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    <title>Zasts Track Words</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>
    <dc:rights>Copyright 2011</dc:rights>
    <dc:date>2011-07-18T09:41:00-05:00</dc:date>
   
    

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      <title>Coming&#45;Out Party</title>
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 <![CDATA[Last week, publicist Jon Forbes posted a release on the NYRA Web site touting Saratoga as being the place for the nation’s best two&#45;year&#45;olds to debut. His release provided a list of 21 horses that started at Saratoga and went on to graded stakes glory in the 10 months that followed. Uncle Mo, the Champion Two&#45;Year&#45;Old Colt of 2010, topped the list. More Than Real and Winter Memories, the one&#45;two finishers in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, were included. &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/Zasts-TrackWords'>MORE...</a>]]>
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<![CDATA[Last week, publicist Jon Forbes posted a release on the NYRA Web site touting Saratoga as being the place for the nation’s best two&#45;year&#45;olds to debut. His release provided a list of 21 horses that started at Saratoga and went on to graded stakes glory in the 10 months that followed. Uncle Mo, the Champion Two&#45;Year&#45;Old Colt of 2010, topped the list. More Than Real and Winter Memories, the one&#45;two finishers in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, were included. &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/Zasts-TrackWords'>MORE...</a>]]>
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      <title>Major League</title>
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 <![CDATA[The point is that horse racing can be enjoyed thoroughly even if only a few tracks would be in business. Technology has created a situation that enables you to watch and bet on races from anywhere. A couple dozen racecourses could go out of business and few people, other than the people whose jobs depend on these venues or the people who’d bet on anything, would notice. In fact, a consolidation into a dozen main racing centers might be good &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/Zasts-TrackWords'>MORE...</a>]]>
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<![CDATA[The point is that horse racing can be enjoyed thoroughly even if only a few tracks would be in business. Technology has created a situation that enables you to watch and bet on races from anywhere. A couple dozen racecourses could go out of business and few people, other than the people whose jobs depend on these venues or the people who’d bet on anything, would notice. In fact, a consolidation into a dozen main racing centers might be good &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/Zasts-TrackWords'>MORE...</a>]]>
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 <dc:date>2011-07-11T09:41:00-05:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Summer at Saratoga</title>
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 <![CDATA[“I think that horse racing suffered because of the lack of promotion, consistency and continuity of not having the Triple Crown all on one network,” said Jon Miller, president of programming for NBC Sports and VERSUS, in a telephone interview. Miller credited his network’s take&#45;back of the television rights for the Belmont Stakes from ABC&#45;TV and ESPN as the impetus to move forward with Saratoga horse racing. Flush with his networks&apos; vastly improved ratings for the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/Zasts-TrackWords'>MORE...</a>]]>
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<![CDATA[“I think that horse racing suffered because of the lack of promotion, consistency and continuity of not having the Triple Crown all on one network,” said Jon Miller, president of programming for NBC Sports and VERSUS, in a telephone interview. Miller credited his network’s take&#45;back of the television rights for the Belmont Stakes from ABC&#45;TV and ESPN as the impetus to move forward with Saratoga horse racing. Flush with his networks&apos; vastly improved ratings for the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/Zasts-TrackWords'>MORE...</a>]]>
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 <dc:date>2011-07-04T09:41:00-05:00</dc:date>
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      <title>You Should Get What You Pay For</title>
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 <![CDATA[It’s a problem, of course, because, during a time of fan abandonment and a reduction of wagering, the last thing that anyone wants is a sport that is shaky at its core – meaning that the product it puts on the field is inferior. You can call a Grade 1 stakes race a Grade 1 stakes race, but that doesn’t mean it is one. A horse can bankroll a million dollars from winning a race or two, but that doesn’t &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/Zasts-TrackWords'>MORE...</a>]]>
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<![CDATA[It’s a problem, of course, because, during a time of fan abandonment and a reduction of wagering, the last thing that anyone wants is a sport that is shaky at its core – meaning that the product it puts on the field is inferior. You can call a Grade 1 stakes race a Grade 1 stakes race, but that doesn’t mean it is one. A horse can bankroll a million dollars from winning a race or two, but that doesn’t &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/Zasts-TrackWords'>MORE...</a>]]>
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 <dc:date>2011-06-27T09:42:00-05:00</dc:date>
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      <title>New Spots on the Leopard</title>
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 <![CDATA[Among fans, NYRA has long had a reputation for arrogance. When Charles Hayward, a bona fide fan, was appointed president, there was hope that he’d work to improve matters between the racetracks’ management and the public. You can decide for yourself, if he’s done that. But give him his props anyway for some things that have happened lately. Following New York City’s OTB demise in the winter, NYRA operatives have stood up to the plate and shown gumption. Instead of &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/Zasts-TrackWords'>MORE...</a>]]>
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<![CDATA[Among fans, NYRA has long had a reputation for arrogance. When Charles Hayward, a bona fide fan, was appointed president, there was hope that he’d work to improve matters between the racetracks’ management and the public. You can decide for yourself, if he’s done that. But give him his props anyway for some things that have happened lately. Following New York City’s OTB demise in the winter, NYRA operatives have stood up to the plate and shown gumption. Instead of &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/Zasts-TrackWords'>MORE...</a>]]>
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 <dc:date>2011-06-20T06:23:00-05:00</dc:date>
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      <title>The Road Ahead</title>
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 <![CDATA[None of the three men who were traveling with me – all Americans from Chicago – would have known that the Belmont Stakes was being run, either. Except for me, they would have missed the race and never hear of it again until next June. But an interesting thing happened when I told them I would be watching it. They huddled round with their lawn chairs and we watched together. In fact, we bet among ourselves, like the people do &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/Zasts-TrackWords'>MORE...</a>]]>
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<![CDATA[None of the three men who were traveling with me – all Americans from Chicago – would have known that the Belmont Stakes was being run, either. Except for me, they would have missed the race and never hear of it again until next June. But an interesting thing happened when I told them I would be watching it. They huddled round with their lawn chairs and we watched together. In fact, we bet among ourselves, like the people do &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/Zasts-TrackWords'>MORE...</a>]]>
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 <dc:date>2011-06-13T09:41:00-05:00</dc:date>
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      <title>How to Spend a Summer Vacation</title>
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 <![CDATA[See the Queen. Sunday, June 26. Well, at least, see the Queen’s Plate. Queen Elizabeth II was on hand at Toronto’s Woodbine Racetrack to watch Big Red Mike win Canada’s Kentucky Derby last year. And, even though Her Royal Highness rarely attends the race named in her ancestor’s honor, it is still an event that’s worth being at. Restricted to horses born north of the 49th parallel, recent Queen’s Plates have been won by some ordinary horses like Wild Desert &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/Zasts-TrackWords'>MORE...</a>]]>
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<![CDATA[See the Queen. Sunday, June 26. Well, at least, see the Queen’s Plate. Queen Elizabeth II was on hand at Toronto’s Woodbine Racetrack to watch Big Red Mike win Canada’s Kentucky Derby last year. And, even though Her Royal Highness rarely attends the race named in her ancestor’s honor, it is still an event that’s worth being at. Restricted to horses born north of the 49th parallel, recent Queen’s Plates have been won by some ordinary horses like Wild Desert &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/Zasts-TrackWords'>MORE...</a>]]>
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 <dc:date>2011-06-06T09:41:00-05:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Rivals in Hype Only</title>
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 <![CDATA[Recent winners Drosselmeyer, Da’Tara, Jazil, Birdstone, Sarava and, to a lesser degree, Summer Bird were Belmont champions of minor prior achievement. Rags to Riches beat Curlin but theKentucky Oaks&#45;winning filly didn’t have Street Sense to worry about. Afleet Alex defeated Giacomo, but Giacomo wasn’t at the peak that he was five weeks earlier. Empire Maker, runnerup in the Preakness to Funny Cide, cut the New York&#45;bred gelding’s hopes for a twelfth spot in horse racing history and then Funny Cide &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/Zasts-TrackWords'>MORE...</a>]]>
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<![CDATA[Recent winners Drosselmeyer, Da’Tara, Jazil, Birdstone, Sarava and, to a lesser degree, Summer Bird were Belmont champions of minor prior achievement. Rags to Riches beat Curlin but theKentucky Oaks&#45;winning filly didn’t have Street Sense to worry about. Afleet Alex defeated Giacomo, but Giacomo wasn’t at the peak that he was five weeks earlier. Empire Maker, runnerup in the Preakness to Funny Cide, cut the New York&#45;bred gelding’s hopes for a twelfth spot in horse racing history and then Funny Cide &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/Zasts-TrackWords'>MORE...</a>]]>
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 <dc:date>2011-05-30T04:40:00-05:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Hooray for TV</title>
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 <![CDATA[At a time when other sports, notably NFL Football, are worried that the live presentation of their games don’t measure up to the televised versions, horse racing people, by and large, believe that witnessing the real thing offers superior satisfaction to an electronic distillation. A television show about a horse race produced by capable hands, nevertheless, can be immeasurably enjoyed. Here, then, in addition to the fact that a telecast is free and there&apos;s no traffic and it&apos;s weatherproof, are &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/Zasts-TrackWords'>MORE...</a>]]>
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<![CDATA[At a time when other sports, notably NFL Football, are worried that the live presentation of their games don’t measure up to the televised versions, horse racing people, by and large, believe that witnessing the real thing offers superior satisfaction to an electronic distillation. A television show about a horse race produced by capable hands, nevertheless, can be immeasurably enjoyed. Here, then, in addition to the fact that a telecast is free and there&apos;s no traffic and it&apos;s weatherproof, are &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/Zasts-TrackWords'>MORE...</a>]]>
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      <title>Not Your Father&#8217;s Derby</title>
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 <![CDATA[Furthermore, each race, no matter the prize, presents its own set of circumstances that makes using a trend to determine its outcome illogical. Although it is true that the Run for the Roses’s 137&#45;year history reveals similarities among winners, recent runnings have proved that looking back into time for clues to foretell which horse will win is like predicting the Cubs can’t be World Series champs because they haven’t been World Series champs for over a century. Hey, wait, isn’t &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/Zasts-TrackWords'>MORE...</a>]]>
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<![CDATA[Furthermore, each race, no matter the prize, presents its own set of circumstances that makes using a trend to determine its outcome illogical. Although it is true that the Run for the Roses’s 137&#45;year history reveals similarities among winners, recent runnings have proved that looking back into time for clues to foretell which horse will win is like predicting the Cubs can’t be World Series champs because they haven’t been World Series champs for over a century. Hey, wait, isn’t &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/Zasts-TrackWords'>MORE...</a>]]>
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 <dc:date>2011-05-16T09:41:00-05:00</dc:date>
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