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Donegal Moon (Malibu Moon) scored his first graded stakes victory Sunday with an upset of previously undefeated “TDN Rising Star” and two-time graded winner Unified (Candy Ride {Arg}) in Monmouth Park’s GIII Betfair.com Pegasus S., which is one of two local preps for the July 31 GI Betfair.com Haskell Invitational S.

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Multiple graded stakes winning Finnegans Wake called upon his considerable class as he overcame a slow pace to win Thursday’s $65,000 Santa Anita allowance feature by a half length under Flavien Prat. Conditioned by Peter Miller, the long fused 7-year-old full horse by Powerscourt covered a mile and one eighth on turf in 1:52.18. 

Overflow Field to Test Blue Grass Excerpt from Blood-Horse, Lenny Shulman An overflow roster of hopefuls looking for a last chance to Run for the Roses—as well as cash in on the $1 million purse—were drawn for the April 9 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (gr. I). Only two of the...

Article via DRF, Peter Thomas Fornatale Eliot Honaker is living the horseplayer dream. Last weekend, he landed atop the National Handicapping Championship Tour leaderboard after securing his second NHC seat for 2016 on NHCQualify.com. This weekend, Keen Ice, a horse he owns in partnership with Donegal Racing, is racing in the Dubai World...

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...