.  In the spring, summer and fall, we...

... Up G in California Cup Derby. Jay PrivmanJan 15, 2022 ... Bet the races with confidence on DRF Bets. You're one click away from the only ......

The New York Racing Association announced that they’re rebuilding the Wilson Chute at Saratoga. I wish I could ask Allen Jerkens what he thinks.  I do remember it being revitalized in the early 90s and it didn’t work very well. Rough races. Short fields. If I remember correctly.  Will a...

Here it comes.  Sunday. Low, 14. High, 39. Snow, 100%. Winter Storm Watch. Heavy snow mixed precipitation possible. Total snow accumulations of 3 to 6 inches are most likely, with up to 8 inches. Ice accumulations of one to two tenths of an inch are possible. Winds could gust as...

Detailed analysis of the 2022 Gasparilla Stakes field by Vance Hanson of TwinSpires....

With “Jockey,” Clint Bentley's directorial debut has made a big impression on critics and movie audiences that have had the opportunity to see it prior to its national release later this year. Actor Clifton Collins Jr. won a Best Actor award at the Sundance Film Festival, where “Jockey” debuted last...

Keeneland January rolling along. I had about seven on my short list, one failed a scope, two were lacking scope and size, two weren’t good enough on second look, one went for $210,000, one went for $700,000… At Fasig-Tipton July, Doug Cauthen turned to me after being outgunned on another...

In “Making Claims,” Paulick Report bloodstock editor Joe Nevills shares his opinions on the Thoroughbred industry from the breeding and sales arenas to the racing world and beyond. My Eclipse Awards ballot is shared publicly as a member of the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters' bloc of voters, so in...

The recent Sham Stakes for 3-year-olds at Santa Anita racetrack was won by Newgrange with Rockefeller finishing second.  Both colts are trained by Bob Baffert and neither colt earned points to enter the 2022 Kentucky Derby. Mr. Baffert has been suspended by Churchill Downs from running horses at the track...

Detailed analysis of the 2022 Tropical Turf Stakes field by Vance Hanson of TwinSpires....

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If you are a student of pedigrees, you'll know of Franco Varola and Abram S. Hewitt. If not, take my word for it that they were two giants in the field of pedigree research, and both were excellent writers. Varola, an Italian whose first name was Francesco, is known for...

Over the New Year’s weekend, I watched as television news carried worrisome stories about the COVID-19 Omicron variant spiking to record levels and causing overcrowded conditions at hospitals, exacerbated by absent Omicron-infected healthcare employees. In one report, a distraught medical doctor pleaded for people to get vaccinated, although he lamented...

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Jay PrivmanJan 03, 2022 ... KENTUCKY DERBY 2022: Point standings, prep schedule, news, and more. IGNITIS, who was third, hopped slightly at the ......

... the 2022 Kentucky Derby: Sham Stakes analysis. Jay PrivmanJan 02, 2022 ... KENTUCKY DERBY 2022: Point standings, prep schedule, news, and more....

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