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Where to Watch/Listen: Horse Racing Coverage March 5-8 We’re now deep in the heart of prep season for the 2026 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve, and two more qualifying points races a...
Trifecta Betting Strategy for 2026 San Felipe Stakes A high-profile Grade 1 winner is slated to make his 2026 debut in Saturday’s $200,000, Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes Presented by DK Horse at Sa...
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Pioneering Jockey Patricia Cooksey Wouldn't Change Anything Any discussion of Patricia “P.J.” Cooksey’s trailblazing career as a jockey has to involve her boxing record, unsanctioned as those bouts we...
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Stars of Yesterday: Looking Back at Best San Felipe Stakes Winners Saturday’s card at Santa Anita Park includes the $200,000, Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes Presented by DK Horse. Some of California’s top 3-year-...
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Class President thwarts Silent Tactic in Rebel; Explora the Honeybee queen | Kentucky Derby You can add another name to Todd Pletcher’s roster of Kentucky Derby (G1) candidates, as Class President scored an upset in Sunday’s $1 mill...
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2026 Kentucky Derby Prospect Profiles: Rebel Stakes Winner Class President Welcome to Kentucky Derby Prospect Profiles, where we take a look each week at a recent winner of a race the Road to the Derby schedule whic...
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Registration Open for National Horseplayers Championship Last Chance/First Chance Contest LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 2, 2026): Registration is now open for the annual National Horseplayers Championship ‘Last Chance/First Chance’ Contes...
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Key Takeaways from an Important Kentucky Derby Prep Weekend America’s Best Racing writer Patrick Reed presents four takeaways from an action-packed weekend highlighted by three 105-point Kentucky Derb...
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Stars of Yesterday: Looking Back at Best Tampa Bay Derby Winners The Road to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve heads south this Saturday to Tampa Bay Downs, which hosts the $400,000, Grade 3...
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Charlsie Cantey: A Pioneer in Horse Racing Media Charlsie Cantey never sought to break ground as the first female racing broadcaster. She never fancied herself as the pioneering type. It ju...
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A Place to Celebrate Thoroughbreds: Stable View to Host T.I.P. Championships Again in 2026 The average Thoroughbred has the potential lifespan of 25-35 years. If the horse races from age 2 to 4, he or she then has another 20-30 yea...
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Class President Holds Off Silent Tactic to Win Rebel Stakes Thriller The Road to the Kentucky Derby provided two thrilling stretch battles Feb. 28 in the Coolmore Fountain of Youth Stakes and Gotham Stakes. Wh...
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Commandment Edges Chief Wallabee to Win Fountain of Youth Stakes Commandment proved he could go two turns and indicated that he had more stamina if needed with his win in the $400,000 Grade 2 Coolmore Foun...
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Favored Iron Honor Joins the Derby Trail with Gotham Stakes Win at Aqueduct Historians will note that a Gotham Stakes winner has not captured the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve since the immortal Secret...
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Calumet's She Be Smooth romps in Davona Dale; Paradise takes flight in Busher | Kentucky Derby The Davona Dale (G2) is named after the 1979 Kentucky Oaks (G1) champion, one of the Hall of Famers for historic Calumet Farm. So it was fit...
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Iron Honor determinedly stays perfect in Gotham | Kentucky Derby Iron Honor put his name prominently on the Kentucky Derby Leaderboard when recording a hard-fought victory in Saturday’s $300,000 Gotham (G3...
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NTRA Crowns Dave Nichols of Wayne, Pa. 2025 NHC Tour Champion Topping a field of more than 3,725 of the nation’s best horseplayers over a 12-month period, Dave Nichols of Wayne, PA, captured the 2025 Na...
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ABR Sunday Selections: Full-Card Picks for Rebel Stakes Day from Oaklawn Park Every Sunday Noel Michaels will provide free full-card picks for a one racecard in North America. A veteran handicapper and tournament-play...
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Perseverance Made Sylvia Bishop a Racing Pioneer: 'I Knew What I Wanted to Do' Sylvia Rideoutt Bishop did not set out to become the first black woman licensed to train racehorses in the United States. Horses were a part...
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Blanc de Blanc cruises into European classic picture in Patton | Kentucky Derby Amo Racing’s Blanc de Blanc readily defeated males in Friday’s Patton at Dundalk, a scoring race on the Euro/Mideast Road.
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Big-Race Showdown: 2026 Season Starts With Key Trio on Kentucky Derby Trail For the 10th year in a row, America’s Best Racing is challenging some of the brightest minds in horse betting to come up with their top thre...
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Byron King's Derby Dozen for Feb. 26 BloodHorse news editor Byron King presents his weekly Derby Dozen for 2026, with a look at his leading contenders for the Kentucky Derby Pre...
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Racing's Great Rivalries: Curlin, Hard Spun, and Street Sense Curlin would have been a great star regardless of when he was born. He was that good.
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