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Zenyatta Connections

Dazzling praise for Zenyatta’s 2-year-old half-sister by Bernardini: “She has as much presence as any young horse I’ve ever been around,” Robinson said. “It scares me. She’s completely herself, very...

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Reworking the Schedule

Steven Crist on changing the Breeders’ Cup two-day line-up with the addition of the Juvenile Sprint to this year’s event: There are several realignments that would work better, such as emphasizing...

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“Future Friday”

Another call for reorganizing the Breeders’ Cup schedule, from Steve Haskin: How about if they keep the Juvenile Sprint on Friday, and, in fact, move all the juvenile races to Friday and promote it as...

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“The Statistics Are Somewhat Hopeful”

Jeff Scott checks the stats on Saratoga’s Lasix-free juvenile starters: The 141 Lasix-free 2-year-olds were distributed over 71 races; only nine were post-time favorites. As a group, they accounted for...

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The Seen and Unseen

As the rubric for Eric Mitchell’s Blood-Horse column asks, what’s going on here? In his latest, Mitchell surveys the trainers of the Lasix-free juvenile starters owned by those who pledged to run their...

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The Better Horses

Two items from the DRF story on the Breeders’ Cup juvenile race Lasix ban: At Saratoga, the biggest East Coast summer meeting for 2-year-olds, 137 of 694 starters (19.7 percent) in 90 juvenile races...

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Missing Juveniles

Jennie Rees wonders: What happens to all the 2-year-old maiden winners? Not long ago, Churchill had three stakes for 2-year-old colts in the spring. Now there’s only the Bashford Manor (plus the...

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Pletcher Baby ROI

Everyone knows that trainer Todd Pletcher is dominant is Saratoga juvenile races, but he’s profitable, too, in certain scenarios: His five-year win stat for first-time starters in dirt sprint maiden...

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One Fast Rose

Our Amazing Rose gets a Beyer speed figure of 91 for winning the fifth race on Thursday at Saratoga by 7 3/4 lengths. She went the five furlongs in :57.68, or .59 seconds faster than stablemate Corfu...

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Early Runners

How dominant is trainer Wesley Ward in Keeneland spring juvenile races? When it comes to early season maiden races, Ward’s record is pretty close to off the charts. Since 2009, there have been 47...

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Saratoga Dark Day #1

Four days down, 36 to go, and Bill Mott has emerged as the early leader in the race for this year’s trainer title. Hott Mott’s won six races from 13 starts so far and only one of his winners — My...

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Valentina’s Debut

Rachel’s Valentina, the second foal of 2009 Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra, is set to make her debut in race two at Saratoga on Sunday. It’s a six-furlong maiden special weight, and the 2-year-old...

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Betting on Pharoah

Amanda Duckworth on the American Pharoah effect: [Monmouth Park] also posted an all-sources handle of $20 million, which is a non-Breeders’ Cup record. The Haskell alone brought in a record $6.54...

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Spa Babies

Saratoga opens Friday, and that means some very well bred, very high-priced, and very interesting juveniles will be running, such as this one (DRF+): Perhaps the most intriguing colt on the grounds...

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2017 Saratoga Babies

They’re off at Saratoga and that means I’m tracking every juvenile race, every juvenile starter in the Spa babies spreadsheet once again. Through the first few days of the meet, trainer Todd Pletcher...

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The Better Horses

Two items from the DRF story on the Breeders’ Cup juvenile race Lasix ban: At Saratoga, the biggest East Coast summer meeting for 2-year-olds, 137 of 694 starters (19.7 percent) in 90 juvenile races...

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Missing Juveniles

Jennie Rees wonders: What happens to all the 2-year-old maiden winners? Not long ago, Churchill had three stakes for 2-year-old colts in the spring. Now there’s only the Bashford Manor (plus the...

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Pletcher Baby ROI

Everyone knows that trainer Todd Pletcher is dominant is Saratoga juvenile races, but he’s profitable, too, in certain scenarios: His five-year win stat for first-time starters in dirt sprint maiden...

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One Fast Rose

Our Amazing Rose gets a Beyer speed figure of 91 for winning the fifth race on Thursday at Saratoga by 7 3/4 lengths. She went the five furlongs in :57.68, or .59 seconds faster than stablemate Corfu...

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Early Runners

How dominant is trainer Wesley Ward in Keeneland spring juvenile races? When it comes to early season maiden races, Ward’s record is pretty close to off the charts. Since 2009, there have been 47...

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