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            <title><![CDATA[Conditioned Allowance at Keeneland Fall Meet]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 02:17:20 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Grade III Salvator Mile Stakes]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 21:56:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Black Eyed Susan]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/handicapping-notes/the-black-eyed-susan-6cf773f0104c?source=rss----9423b114e580---4"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1331/1*pZZ_YX16bDHzlMfnycns9A.png" width="1331"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">The BES drew a field of ten 3yo fillies going 9 furlongs over the main track run the Friday preceding The Preakness Stakes</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/handicapping-notes/the-black-eyed-susan-6cf773f0104c?source=rss----9423b114e580---4">Continue reading on Handicapping Notes »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 15:44:23 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Toyota Blue Grass — Grade 1]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[<div class="medium-feed-item"><p class="medium-feed-image"><a href="https://medium.com/handicapping-notes/the-toyota-blue-grass-grade-1-a7b9feba1d81?source=rss----9423b114e580---4"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1344/1*DvnWHtKfpxjCOsbU--p9og.png" width="1344"></a></p><p class="medium-feed-snippet">Major Derby prep contested over 9 furlongs on Keeneland&#x2019;s main strip, carded as the 11th, Saturday April 4th, 2026</p><p class="medium-feed-link"><a href="https://medium.com/handicapping-notes/the-toyota-blue-grass-grade-1-a7b9feba1d81?source=rss----9423b114e580---4">Continue reading on Handicapping Notes »</a></p></div>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 16:53:53 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Aggressive Lime in Sweetest Chant]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2025 15:17:34 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Darley Alcabiades (Gr. I)]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 22:42:05 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Handicapping notes for the Gr.II Zenyatta, Sunday 9/28/2025]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2025 16:00:21 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Handicapping Notes for the 8th at Santa Anita, Sunday September 28, 2025]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2025 02:18:14 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2025-09-29T16:11:01.408Z</atom:updated>
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            <title><![CDATA[I’m Smokin Stakes]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2025 15:54:42 GMT</pubDate>
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