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@kaitlinebenson The definition of a Champion!

Romantic Warrior is one of the greatest to ever look through a bridle. We'll never see this be done again. ✅ richest racehorse all time ✅ nearly beat Forever Young on dirt ✅ x4 Hong Kong Cup ✅ Cox Plate ✅ Triple Crown Winner Incredible & without equal.

@DRFGrening @DailyRacingForm Scratches should only be made by the track vet. Follow the Japanese lead.

The scratches of Masseto and Innate from AQU 10th are related to the change in course condition from turf to good, per the stewards.

@GiddyUpBets Flanders winning the 1994 Breeders Cup Juvenile Fillies.

What’s the most exciting race you’ve ever seen in person? Me: (I still get goosebumps watching it)

@RacingDFS Same horses just exact opposite order.

Happy Preakness 🦀🌻 A) Ocelli B) Incredibolt C) The Hell We Did GL GL

@raypaulick Follow the Japanese lead and scratches must come with a Vet certificate. Owner or trainer not allowed to scratch a horse.

By my count there are 17 scratches so far on today’s 14-race Preakness card at Laurel Park. None are regulatory vet scratches, according to Equibase. #sthash.XiGnOFIm.dpbs" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">equibase.com/static/latecha…

@Zipseatthetrack You were hoping your Preakness was half as good as your Derby & Breeders Cup. Rolling with the same.

OCELLI - INCREDIBOLT - THE HELL WE DID That's it, that's the list. Have a spectacular Preakness, everyone! ❤️🏇🦀🔥🍀💰

@JoshIsner The first principals approach is exactly what the Jockey Club needs to adapt. Now.

Teams of Rivals Win. thoroughbreddailynews.com/teams-of-rival…

@LvilleFan1 How many did she win a shake for? How many were being dumped by the big barns? New York doesn’t breed the amount of horses to sustain their racing program. She’s just doing it on a larger scale that’s what has been happening for decades.

Linda Rice claimed $360k worth of stock yesterday at Churchill alone. Horses that will likely never see a Kentucky track again.

@DRFWelsch Just like in Europe.

A couple of more thoughts regarding Royal Palm Juvenile, which automatically qualifies winner Celtic Dispute for a race at Ascot. The first two finishers were both fillies beating boys. And what a race Omaha Forty ran after getting left far behind the field at the break.

@TheNYRA @JOCKEYSMARIN Klaravich stables just keeps on rolling out tough 3 YO’s in Growth Equity yesterday and Hedge Ratio today.

HEDGE RATIO, a winner at Aqueduct in his last start, wins the Long Branch Stakes at Monmouth under @JOCKEYSMARIN for trainer Chad Brown.

@kaitlinebenson Diamond Necklace is a serious undefeated filly.

Classic winner in the first crop for St Mark's Basilica!

@ChurchillDowns @MindyColeman At Keeneland this Spring was sitting next to us with his family and friends. His horse got scratched that day. Just shrugged and moved on and was accommodating to fans who asked for pictures etc….he loves this game and it shows.

Former professional baseball outfielder, Jayson Werth, wins with Outfielder! 🐎

@DRFGrening @LindaRiceRacing Lezcano & Rice are a dominating duo.

Munnings Express takes AQU opener in gate to wire fashion at 1/5. Lezcano for @LindaRiceRacing , who also sent out runner-up Atarah. 4-3-2-1

@HorseToWatch Unconventional sometimes is what you need at 30-1.

It certainly took some moxie (yeah, let's go with that) to launch a last to first move while going into a full-out drive entering the backstretch. Unconventional tactics by Gokhan Kocakaya, to say the least. But it paid off in a dead-heat win...

@hhhracingpod @BreedersCup Reminds of Life is Good. Won the BC Mile then the next year they try the Classic. Nothing wrong with being the best miler in the world which Crude Velocity could be.

Smart. Not because of the short 2-week preparation, but more due to my opinion that he doesn't want to go a distance beyond 1 1/16th (MAYBE 1 1/8th given the right scenario). He will be an absolute beast between 6 - 8 furlongs. My @BreedersCup Dirt Mile pick right now.

@racinglucyx @InfoArqana Thank you for sharing. Awesome information.

Lot 60 - An agile chestnut filly by Flightline out of the black type Miss Mosaic. This fillies stride measured between 126-130 °. Massive. Continued in the comments… 📹 @InfoArqana

@thoroughcrowd @atTheTrack7 @MollyJoRosen @HSIndyRacing Makes perfect sense. If Flightline was 1M at the sales and is now worth 189M (saw this not verified) how many of those yearling misses does this make up for? The big hits make up for all the misses.

@TrackThatHorse @atTheTrack7 @MollyJoRosen @HSIndyRacing You can't really analyze stud deals with publicly available information. You could make some estimates, but syndication values aren't usually public, what percentage is paid out to owners isn’t public, etc. Partnership markups are also hard to find at times.

Eclipse Thoroughbreds debuted a 4 year old in a $30,000 Maiden Claiming race just there at @HSIndyRacing that cost $725,000 as a yearling. Was bet down to even money and ran last.

@atTheTrack7 @MollyJoRosen @HSIndyRacing @thoroughcrowd That’s really interesting. Does the data just show yearling purchases that don’t pan out or does it include yearling that do make it and get stud deals?

@MollyJoRosen @HSIndyRacing We (my ownership group @thoroughcrowd) have many years of data that shows how much money major operations lose on big yearling purchases. The numbers would stun a team of oxen in their tracks.

@EJXD2 @stet_dot_net The Derby is an event like going to Keeneland is an event. Yes, people like horses but they go for the pageantry and the social aspect. Bluegrass day at Keeneland half the people left before the Bluegrass ran because it was race 13.

@stet_dot_net I’d argue that the Derby cliff has the steepest drop off.

People only care about golf during the Masters. People only care about tennis during Wimbledon. People only care about horses during the Derby. Face it. You can rearrange the schedule all you want. You’re not gonna change this simple truth.

@Tylersousa20 @danielwoerner Run a Turf Triple Crown at Keeneland, Saratoga, & Del Mar.

@danielwoerner Yes ! Turf racing in America needs some sort of “series” too.

Best fix to this Triple Crown debate: You can run for 2 crowns, The Triple Crown & The Grand Crown 1st Saturday in May = Kentucky Derby 1st Saturday in June = Preakness 1st Saturday in July = Belmont 1st Saturday in August = Travers 1st Saturday in November = The BC Classic