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Article via ESPN, Marcus Hersh | Daily Racing Form. Photo by Penelope P. Miller DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- On the bare face of things, the decision to use blinkers on Dubai World Cup starter Keen Ice is unusual. The 4-year-old has made 15 starts, none in blinkers, and the equipment...

Excerpt from Courier-Journal, Jonathan Lintner. Photo by Michael Clevenger A suggestion by jockey Ryan Moore, who rode Keen Ice to an off-the-board finish in his local prep for Saturday's Dubai World Cup, could pay dividends for connections hoping for a piece of the $10 million purse. Keen Ice added blinkers for...

Article via The National, Geoffrey Riddle. Photo by Michele MacDonald. America will provide five of the 12 runners in the Dubai World Cup next Saturday after the Dubai Racing Club released the likely fields to the world’s richest race. California Chrome, who was second to Prince Bishop in the US$10...

Article via Thoroughbred Racing Commentary, Peter Ward Already guaranteed his place in the history books as the only horse to beat 2015 US Triple Crown winner American Pharoah, the Dale Romans-trained Keen Ice embarks on his latest quest, a crack at the 2016 Dubai Wold Cup, when he lines up...

Article via ESPN, Marcus Hersh, Daily Racing Form The road to the Dubai World Cup card March 26 takes its final turn this week, with the last two major racecards at Meydan on Thursday and Saturday before the World Cup program itself. The Saturday feature, Round 3 of the Al...

Article via Horse Racing Nation Donegal Racing’s Keen Ice holds a unique and rather newsworthy distinction over his seven rivals in Saturday’s $500,000 Donn Handicap (G1) at Gulfstream Park.   The Dale Romans-trained 4-year-old’s claim to fame heading into the first major race for older horses in the calendar year is his...

Article via Lady and the Track, Reinier Macatangay Keen Ice Seeks Respect in Donn at Gulfstream Park: Void of lofty expectations, Donegal Racing’s Keen Ice kicked off 2015 by running fifth in the Holy Bull Stakes (GII) at Gulfstream Park, after coming in third in the Remsen (GII) at Aqueduct and...

Article via Daily Racing Form, Mike Welsch HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Anyone looking for an emerging star in the wide-open handicap division need only turn to Saturday’s Grade 1 Donn Handicap at Gulfstream Park to find a number of worthy candidates hoping to enhance their reputations in the season’s first...

Article from Lady and the Track, Jessica Smith. Crawford of Donegal: “Keen Ice Will Win the Classic”– Quite lost within the Breeders’ Cup Classic (GI) clamor of American Pharoah versus Beholder is discussion of Keen Ice, but Jerry Crawford, President of collective owner Donegal Racing, is boldly trumpeting the colt’s...

Article from The Courier-Journal, Jennie Rees. Photo from Adam Coglianese/NYRA The glow of the Travers victory has not waned in the nearly six weeks since Donegal Racing’s Keen Ice upset Triple Crown winner American Pharoah at Saratoga. Donegal founder Jerry Crawford, at Churchill Downs to watch Keen Ice work Saturday,...