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Big-Race Showdown: Kentucky Derby Championship Series Visits Fair Grounds, Turfway

For the seventh year in a row, America’s Best Racing is challenging some of the brightest minds in horse betting to come up with their top three picks for key races every weekend leading up to the 2023 Triple Crown and then continuing through the 2023 Breeders’ Cup World Championships. The handicappers face off in what we like to call the “Big Race Showdown.”

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2023 United Arab Emirates Derby at a Glance

The Dubai route to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve has not been a fruitful one in its history. From 18 starters, the best Kentucky Derby finish from a runner coming out of the United Arab Emirates Derby was a fifth by Master of Hounds in 2011.

Triple Crown Turning Point: How Sharpening Focus Worked Wonders for Whirlaway

Belair Stud had dominated the sport of horse racing in the 1930s, the distinctive white with red spots a fixture in the winner’s circles of the Triple Crown races in multiple years. By the 1940s, though, the tide was turning toward a different set of silks, the immortal Devil red and blue of Calumet Farm.

2023 Sunland Park Derby at a Glance

The Road to the 2023 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve makes a stop in New Mexico Sunday for the $600,000 Grade 3 Sunland Park Derby, a qualifying race that awards 50 points to the victor and essentially guarantees a spot in the starting gate May 6 at Churchill Downs.

Where to Watch/Listen: The 2023 Dubai World Cup and Major Kentucky Derby Preps

After a relatively quiet weekend with no major races on the schedule, activity picks back up in a big way March 25-26, with three qualifying points preps for the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve slated on these shores as well as this year’s Dubai World Cup Festival featuring another Derby points race held on the other side of the globe at Meydan Racecourse.

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