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The Conscience of Thoroughbred Racing
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,
If the final Breeders’ Cup prep Saturday has taught us anything, it’s that we need to appropriate the name Churchill Downs created for their all-two-year-olds-all-the-time
Nothing on Twitter, the launching pad for national angst, surprises me. Not that it’s always bad news. Sometimes it’s just bad takes on good news.
Since he was a wide, strong-finish third behind the revelatory Vekoma in the prestigious Metropolitan Mile, I’ve been waiting to bet Code of Honor (5-2)
By NYRA Press Staff — SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — A field comprised of five millionaires will make up a talented group of older horses assembled for
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
On balance, clichés become clichés because they’re true: “Good Racing Is Good Business,” but that not only applies to Saratoga. On Saturday, Monmouth Park attracted
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
Two of those four graded stakes at Churchill Downs, the Stephen Foster and Fleur de Lis, have Breeders’ Cup implications as win-and-in events. Purses have
A funny thing happened on the way to the Belmont Stakes day program: Southern California broke out! In addition to the *Belmont Stakes, there are
We’re not sure if TVG’s claim it is “America’s Horse Racing Network” applies any longer. Given an agreement reached between the New York Racing Association
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
After faltering late going a mile last out in the G2 Buena Vista, Jolie Olympia (8-5) returns to her winning Las Cinegas U.S. debut, which
By Santa Anita Press Staff—Gary Barber’s War of Will, a winner of last year’s Grade I Preakness Stakes and idle since well beaten in the
I’m a big fan of opening days. And given today’s realities, more so now than ever. Santa Anita opens today; Churchill Downs Saturday and New
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