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    <title>Breeders Cup Diary</title>
    <link>http://www.horseraceinsider.com/Zasts-TrackWords</link>
    <description>Zast's TrackWords column by HorseRaceInsider.com contributing writer, Vic Zast </description>
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    <dc:creator>Vic Zast</dc:creator>
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    <dc:date>2010-11-18T05:09:00-05:00</dc:date>
   
    

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      <title>Rotation Issue Goes Round and Round</title>
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 <![CDATA[Of greater import, the lack of European participation hammers a nail into Breeders’ Cup dreams of international expansion, dulling the prospects of growing the bottom line. In the wake of recent withdrawals of financial support, increased handle becomes a weightier issue. American horsemen are split almost down the middle on the notion of permanent site vs. rotation. At the pre&#45;entry teleconference hosted by NTRA several weeks ago, trainer Todd Pletcher, as an aside and without prompting, offered this: “I like &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/Zasts-TrackWords'>MORE...</a>]]>
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<![CDATA[Of greater import, the lack of European participation hammers a nail into Breeders’ Cup dreams of international expansion, dulling the prospects of growing the bottom line. In the wake of recent withdrawals of financial support, increased handle becomes a weightier issue. American horsemen are split almost down the middle on the notion of permanent site vs. rotation. At the pre&#45;entry teleconference hosted by NTRA several weeks ago, trainer Todd Pletcher, as an aside and without prompting, offered this: “I like &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/Zasts-TrackWords'>MORE...</a>]]>
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 <dc:date>2010-11-18T04:09:00-05:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Integrity Left at the Post</title>
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 <![CDATA[While I enjoy it, I’m no fan of the pre&#45;race horseback interview. As a player&#45;&#45;and, I’m sure, a majority of owners, trainers, and jockeys would agree&#45;&#45;I want my rider focused. In the case of the Ladies Classic warm&#45;ups, kudos to Johnny Velazquez for telling the audience what he was feeling through the reins aboard Life At Ten. Too bad he would screw up royally later, but at least he had the guts to be honest. In my view, he was &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/Zasts-TrackWords'>MORE...</a>]]>
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<![CDATA[While I enjoy it, I’m no fan of the pre&#45;race horseback interview. As a player&#45;&#45;and, I’m sure, a majority of owners, trainers, and jockeys would agree&#45;&#45;I want my rider focused. In the case of the Ladies Classic warm&#45;ups, kudos to Johnny Velazquez for telling the audience what he was feeling through the reins aboard Life At Ten. Too bad he would screw up royally later, but at least he had the guts to be honest. In my view, he was &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/Zasts-TrackWords'>MORE...</a>]]>
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 <dc:date>2010-11-12T01:13:00-05:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Zenyatta: In Their Own Words</title>
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 <![CDATA[A sampling, then, from all who were touched by Zenyatta’s class and courage, moving those owning word processors to tell her story in only the most glowing terms. So, it begins: “As the horses were about to be loaded into the gate Saturday for the Breeders’ Cup Classic, three light blue and reddish bands of light took shape in the sky directly overhead. “It didn’t require much imagination to associate these bands with Zenyatta’s salmon and teal colors, and to &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/Zasts-TrackWords'>MORE...</a>]]>
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<![CDATA[A sampling, then, from all who were touched by Zenyatta’s class and courage, moving those owning word processors to tell her story in only the most glowing terms. So, it begins: “As the horses were about to be loaded into the gate Saturday for the Breeders’ Cup Classic, three light blue and reddish bands of light took shape in the sky directly overhead. “It didn’t require much imagination to associate these bands with Zenyatta’s salmon and teal colors, and to &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/Zasts-TrackWords'>MORE...</a>]]>
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 <dc:date>2010-11-11T04:01:00-05:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Unfortunate Events Book&#45;End Filly Friday</title>
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 <![CDATA[While the incident was indicative of what is traditionally regarded as “conduct unbecoming,” the point where Thoroughbred racing enters the intersection of WWF and NASCAR, that isn’t necessarily detrimental to racing’s popularity. It’s not that a hockey game need break out every time a rider’s carelessness puts another in harm’s way. But the kind of casual sports audience that racing’s major events attract should know of the dangers jockeys face in every race, every day. Accidents happen, but their exposure &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/Zasts-TrackWords'>MORE...</a>]]>
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<![CDATA[While the incident was indicative of what is traditionally regarded as “conduct unbecoming,” the point where Thoroughbred racing enters the intersection of WWF and NASCAR, that isn’t necessarily detrimental to racing’s popularity. It’s not that a hockey game need break out every time a rider’s carelessness puts another in harm’s way. But the kind of casual sports audience that racing’s major events attract should know of the dangers jockeys face in every race, every day. Accidents happen, but their exposure &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/Zasts-TrackWords'>MORE...</a>]]>
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 <dc:date>2010-11-10T04:03:00-05:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Looking for Blame</title>
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 <![CDATA[The first thing a sports journalist learns is that the loser is not the story; that only does a disservice to the winner. But editors who teach that can&apos;t be racing fans. “This game rips your heart out,” said Dick Jerardi of the Philadelphia Daily News. “And that’s why we show up.” When I offered that all Zenyatta lost Saturday was a horse race, and that a long&#45;nose defeat while in search of perfection is the kind of poetic injustice &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/Zasts-TrackWords'>MORE...</a>]]>
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<![CDATA[The first thing a sports journalist learns is that the loser is not the story; that only does a disservice to the winner. But editors who teach that can&apos;t be racing fans. “This game rips your heart out,” said Dick Jerardi of the Philadelphia Daily News. “And that’s why we show up.” When I offered that all Zenyatta lost Saturday was a horse race, and that a long&#45;nose defeat while in search of perfection is the kind of poetic injustice &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/Zasts-TrackWords'>MORE...</a>]]>
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 <dc:date>2010-11-06T16:46:00-05:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Goldi No Lock</title>
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 <dc:date>2010-11-06T02:58:00-05:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Big Gamble Pays Huge Dividend</title>
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 <![CDATA[What&apos;s Cookin? I don&apos;t usually feel too badly for millionaires when they run into hard luck, but I was really happy for celebrity chef Bobby Flay who&apos;s put on ton of money into the game and has, you know, run into hard luck. But not the Juvenile FIllies Turf. On the bit from the gate, Garrett Gomez, who was carried out of here on a stretch yesterday following a turf race, but suffering only bumps and bruises, engineered a clear &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/Zasts-TrackWords'>MORE...</a>]]>
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<![CDATA[What&apos;s Cookin? I don&apos;t usually feel too badly for millionaires when they run into hard luck, but I was really happy for celebrity chef Bobby Flay who&apos;s put on ton of money into the game and has, you know, run into hard luck. But not the Juvenile FIllies Turf. On the bit from the gate, Garrett Gomez, who was carried out of here on a stretch yesterday following a turf race, but suffering only bumps and bruises, engineered a clear &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/Zasts-TrackWords'>MORE...</a>]]>
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 <dc:date>2010-11-05T18:34:00-05:00</dc:date>
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      <title>It&#8217;s the Breeders&#8217; Cup: Bet On It</title>
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 <![CDATA[Without the hulking presence of the great Zenyatta, hunting bigger game in the open version of this race tomorrow, the door is wide open despite the presence of protem 3&#45;year&#45;old filly champion Blind Luck (9&#45;5). To reiterate, Blind Luck has made her sixth transcontinental trip for her first try against elders. She’s run some amazing races this season&#45;&#45;such as her Kentucky Oaks on this track from impossible position. But now she must do so all over again, and against the &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/Zasts-TrackWords'>MORE...</a>]]>
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<![CDATA[Without the hulking presence of the great Zenyatta, hunting bigger game in the open version of this race tomorrow, the door is wide open despite the presence of protem 3&#45;year&#45;old filly champion Blind Luck (9&#45;5). To reiterate, Blind Luck has made her sixth transcontinental trip for her first try against elders. She’s run some amazing races this season&#45;&#45;such as her Kentucky Oaks on this track from impossible position. But now she must do so all over again, and against the &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/Zasts-TrackWords'>MORE...</a>]]>
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 <dc:date>2010-11-05T04:01:00-05:00</dc:date>
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      <title>One Way or Another, a Coronation Awaits</title>
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 <![CDATA[In 1965, a time when common sense had a better chance to prevail, there were Co&#45;Horses of the Year. One was the sensational juvenile filly Moccasin. But would she have defeated Co&#45;Horse of the Year Roman Brother at equal weights at nine or 10 furlongs? In 1997, the dominant juvenile champion, undefeated Favorite Trick, was voted Horse of the Year. His main weapon was speed. So which would you have backed in a proverbial match race: Favorite Trick or Skip &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/Zasts-TrackWords'>MORE...</a>]]>
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<![CDATA[In 1965, a time when common sense had a better chance to prevail, there were Co&#45;Horses of the Year. One was the sensational juvenile filly Moccasin. But would she have defeated Co&#45;Horse of the Year Roman Brother at equal weights at nine or 10 furlongs? In 1997, the dominant juvenile champion, undefeated Favorite Trick, was voted Horse of the Year. His main weapon was speed. So which would you have backed in a proverbial match race: Favorite Trick or Skip &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/Zasts-TrackWords'>MORE...</a>]]>
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 <dc:date>2010-11-04T04:01:00-05:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Where the Big Action Is</title>
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 <![CDATA[If number eight is considered lucky for the Mosses, this venue hasn’t treated the Mosses and their trainer John Shirreffs too shabbily either. They won the 2005 Kentucky Derby with a 50&#45;1 shot Giacomo, the first horse they ever entered in the event. Moss, the ‘M’ in A&amp;M records, along with his partner, the musician Herb Alpert, named Giacomo after the son of the their good friend, Sting. The named Zenyatta, of course, after half the title of the breakthrough &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/Zasts-TrackWords'>MORE...</a>]]>
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<![CDATA[If number eight is considered lucky for the Mosses, this venue hasn’t treated the Mosses and their trainer John Shirreffs too shabbily either. They won the 2005 Kentucky Derby with a 50&#45;1 shot Giacomo, the first horse they ever entered in the event. Moss, the ‘M’ in A&amp;M records, along with his partner, the musician Herb Alpert, named Giacomo after the son of the their good friend, Sting. The named Zenyatta, of course, after half the title of the breakthrough &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/Zasts-TrackWords'>MORE...</a>]]>
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