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Sunday Silence spent a lifetime in search of respect, on the track and in the breeding shed. In the end, he earned it.

“He was very good,” said Shug McGaughey, a Hall of Fame trainer who handled arch-rival Easy Goer. “I ran against him four times and he beat us three times. And I ran a pretty good horse at him.”

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Good Cheer Remains Perfect with Emphatic Kentucky Oaks Win

Undefeated Good Cheer may emerge as racing’s next superstar after she delivered an emphatic 2 ¼-length victory in the $1.5 million Longines Kentucky Oaks Friday at Churchill Downs.

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Fierceness Sets Track Record in 4-Year-Old Debut, Thorpedo Anna Defeated in La Troienne

Dejection turned to elation in a period of about five hours May 2 for owner Mike Repole.

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Veteran Horse Racing Journalists Evaluate the 2025 Kentucky Derby Field

Bob Ehalt and Tom Pedulla became fast friends when they met on their first day at Fordham Preparatory School in the Bronx, N.Y., in 1970. Bob soon introduced Tom to the joys of Thoroughbred racing.

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Why Each Horse in the 2025 Kentucky Derby Can Win the Race

This column has made it to another Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve, and after weeks of giving you the stats and trends of the big prep races we’ll close it out with some nuggets that give some amount of hope for every horse in the race. The Road is a BloodHorse feature sponsored by Gainesway and Darby Dan Farm.

Let’s take a look at this year’s field in post-position order:

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