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Keeneland begins with a weather delay and covers fifteen days of live racing and a select sale! Welcome to Keeneland’s Spring Meet. There is nothing quite like thoroughbred racing in The Horse Capital Of the World. Feel free to utilize this post for coverage of the Keeneland Meet with frequent updates.
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It has been ten years since American Pharoah won the Grand Slam. Coming off a win in the Arkansas Derby. American Pharoah won all of the Triple Crown races and The Breeders’ Cup Classic. It be fun to see that kind of champion racing again now. Is this weekend’s Arkansas Derby winner on the path to Triple Crown success?
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The race that is both legendary and lucrative is the Louisiana Derby! This historical stakes dates back to 1894. The Louisiana Derby offers a valuable 200 Kentucky Derby prep points and carries a $1 million dollar purse. Let’s look at the Grade II, Louisiana Derby.
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Virginia is for lovers and who doesn’t love the Derby! Saturday is the Virginia Derby and half of the field may earn their way into the Kentucky Derby as well. The Road To The Kentucky Derby continues with its very first stop ever at Colonial Downs.
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This Saturday get back in the saddle again for a great Kentucky Derby prep race. This Saturday, 5/8/25, is the G III, Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby. Read on to find out what is going down and Tampa Bay Downs.
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March madness goes full force on this first day of the month! A full three Kentucky Derby prep races fall on Saturday, March 1st, 2025. Santa Anita races the GII San Felipe Stakes, Aqueduct is home to the GIII Gotham Stakes and Gulfstream Park posts the GII Coolmore Fountain of Youth Stakes. The first Saturday in March will figure heavily on the first Saturday in May. These races offer many prep points that shape the field of twenty from the leaderboard to the starting gate of the Kentucky Derby. Foremost, let’s focus on the Fountain of Youth.
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Join us for the next race on The Road To The Kentucky Derby, where we are journaling and joyful about the John Battaglia Memorial Stakes. The Road takes us to Turfway Park in Florence, KY. The all weather track is ready for nearly all weather conditions, providing an interesting and cool evening of racing this Saturday. See what the night is all about.
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Who’s going to rise up the Kentucky Derby leaderboard in the Risen Star Stakes? The sky is the limit for these star thoroughbreds as they race their way On The Road To The Kentucky Derby. Check out this post for the Risen Star rundown.
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The Sam F. Davis Stakes is hosted at Tampa Bay Downs where Kentucky Derby prep points are available to the faster half of these Derby dreamers. Forty two points will be awarded and those digits will alter the rankings on the Kentucky Derby leaderboard. Don’t miss these Davis Downs Derby dreamers!
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The fastest favorites race February first! There are three Kentucky Derby prep races this Saturday. Two of these races feature the Kentucky Derby leaderboard ranked horses that are tied for fastest Beyer Speeds in 2024. Follow along for fabulous facts about these fine races, particularly the Holy Bull.
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