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There may be no more exclusive ticket in Central Kentucky than a spot in the first book of mares for defending Horse of the Year Flightline, and Castleton Lyons ensured its place on the right side of the velvet rope when the operation purchased Brooke Marie at the the 2021 Keeneland April Horses of Racing Age Sale.

The Kentucky Derby prep schedule is in full swing, which means it's time to examine the horses that could fill the gate with Andrew Champagne.

Andrew Champagne counts down his top 20 Kentucky Derby contenders each week, along with pedigree notes on Kentucky-breds, in The Derby Bubble.

The Kentucky Derby prep schedule is starting to ramp up, which means it's time for detailed looks at the horses that could fill the starting gate with Andrew Champagne.

The first reported foals sired by dual Eclipse champion and classic winner Essential Quality arrived in Kentucky on Jan. 21 and Jan. 25, at Castleton Lyons and Taylor Made Farm, respectively.

Curly Jack headlines a field of nine 2-year-old colts that were entered in Saturday’s 96th running of the $400,000 Kentucky Jockey Club (G2)

Al Shira’aa Farms’ Miss Dracarys earned her first career stakes win with a front-running effort under Dylan Davis in Sunday’s $135,000 Forever Together, a 1 1/16-mile outer turf test for fillies and mares, at Aqueduct Racetrack.

Trainer Danny Gargan will saddle a pair of formidable contenders as Reeves Thoroughbred Racing’s Dakota Gold and Arnmore Thoroughbreds’ Kentucky homebred Riot House take on Saturday’s $135,000 Gio Ponti, a 1 1/16-mile outer turf route for sophomores, at Aqueduct Racetrack.

From a near-record number of submissions, Annette Dashofy’s Death by Equine has been named winner of the 16th annual Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award.

Annette Dashofy’s horse racing whodunit "Death by Equine" has been named winner of the 16th annual Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award.