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By ThoroughbredZone on December 25, 2025
Posted in Home Page | Tagged Adjust, Aqueduct, Belmont Park, Better Talk Now, Big Brown, Curlin, Endymion, Evening Attire, Hi It's Me, Kensei, Lookin at Lucky, Meadowlands, Monmouth Park, Pommes Frites, Quality Road, Rachel Alexandra, Say Florida Sandy, Trueamericanspirit
By ThoroughbredZone on November 6, 2025
Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Master of Hounds comes in for John Magnier and Aidan O’Brien with a classy son of Kingmambo. He will be making his 2nd start off the layoff and will get lasix for the first time. He ran a good 3rd last out in the Racing Post Trophy (GI) at Doncaster. Willcox [...]
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By ThoroughbredZone on September 4, 2025
Quality Road is back in action today and faces a field of 6 others. Quality Road looks like he will make one more start after today and head to The Breeders’ Cup Classic at Churchill Downs. The field he faces today does not look like there is huge threat to him in it, but nonetheless [...]
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By ThoroughbredZone on August 26, 2025
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By ThoroughbredZone on August 7, 2025
By Stephen Alicknovic The great Zenyatta will go for her 18th straight win without a loss in the Clement L. Hirsch (GI) later this afternoon at Del Mar. Some fans are a bit disappointed that she is not running in a more ambitious spot against better horses. To those I say just be grateful this [...]
Posted in Home Page | Tagged Blame, Clement L. Hirsch, Clement L. Hirsch Replay, Haynesfield, Kentucky Derby, Live Zenyatta Stream, Mine that Bird, Musket Man, NTRA, Past Performances, Quality Road, Whitney, Whitney Replay, YouTube, Zenyatta
By ThoroughbredZone on May 31, 2025
Quality Road Shines In Winning Met Mile Quality Road lead most of the way in winning the Met Mile (GI) in 1:33.11. Quality Road showed them how it’s done on the front end-setting fast fractions. He turned for home sitting chilly and dug in to fend off Musket Man to win The Met Mile (GI) at Belmont [...]
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By ThoroughbredZone on May 30, 2025
It was another great day at Monmouth Park on Saturday. Plenty of festivities in the back for everyone, and the racing was once again top notch. Quality Road Ready For The Metropolitan Mile At Belmont Park Quality Road will face 7 others when he enters the gate in Monday’s Met Mile (GI) at Belmont Park. Among [...]
Posted in Home Page | Tagged Endymion, He's So Chic, Joey Carson, Joey P, Manteca, Met Mile, Monmouth Park, Quality Road, Unwritten, very Sweet, Who's The Cowboy
By ThoroughbredZone on November 7, 2025
Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf First race of day two has a big field. 6 European invaders are in here. Pounced will be making her 4th career start and ran 2nd in the Prix Jean Lagardere (GI) at Longchamp. Viscount Nelson comes in off a layoff. He has a win at a mile and ran 2nd [...]
Posted in Home Page | Tagged Breeders Cup, Gayego, Mastercraftsman, Quality Road, Zensational, Zenyatta
By ThoroughbredZone on October 4, 2025
It was a flat out lousy day at Belmont Park on Saturday. The racing was as good as it could be under the lousy weather conditions. The weather has not been kind on the big racing days this year. The Kentucky Derby, Haskell, Travers and Gold Cup day were all sloppy messes. A sparse crowd [...]
Posted in Home Page | Tagged Fabulous Strike, Jockey Club Gold Cup, Kodiak Kowboy, Music Note, Pure Clan, Quality Road, Summer Bird
By ThoroughbredZone on October 2, 2025
The Vosburgh (GI) – Fabulous Strike heads a compact field of five quality sprinters. Simply put, he is the horse to beat. Fabulous Strike will not run in this years Breeders’ Cup Spring, so this race is thee race of the year for this horse. He is fast, and if the track is off, he [...]
Posted in Home Page | Tagged Belmont Park, Dry Martini, Fabulous Strike, Flower Bowl, Gio Ponti, Go Go Shoot, Jockey Club Gold Cup, Joe Hirsch Turf Classic, Quality Road, Vosburgh
By ThoroughbredZone on August 29, 2025
Quality Road was ranked as the number 1 horse on the Kentucky Derby list for much of the spring. He was on target for the Kentucky Derby as the horse to defeat; however nagging quarter crack issues prevented him from getting the chance. He missed the entire Triple Crown season recovering from his quarter cracks. [...]
Posted in Home Page | Tagged Kensei, Quality Road, Travers, Warriors Reward
By ThoroughbredZone on August 26, 2025
The Woodward for Rachel Alexandra is the right race for a few reasons. And they all make solid sense. First, connections have Kensei who is in top form right now, and, of all the other horses in the Travers, stands a good chance in the very least to hit the board with a solid effort [...]
Posted in Home Page | Tagged Kensei, Quality Road, Rachel Alexandra, Travers, Woodward
By ThoroughbredZone on August 19, 2025
Rachel Alexandra is ready for a race. How about the Travers Stakes? The mid-summer derby is less then two weeks away and it could easily become thee race of the year if her connections opt to enter her in this spot. The Haskell was a perfect spot, and that’s where she went to roll home [...]
Posted in Home Page | Tagged Mid-Summer Derby, Mine that Bird, Quality Road, Rachel Alexandra, Summer Bird, Travers Stakes
By ThoroughbredZone on April 27, 2025
Kentucky Derby 135 Pick And Preview Coming Tomorrow Quality Road’s Quarter Crack Ends Kentucky Derby Dream Run
Posted in Home Page | Tagged Edward Evans, Elusive Quality, Jimmy Jerkens, Kentucky Derby, Quality Road, Smarty Jones
By ThoroughbredZone on April 26, 2025
**Some Blood After Quality Road Gallop** ThoroughbredZone will have a complete preview and close-up of Kentucky Derby 135 next week. ThoroughbredZone will seperate the contenders from the pretenders, give some ideas on the best way to tackle the race from the betting perspective, and give a it’s pick to win Kentucky Derby 135. Coming next week… There will also be a Free Kentucky Derby contest [...]
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By ThoroughbredZone on April 21, 2025
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.
Posted in Home Page | Tagged Desert Party, Dunkirk, Friesan Fire, General Quarters, Hold Me Back, I Want Revenge, Kentucky Derby, Musket Man, Old Fashioned, Papa Clem, Pioneerof the Nile, Quality Road, Regal Ransom, West Side Bernie
By ThoroughbredZone on March 31, 2025
ThoroughbredZone’s Kentucky Derby 12 Updated Monday March 30, 2025 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 [...]
Posted in Home Page | Tagged Desert Party, Dunkirk, Friesan Fire, I Want Revenge, Imperial Council, Old Fashioned, Pioneerof the Nile, Quality Road, Regal Ransom, The Pamplemousse, Theregoesjojo, Win Willy
By ThoroughbredZone on March 29, 2025
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 [...]
Posted in Home Page | Tagged Dunkirk, Kentucky Derby, Quality Road
By ThoroughbredZone on March 28, 2025
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 [...]
Posted in Home Page | Tagged Danger to Society, Dunkirk, Europe, Florida Derby, Kentucky Derby, Quality Road, Theregoesjojo
By ThoroughbredZone on March 23, 2025
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 [...]
Posted in Home Page | Tagged Dunkirk, Florida Derby, Hold Me Back, Kentucky Derby, Quality Road, Theregoesjojo, ThoroughbredZone
By ThoroughbredZone on March 16, 2025
There have been some changes this week, most notable…Old Fashioned drops down to the number 6 spot from number 2, Friesan Fire moves up to number 2 from number 4, Patena drops to number 11 from number 7…New faces include Win Willy at number 9 and Beethoven pops back on at number 12…Mr. Fantasy drops [...]
Posted in Home Page | Tagged Kentucky Derby, Quality Road
By ThoroughbredZone on March 1, 2026
Quality Road showed why ThoroughbredZone had mentioned this horse , as a horse to mark down after his awesome maiden win at Aqueduct in November. **Flashback** Quality Road went off at 5/1 after his strong 2nd place finish to Theregoesjojo in an allowance race on January 10. Watching his maiden win told me he could [...]
Posted in Home Page | Tagged Elusive Quality, Fountain of Youth, Jimmy Jerkens, Quality Road
By ThoroughbredZone on February 28, 2026
Today’s FOY is one of the more competitive renewals of this race I have seen in recent years. There are 7 horses in the race, that are mentioned in our Kentucky Derby 12. A lot of blogs and other handicappers have made their picks for this race. I’m not going on any record here [...]
Posted in Home Page | Tagged Fountain of Youth, Kentucky Derby, Quality Road, Taqarub
By ThoroughbredZone on February 11, 2026
This is the first ThoroughbredZone’s Kentucky Derby 12 list…There will be many changes as we get closer to Derby Day. Some will improve, and some will fade away. Format- Horses name, Sire, dam-dam sire, month horse was foaled, and original purchase price.
Posted in Home Page | Tagged A.P. Cardinal, Charitable Man, Friesan Fire, Haynesfield, Kentucky Derby, Midshipman, Mr. Fantasy, Old Fashioned, Patena, Pioneerof the Nile, Quality Road, Stardom Bound, Taqarub, The Pamplemousse, Theregoesjojo, Vineyard Haven