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Kentucky Derby pedigree profile: Smile Happy
Smile Happy put smiles on the faces of his supporters when he rallied to victory in the Kentucky Jockey Club S. (G2) at Churchill Downs, in the process joining the Road to the Kentucky Derby.
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Breeders' Cup Juvenile hopeful Jasper Great at Del Mar (Photo by Cecilia Gustavsson/Horsephotos.com)
Breeders' Cup International Horse Profile: Jasper Great
From the first crop of the late champion Arrogate, Jasper Great sports a superb pedigree as well as an imperious debut victory on the dirt at Hanshin.
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Kentucky Derby pedigree profile: Rattle N Roll
When Rattle N Roll joined the Road to the Kentucky Derby with a victory in the Breeders’ Futurity (G1), racing fans were left to ponder if he's bred to handle the Kentucky Derby’s 1 1/4-mile distance.
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Keeneland International Scouting Reports: Order of Australia, Empress Josephine
Trainer Aidan O’Brien has dispatched a trio of high-profile runners for Breeders’ Cup preps on Saturday. Since Japan was covered in a recent scouting report, we’ll give a quick update on him before focusing on the two in “Win and You’re In” events at Keeneland – Order of Australia and Empress Josephine.
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Kentucky Derby pedigree profile: Jack Christopher
Does Champagne S. (G1) winner Jack Christopher have the pedigree to handle the testing 1 1/4-mile distance of the Kentucky Derby?
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Pedigree profile: Corniche
Based off Corniche's victory in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1), it seems two of the speediest horses of the 2010s have combined to produce one of the speediest Kentucky Derby contenders of the 2020s.
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Kentucky Derby pedigree profile: Major General
The first horse to strike on the 2021-2022 Road to the Kentucky Derby was Major General, who displayed an affinity for Churchill Downs and battled to a tenacious victory in the Iroquois S. (G3).
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2021 Belmont Oaks international scouting reports: Santa Barbara, Cirona, Nazuna
As with stablemate Bolshoi Ballet in the Belmont Derby (G1), Santa Barbara brings a lofty profile into Saturday’s Belmont Oaks (G1) as a beaten classic favorite for Aidan O’Brien. Santa Barbara is also taking the same path as O’Brien’s only Belmont Oaks winner, Athena (2018).
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Pedigree Profile: Ram
From claimer to Triple Crown contender, Ram has made great progress. The improving chestnut sold for $375,000 as a yearling, at least in part because he’s bred to be a high-class prospect.
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Pedigree profile: Unbridled Honor
Unbridled Honor isn’t the most accomplished three-year-old in training—at least, not yet. But he’s made steady progress and might eventually grow into the top-class pedigree he brings to the table.
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Pedigree profile: France Go de Ina
France Go de Ina has taken a circuitous route to reach the American classics. Although he’s been campaigned in Japan and Dubai, he was bred in Kentucky and boasts a strong American pedigree.
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Breeders' Cup Juvenile Horse Profile: Get Her Number
Gary Barber’s Get Her Number earned an automatic berth to the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) on November 7 with a three-parts of a length triumph in the $301,000 American Pharoah.
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The Everest Horse Profile: Two-time defending champion Redzel
Redzel will be a two-time defending champion bidding for a very different style of three-peat Down Under compared to Enable's unprecedented three-peat attempt in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1) thirteen days prior.
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Horse Profile: Medaglia d'Oro the Hard Luck Horse
The favorite for this year's Kentucky Derby, unless he absolutely bombs in the Santa Anita Derby, is likely to be Bolt d'Oro. Trained by Mick Ruis and ridden by Javier Castellano, Bolt d'Oro has been the most consistent 3-year-old in the United State ...
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Breeders' Cup International Horses: Turf contender Highland Reel
Defending Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1) champion Highland Reel has made such a name for himself in the United States that it’s almost superfluous to give him another international profile treatment.
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Nyquist a powerful Kentucky Derby winner
After capturing his second Kentucky Derby in five years, trainer Doug O’Neill said of Nyquist: "He’s a remarkable athlete…you put him in company and he’s just a Ferrari."
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What are Zenyatta's Best Career Races?
Zenyatta finished with a career record of 19 and 1 out of 20 races. Her only second place finish was to Blame in the 2010 Breeders Cup Classic at Churchill Downs.
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Top 5 Horses that Never Ran in the Kentucky Derby
Late-bloomers end up becoming awesome runners later in the horse racing year, and later on in their careers at older ages.
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