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Horse racing is one of the world’s most vastly popular and widely celebrated sporting events with many of the historical racecourses offering their own fair share of high-octane action for all fans and punters to enjoy on a regular occurrence, with one venue located in Baltimore, Maryland hosting a true fan-favorite race that is well worth the price at admission to attend in person.

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A Closer Look at Probable Breeders’ Cup Distaff Favorite Idiomatic

The fields for the 14 races that comprise the Breeders’ Cup World Championships really begin to come into focus in summer and fall and this regular feature will offer a snapshot profile of one of the previous weekend’s standout stars.

Locked, Keeneland, Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity, Coady Photography

Five Takeaways to Know From the Biggest Breeders’ Cup Prep Weekend of the Year

Tom Pedulla presents five takeaways from coast-to-coast action that included the Champagne Stakes at Belmont at the Big A, the Claiborne Breeders’ Futurity at Keene

Idiomatic, Juddmonte Spinster Stakes, Keeneland, Coady Photography

Spinster Stakes a Piece of Cake for Idiomatic, Can Group Pulls 27-1 Surprise in Bourbon Stakes

Idiomatic wasn’t much on drama Oct. 8 at Keeneland as the massive Curlin filly turned the Grade 1 Juddmonte Spinster Stakes into a one-horse showcase.

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Secretariat Shatters Course Record in First Try on Turf in 1973 Man o’ War Stakes

Secretariat’s human connections had failed him by making a last-minute decision to run in the Sept. 29 Woodward Stakes without the proper prep work, but it did not take long for the Bold Ruler colt to turn things around.

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