Keeneland Opens Coming Weekend

Keeneland Racetrack opens Friday Oct 2. Straight off the bat, they have the FallStars meet with Nine Graded Races coming up. These include some of the well known stakes such as the Shadwell Turf Mile G1, Woodford (G3), Darley Aliciabades G1, Juddmonte Spinster G1, First Lady G1.

Read more about it on the track website: http://www.keeneland.com/fallstars

The full list of the stakes over this weekend is reproduced below:

Friday, Oct. 2Darley Alcibiades G1VIEW PROBABLES

Friday, Oct. 2Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix G3VIEW PROBABLES

Saturday, Oct. 3Claiborne Breeders Futurity G1VIEW PROBABLES

Saturday, Oct. 3Shadwell Turf Mile G1VIEW PROBABLES

Saturday, Oct. 3First Lady G1VIEW PROBABLES

Saturday, Oct. 3Thoroughbred Club of America G2VIEW PROBABLES

Saturday, Oct. 3Woodford Stakes (G3) VIEW PROBABLES

Sunday, Oct. 4Juddmonte Spinster G1VIEW PROBABLES

Sunday, Oct. 4Dixiana Bourbon G3VIEW PROBABLES

Exciting times lay ahead as this meet brings several additional stakes with the grand Breeders Cup Championships coming during Oct 29-31.

HANDICAPPING

Keeneland’s handicapping tool is a free database designed especially for horseplayers who want detailed information. Updated at the end of each race day, the database offers detailed information on the individual winners of every Keeneland race since October 2006, including weather, position at key junctures of the race, last start information and much more.

CLICK HERE FOR THE COMPLETE HANDICAPPING DATABASE

The database is

1. Sortable
2. Downloadable
3. Allows handicappers to chose the criteria they think is important when wagering on Keeneland live racing

The only issue with the database is that it features most of the data on the (past) All weather track. Keeneland has a new dirt track in place, so pay careful attention to the opening weekend to gather clues for the meet. 

HOT TIP:  Definitely pay lot of attention to Shipper Statistics for trainers, that will be very useful this time around.

BRIS TIP:  For Friday Oct 2 BRIS PPs for Race 1, 5 and 7 - Check out these Malibu Moon offspring PPs

http://www.brisnet.com/cgi-bin/briswatch.cgi/public/SpendThrift/MALIBU+MOON/1997/summary.html

Animal Kingdom (KY Derby 2011 winner) to stand in Australia

Animal Kingdom (the winner of the 2011 edition of the Kentucky Derby by Yum! Brands) will stand in stud in Australia later in 2013, following the acquisition of majority interest in breeding rights by Australia based Arrowfield Stud.

More details on this are available from Bloodhorse.com

We are really happy to see Animal Kingdom being raced further into his 5th year, rather than being retired fast in the Derby winning year itself, like many other horses in the game. His closing kick is something really fun to look forward to. In the Breeder's cup AK did very well to come 2nd in spite of traffic etc. Of course, he was up against Wise Dan - one of the top horses this year! Check out the video below: