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The upcoming weekend in North American horse racing offers one final breather for fans and horseplayers following the road to the 150th Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve, as no qualifying points preps are scheduled. This is in advance of a four-weekend span starting March 23 when the final nine preps will be run, ending April 13.

Sometimes, when I walk onto the backstretch here at Century Mile and look around at “all the pretty Thoroughbreds,” I feel a bit like I’m Alice, trying to figure out how I landed in Wonderland.  How did I get here, from there?

Anna Stone wasn’t actively looking for a new horse, but upon seeing images of Stone Surprise on New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program’s social media feed, she found herself unable to resist. The presence of “Stone” in his name and the coincidence of Anna sharing the same last name piqued her curiosity.

The road to the 2024 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve makes its second and final stop at Tampa Bay Downs Saturday, March 9, for the Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby.

Rich Mendez has gone from fielding calls about platinum-selling recording artists to a sudden stream of offers for his potential Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve starters. The Puerto Rico native, a music mogul through his successful record company, Rich Records, has leaped head first into the world of Thoroughbred racing.

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