Tag: Keeneland

By Richard Rosenblatt If you’re following the races on Saturday, there’s a bunch of familiar names showing up at tracks around the country, from Gulfstream Park in Florida to Los Alamitos in California. Let’s start …

By Richard Rosenblatt New York Showcase Day at Belmont Park has adjusted due to rain, rain, and more rain. Set to promote its New York-breds with seven stakes races Saturday, the New York Racing Association …

By Richard Rosenblatt The last time we saw Soup and Sandwich at the races was on the first Saturday in May, at Churchill Downs, finishing 19th and last in the Kentucky Derby (G1), 64 ¼ …

By Ed McNamara Way back when, before the Breeders’ Cup became the ultimate autumn destination, October stakes at Keeneland and Belmont Park often determined championships. Horseplayers younger than 50 wouldn’t remember that, but it was …

Margaret Ransom, an award-winning writer who has worked in the horse racing industry for decades, recently moved to Texas from California and started The Bridge Sanctuary. Its mission is to bridge the gap from forgotten …

By Mike Farrell And then, there was only one. The “One” is the final remaining Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” qualifier before the season-ending championships next month at Del Mar. That contest is the …

By Ed McNamara Rattle N Roll struggled in his first two starts, getting off slowly when third in his debut and bolting on the second turn before being pulled up in his second race. He …

By Noel Michaels Three more “Win and You’re In” challenge races at Keeneland on Sunday close out meet’s opening Falls Stars Weekend, which featured a total of nine WAYI races at the historic track in …

By Richard Rosenblatt The race is on at Keeneland and Belmont Park for the final all-fees paid berths into the Breeders’ Cup less than a month away. Keeneland kicked off it Fall Stars Weekend on …

By Ed McNamara If you dream of making big scores on the 38th Breeders’ Cup, pay attention to Saturday’s card at Keeneland. The five-stakes program is a dress rehearsal for the year-end championships Nov. 5 …

By Ed McNamara I always look forward to the Keeneland fall meeting, which begins Friday and runs through Oct. 30. Like its April counterpart, it lives up to the track’s slogan, “Racing As It Was …

By Noel Michaels Fall Stars Weekend is upon us, which means it’s time for the prestigious Keeneland fall meet, opening Friday (Oct. 8) for 17 days of racing over three weeks in Lexington, Kentucky, the …

By Mike Farrell “Better late than never” applies as Keeneland, the historic racetrack in the heart of horse country, opens its brief fall meet on Friday. Keeneland arrives late to the Breeders’ Cup “Win and …

By John Furgele Mention the Bluegrass State to a sports fan, and he or she will usually,think of great college basketball and thoroughbred racing. It could be time to include harness racing. The Red Mile …

By Richard Rosenblatt   The last time these two champions met, it was no contest in the Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1). Preakness (G1) winner Swiss Skydiver stumbled at the start, and lost all chance of …