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With every passing year, the depth of the loss of champion Arrogate, who died at age 7 after just three seasons at stud, becomes more pronounced. His first crop was led by Kentucky Oaks winner Secret Oath; his second by Belmont and Travers winner and champion Arcangelo. His third crop includes Seize the Grey, front-running victor of last Saturday's Preakness Stakes.
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Can history repeat itself? That's one question for Santa Anita Derby runner-up Imagination in the Preakness Stakes. The colt races for many of the same connections as last year's Preakness winner, National Treasure, and is from the same extended female family as that colt – one that has had a great deal of success throughout racing history.
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Uncle Mo is, in less than a decade with runners on the track, already an accomplished classic influence as the sire of Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist and Belmont Stakes winner Mo Donegal. He'll now have a chance to add to his résumé with Kentucky Oaks winner Thorpedo Anna and Muth, the likely favorite for the Preakness Stakes.
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Mugatu was foaled in Kentucky and trains at Belterra Park in Ohio. But in some ways, he'll be coming home when he runs in the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course. The colt was conceived in Maryland, as he is sired by Blofeld, a prominent young sire in the state who stands at Murmur Farm in Darlington.
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Nest, the champion 3-year-old filly of 2022 and a four-time Grade 1 winner, has been retired from racing, her owner Mike Repole said Wednesday.
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Thorpedo Anna dominated last Friday's Kentucky Oaks as the second betting choice. But in some ways, the filly was the biggest of longshots. Her mere existence is a credit to breeder and co-owner Judy Hicks, as Thorpedo Anna's dam, Sataves, had a premature and troubled start to life and required painstaking care.
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It would be virtually impossible for a broodmare to have two Kentucky Derby starters in the same year; the race is, of course, only for 3-year-olds, and surviving, thriving twins are rare in horses. But the pensioned broodmare Darling My Darling has found a way to get her name into this year's lineup twice.
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Gun Runner and Justify were both brilliant on the track, earning Horse of the Year honors. The two 2024 National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame inductees will be represented by runners in this year's Kentucky Derby.
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The influence of the late, great Storm Cat can't be overstated. Five of this year's Kentucky Derby entrants carry his blood via direct male line. One of those is Resilience, by leading sire Into Mischief, a great-grandsire of Storm Cat.
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Puca is looking to make Kentucky Derby history when her son Dornoch starts in next Saturday's spring classic. In a century and a half, no broodmare has ever produced multiple winners of the race. Puca, the dam of 2023 Kentucky Derby winner Mage, makes the attempt with that colt's full brother.
