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Donegal Racing’s Dullahan, winner of the Dixiana Breeders’ Futurity (G1) last October, reconfirmed his affinity for Keeneland’s Polytrack surface on Sunday morning by working five furlongs in :57.40 with Tammy Fox aboard for trainer Dale Romans. Dullahan, who on Saturday will attempt to join Round Table (1956-57) as the only...

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Compared to Paddy O’Prado, Dullahan already has quite a head start on the Triple Crown trail. While Paddy O’Prado was a late-blooming type who needed to get into the Kentucky Derby through the back door two years ago, Dullahan already has sufficient graded earnings to make the...

Dullahan turned in a swift five-furlong work Easter Sunday morning at Keeneland in preparation for the April 14 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (G1). Under the watchful eye of trainer Dale Romans, the 3-year-old son of Even the Score completed the distance in a scorching :57 2/5. In his only other...

This morning, Dullahan turned in his final workout for the $750,000 Blue Grass Stakes (gr. I), breezing five furlongs in a bullet :57 2/5 over the Keeneland Polytrack. Winner of the Breeders' Futurity (gr. I) here at Keeneland last fall, Dullahan's workout was by far the quickest of the day...

The opening cards are stocked with full fields, and a stroll through the Keeneland backstretch reveals a parade of horse flesh that rivals rush-hour congestion. Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2012/04/05/2141261/keeneland-stands-strong-amid-horse.html#storylink=cpy The reality facing the Kentucky racing circuit is as stark as ever. But for 15 days at the Bluegrass's most picturesque...

3 things you won’t read anywhere else Opinions are like an egg salad sandwich from your local Texaco station. Digest them at your own risk. READ MORE Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2012/04/05/2141261/keeneland-stands-strong-amid-horse.html#storylink=cpy  

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Dullahan, currently among the top 10 3-year-olds in this week’s Derby Watch, remains on target to have his final Kentucky Derby prep in the Grade 1 Blue Grass at Keeneland on April 14 despite missing several days of training due to a splint injury. “He popped...

Dullahan failed to follow the Kentucky Derby-winning footsteps of his half-brother Mine That Bird (2009), but he did make a solid showing at Churchill Downs with a fast-closing third-place finish. The Dale Romans-trained colt broke to the inside and bumped with Union Rags before settling well off the early pace....

PARIS — Forget daffodils or robins: In Central Kentucky, the true sign of spring is a pasture full of fuzzy foals. Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2012/03/25/2125178/fields-of-dreams-a-paddock-of.html#storylink=cpy It's March, and Adena Springs, the leading Thoroughbred breeding farm nine years in a row, looks like a nursery, with long-legged babies peeking with big...

Donegal Racing’s Finnegans Wake, third behind Hansen in the Grade III Gotham at Aqueduct earlier this month, worked five furlongs in :59 3/5, breezing, at Fair Grounds on Saturday. It was the Powerscourt colt’s first official move over the surface since arriving here from South Florida’s Palm Meadows Training Center...