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2021 Robert B. Lewis Stakes at a Glance

Activity resumes Saturday on California’s Road to the Kentucky Derby and — surprise, surprise — trainer Bob Baffert is at the center of it.

Authentic Named Horse of the Year to Headline 2020 Eclipse Awards

The coronavirus pandemic impacted just about everything in 2020, including sports across the globe. Thoroughbred racing was certainly impacted, but by May racetracks started reopening with limited or no fans allowed and the horses and those who care for them got back to business.

2021 Holy Bull Stakes Cheat Sheet

Gulfstream Park has long been a key racetrack on the road to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve, and in recent years three of the last eight Kentucky Derby winners made at least one start at the Hallandale Beach, Fla. track on the Derby trail.

Byron King’s Derby Dozen: A New Season Begins

BloodHorse associate editor Byron King presents the inaugural Derby Dozen this week with his look at his leading contenders for the 147th Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve on May 1.

Ferdinand: Whittingham’s Memorable Derby Winner

There are certainly numerous reasons to remember the racing career of Ferdinand.

He was the Horse of the Year and the champion handicap horse of 1987.

In that year’s Breeders’ Cup Classic, he defeated Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Alysheba by a scant nostril in one of the most exciting editions of America’s richest race.

He won only eight of 29 starts in his career, but still managed to retire in 1988 with earnings of $3,777,978, which at that time ranked him fifth on the all-time list.

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