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Southern Style and an Awesome Win
Results from May 24, and two more two-year-old races for Saturday, one at Arlington Park and one at Lone Star…
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There’s all kinds of good stuff over on The Racing Biz this week, and if you haven’t been checking it…
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Flat Out, Discreet Dancer headline Met Mile entries
Handsome Mike Entries for the Grade 1 $750,000 Metropolitan Handicap at one mile at Belmont Park for 3-year-olds and…
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Kauai Katie, Midnight Lucky headline Acorn Stakes entries
Midnight Lucky The Grade 1, $300,000 Acorn Stakes for 3-year-old fillies going a mile Monday at Belmont.…
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“Welcome to the cabin by the sea”: the opening of the Sheepshead Bay track
“’We bid you welcome to our cabin by the sea.’” With these words, the Coney Island Jockey Club announced its…
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HandiGambling BHP Turf Marathon
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So how did the Cal-Expo meet go, the first under Watch & Wager's management? Pretty darn good. The meet which…
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Vet Caught Injecting Cibelli Horse Suspended 90 Days, Agrees to Cooperate
The veterinarian who injected a Jane Cibelli-trained horse on the day it was to race at Tampa Bay Downs on…
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Yesterday on social media there was quite the brouhaha regarding yesterdays CHRB meeting. Apparently the CHRB Chair led what several…
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“It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” Yogi Berra ____________________ The late Harvard economist John Kenneth Galbraith opined…
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Once again, VFTRG contributor Joe F. has come through with another column while I am dealing with some things. If…
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Ten Things You Should Know: Gamely Stakes
First run in 1939 and then not again until 1968, this turf race has produced notable Hall of Famers, dams…
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Kauai Katie should be tested in the Acorn
When thinking about the most impressive horses so far of 2013, the name Kauai Katie might not be one of…
May 24 2013, 1:54am | Visit source ›
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Man on track frightens horse at Maywood
An unidentified man ran onto the track during a harness race Thursday night at Maywood Park in Chicago, Illinois. According to video…
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Belmont Park, “Consecrated to racing,” 1937
As is the case sometimes, I am sitting on a bunch of half finished or almost finished articles. So, what…
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First winner for Pioneerof the Nile, results for Colonel Joan (Colonel John), and a couple of new workers. Plus two…
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“A half century later, the Blood-Horse polled several experts to determine the best 100 horses of the 20th Century. One…
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While I am busy digging myself out of a mess, VFTRG contributor Joe F. has come to my rescue with…
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Are California Horsemen Obsessed With Lasix?
How important is Lasix to Thoroughbred owners and trainers in California? Important enough for the board of directors of the…
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Pick the Molson Pace Pick-4 Sequence
As in recent years, The Raceway at Western Fair District is allowing readers of this blog to select three legs…
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Beyer Figs, Hidden Positives & Pop Bottles
There was (is) some twitter chatter this morning about Beyer figures. As we all know, their creator, Andy Beyer used…
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The top three finishers in the Preakness Stakes were making their 10th or 11th career starts — it’s been a…
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Belmont Stakes Rules and Regulations Cast a Pall
I'm sure that the NYRA press office, and new Director of Communications Eric Wing, would rather be spending their time…
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Belmont Stakes 2013 - Overanalyze is due to win
Win one, lose one. Win another, lose another. It would appear that Overanalyze purchased a one-way ticket to Inconsistentville. On…
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Exacta-mundo: Freshness was not a factor
While perusing the Preakness PPs last week something jumped out at me. It was the amount of lines per each entrant… they were kind of long! Govenor Charlie was the…
May 22 2013, 6:35pm | Visit source ›
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Catching up, including E Equalsmcsquared's win for Einstein, Preakness results, the debut of Colonel Joan (Colonel John), and lots of…
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Ten Questions That Don't Need Answering
You can attempt to actually answer these questions if you wish, but they’re meant to be rhetorical questions merely designed…
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Charles Hatton on 1952 Horse of the Year and champion three-year-old One Count from the 1953 American Racing Manual. The…
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The Meadowlands had a struggle putting together a race card on Saturday night with only six of the thirteen races…
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Bred in Florida, I began my career under the famed twin spires of Churchill Downs.A winner of half of my…
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