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Seize the Grey Strikes in Pat Day Mile, Preakness Could Be Next

The Preakness Stakes gained a probable starter May 4 when MyRacehorse’s Seize the Grey won the $594,710 Pat Day Mile Presented by SAP Stakes on the

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Thorpedo Anna Much the Best in 150th Kentucky Oaks

Trainer Ken McPeek, a runner-up once in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve and three more times in the Kentucky Oaks, ended decades of frustration when Thorpedo Anna rolled by 4 ¾ lengths the 150th

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Byron King’s 2024 Kentucky Derby Pace Analysis

When the field breaks from the starting gate in the May 4 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve at Churchill Downs, as many as 20 still-developing 3-year-olds will race the classic distance of 1 1/4 miles while finishing on one of the longest main-track stretches in North America.

Pace could make the race, just as it did last year.

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Sunday Silence: The Star No One Wanted

Sunday Silence spent a lifetime in search of respect, on the track and in the breeding shed. In the end, he earned it.

“He was very good,” said Shug McGaughey, a Hall of Fame trainer who handled arch-rival Easy Goer. “I ran against him four times and he beat us three times. And I ran a pretty good horse at him.”

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Veteran D. Wayne Lukas, Rookie Keith Asmussen Aim for Kentucky Derby Success

The memory is nearly 45 years old now, but still vivid. In anticipating his son Keith’s debut in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve May 4, Steve Asmussen recalls the excitement surrounding his older brother Cash’s first run for the roses in 1979.

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