Edited Press Release A pair of unbeaten stars in Shadwell Stable’s Fountain of Youth (G2) winner Mohaymen (#13) and Reddam Racing LLC’s reigning American 2-year-old champion Nyquist (#15), the winner of the San Vicente (G2) at Santa Anita in his 2016 debut, rank as the individual and overall early...
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Unbeaten Kentucky Derby contenders Mohaymen, Nyquist head Future Wager Pool 3
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Posted Tuesday, March 8
Dubai Carnival beads: World Cup night landscape after Super Saturday, III
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Posted Monday, March 7
Concluding the discussion from Vol. I on the Dubai World Cup and Vol. II on the other dirt races... Postponed photo courtesy Dubai Racing Club/Andrew Watkins. Thankfully, the Meydan turf course was a comparative haven on Super Saturday, with the right horses winning nearly everything (with one...
Dubai Carnival beads: World Cup night landscape after Super Saturday, II
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Posted Monday, March 7
Continuing the discussion from Vol. I, focusing on the Dubai World Cup... Polar River photo courtesy Dubai Racing Club/Andrew Watkins. UAE DERBY The 3-year-old male division has been weak all Carnival, an impression that wasn’t dispelled by Market Rally in the about 1 3/16-mile Al Bastakiya....
Dubai Carnival beads: World Cup night landscape after Super Saturday, I
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Posted Monday, March 7
Special Fighter photo courtesy Dubai Racing Club/Andrew Watkins. Super Saturday left more questions than answers on the dirt, thanks to a blatant track bias that not merely carried, but propelled, front runners on the inside. Anyone trying to improve position on the outside may as well have been...
The Kentucky Derby field: Will Points Ever Not Matter?
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Posted Monday, March 7
Maybe it’s the former editor in me or that I’m just a persnickety fusspot in general, but one of my pet peeves on the Triple Crown trail is anyone saying fillies have to “face males” to run in the Kentucky Derby. People need to stop saying that fillies have to run against males to run in the @...
Joseph O'Brien calls it a day on riding career
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Posted Monday, March 7
Joseph O'Brien, a leading retained rider for Coolmore and his father, trainer Aidan O'Brien, has told Racing Post that his abbreviated career as a jockey is over. The 22-year-old's career was always expected to be brief due to his height and weight, but he nonetheless enjoyed tremendous success...
Five Grade 1s highlight Santa Anita spring meet; Vanity shortened
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Posted Monday, March 7
Edited Press Release With the $500,000 Gold Cup at Santa Anita (G1) poised to serve as its highlight, Santa Anita's 2016 Spring Meeting, which begins May 5 and runs through July 10, will offer fans and horsemen 34 stakes, with 16 graded events that include five Grade 1 races. The Spring Meet...
Unbeaten Shagaf doing well after Gotham win; Lady Eli continues training for comeback
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Posted Sunday, March 6
Edited Press Release Shadwell Stable's undefeated Gotham (G3) hero Shagaf came out his 1 1/4-length victory in good order, according to trainer Chad Brown at Aqueduct on Sunday afternoon. "He looks great this morning, he ate up well," Brown reported. "He looks sound, very happy." Although Shagaf...
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