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PLANTATION, FL – Decided to use a hometown dateline today. Three reasons: This missive represents one man’s opinion on this year’s would-be divisional champion. Since
Edited Press Release — Repole Stable’s Always Shopping, a graded-stakes winner on dirt last spring, continued her success story since being moved to the turf
Edited Gulfstream Park Release – Gulfstream Park’s mandatory payout of the Rainbow 6 resulted in multiple winning tickets Saturday returning $7,363.64. There was a carryover of
Edited Gulfstream Park Release –– Mr. Amore Stable LLC’s Firenze Fire, Red Oak Stable and Madaket Stables LLC’s Mind Control, and Diamond 100 Racing Club LLC
Handicapping research from this point forward will be devoted to all Breeders’ Cup all the time, not because we’re a glutton for punishment but because,
There are two choices for fans and bettors of notable interest this weekend and neither racing event is being staged in a big city near
The thing about small fields is that they’re tricky, and when they have a couple of speed horses and it becomes a rider’s race, handicappers
Early on, observers were thinking that Jose Ortiz and Joel Rosario were in a two-rider race for the Angel Cordero Saratoga meet title. Irad Ortiz
It either takes lots of heart or lots of stupidity to go against the tandem of Christophe Clement and Irad Ortiz in Thursday’s featured New
Before we get into the heart of this week’s racing — virtually all Saratoga all the time, with stopovers at the Jersey Shore for the
The big stakes glut won’t happen until Saturday, of course, with six consecutive graded events–a $1 Pick Six for you horizontal-phobes. But Friday is not
The words of the mythical Michael Corleone never have resonated more. Whatever bad news is created by racing’s disjointed model. melts away beneath the glare
If Saturday’s Belmont Stakes weren’t a classic, part of Triple Crown lore, and “just” another Grade 1 race for three-year-olds not named Kentucky Derby, most
It hasn’t been a good week for a couple of Hall of Fame trainers, a Hall of Fame jockey–or for an award-winning turf writer for
The day kicks off with the Grade 3 Winning Colors at Churchill Downs. It may not make you rich, but you will enjoy what you
