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Kentucky Derby preps 2019

Always Shopping Acquires a Gazelle Win for Repole

New Yorker Mike Repole arrived at Aqueduct Racetrack on Saturday, April 6, with an entourage of 50 friends and family members. He had horses entered in each of the last five races, four of them in stakes. Standing in the winner’s circle after Life’s a Parlay, co-owned by Repole and St. Elias Stable, won the Grade 3 Excelsior,…

April 7, 2019 in Aqueduct spring 2019, Kentucky Derby 2019, Kentucky Derby preps 2019.

Brian Nadeau’s Road To The Triple Crown: The Lecomte

Brian Nadeau of Capital OTB and Horseplayer Now returns to take us through the major races on the road to this year’s Triple Crown. He’ll offer analysis and selections of Derby points races, hoping to make us all a little money as we head to the Belmont Stakes. Follow him on Twitter here. Fair Grounds:…

January 19, 2019 in Brian Nadeau, Kentucky Derby preps 2019, Triple Crown 2019.

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