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ThoroughbredZone’s Belmont Stakes Preview And Play
ThoroughbredZone’s top  pick to win the Belmont Stakes is Dunkirk.  Dunkirk looks primed to make a strong bounce back run after his dull Kentucky Derby effort.   And a tremendous amount of respect to Mine That Bird who has every right to be pegged for the top spot in the [...]

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Today Mine that Bird shocked the horseracing world with an improbable victory in the 135th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs.
Calvin Borel guided him to his favorite place, the rail, and Mine That Bird did the rest, surging past Pioneerof the Nile and Musket Man, over a sloppy track to score the mammoth upset [...]

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***I Want Revenge Scratched From Kentucky Derby***

ThoroughbredZone Picks I Want Revenge to Win Kentucky Derby 135

My original pick was going to be Quality Road. He did not make it. Another quarter crack derailed his Derby bid.

Kentucky Derby 135 Contender Close-Up
Dunkirk is a horse that has garnered my respect for various reasons. He [...]

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With Quality Road Off The ThoroughbredZone Derby 12 Due To A Quarter Crack, Everyone Else Has Moved Up One Spot.  I Want Revenge Is Now The New #1 Horse.  Desert Party Returns To The #12 Spot.  Pretty Much The Same List As Before With a Few Little Tweeks.  Pick And Preview Coming.

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ThoroughbredZone’s Kentucky Derby 12 Updated Monday March 30, 2009
The biggest tweaks this week…Quality Road keeps his spot on top at #1… The Pamplemousse moves up to the #2 slot…Friesan Fire dips to the #3 spot…Dunkirk moves up to #4 from #7…Regal Ransom debuts at 11…Desert Party dips down to the #12 spot…Win Willy moves up to the [...]

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ThoroughbredZone’s Derby 12 # 1 horse **Flashback** Quality Road delivers a breakout effort in winning the Florida Derby in track record time today.  He fended off a bold challenge of Dunkirk in the stretch, and turned him back.  **Flashback**Dunkirk drew even, and had the lead for a brief moment, but Quality Road was asked for [...]

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The Florida Derby
Danger to Society And Europe Have Both Been Scratched

Quality Road, the #1 horse on ThoroughbredZone’s Derby 12, is set and ready for the Florida Derby on Saturday.  The race features two other Kentucky Derby prospects in Dunkirk and Theregoesjojo, who will both, be among the horses that will be favored in the betting.  [...]

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ThoroughbredZone’s Kentucky Derby Top 12 will remain unchanged this week.  The only note of any interest was Hold Me Back’s win in the $500,000 Lane’s End, this past Saturday at Turfway Park.  Hold Me Back scored over the Poly surface coming off a 3-month layoff for trainer Billy Mott.  It was a nice win, and he came [...]

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It was a good start for the 3.7 million dollar Dunkirk.  Rallying wide in the Gulfstream stretch, he rose to the lead and drew off for the win.  Trained by Todd Pletcher and ridden by Edgar Prado, Dunkirk had clear running room in the middle of the track and made the most of it.  Dunkirk [...]

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There are two first time starters tomorrow at Gulfstream that could be ready to pop first time out.  In race 3 at 7 furlongs, it is Won Token.  A New York bred filly owned by the upstate Funny Cide crew Sackatoga Stable and is trained by Barclay Tagg, as we all know trained Funny Cide.  [...]

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