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The Conscience of Thoroughbred Racing
By Keith Pettyjohn — As always, this edition of the Breeders’ Cup certainly was a great event but, of course, some races and performances stand
By Keith Pettyjohn — The following races are the most highly graded American stakes races run this year. If the races are live, it follows
By Keith Pettyjohn — When you have a horse with a particular running style, it is imperative that the jockey ride the horse according to that running
By Keith Pettyjohn — If you have been reading our column here at HRI for the last few months, you know that I’m not too
By Keith Pettyjohn — Over the last few weeks we have heard lots of talk about how television ratings are way down for baseball, basketball,
By Keith Pettyjohn — As Founder and Chief Figure Maker at GradedStakesRaces.com, I review the Graded Stakes Races from the previous weekend. At the end of
By Keith Pettyjohn — With Santa Anita park cancelling their races for this weekend, that leaves us with a small amount of Graded Stakes Races
By Keith Pettyjohn — Unvarnished, here is how the major stakes held last weekend graded out, listed by ranking: A+: Kentucky Turf Cup Turf
By Keith Pettyjohn — Even though there aren’t many Graded Stakes Races on tap this weekend, there are a few potentially nice rewards available for
By Keith Pettyjohn — Before we close the books on this year’s Kentucky Oaks and Derby, let’s take a closer look at the lessons that
In addition to his weekly Wednesday column assessing the quality of the previous weekend’s graded stakes races, each Friday GradedStakesRaces.com founder Keith Pettyjohn will provide
This year, the penultimate Saturday of the Saratoga race meet would feature the session’s lynchpin, the Travers ‘Midsummer Derby’ Stakes. But it’s 2020: Been there,
By Keith Pettyjohn — This year’s Kentucky Oaks is shaping up to showcase one of the best fields we’ve seen in many years. If it
In addition to his weekly Wednesday column assessing the previous weekend’s graded stakes racing performances, each Friday GradedStakesRaces.com founder Keith Pettyjohn will provide a runner listed at
By Keith Pettyjohn — Since the Kentucky Derby has gone to the points system no horse has won the Derby without posting a Class-Based Performance
