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The Conscience of Thoroughbred Racing
The favorite to begin the race week in South Florida is going to be a very tough out. Tiz Rye Time (8-5) has too many
By Marc Lawrence — From this week’s PLAYBOOK Football Newsletter Issue #13: The bad news for Duke’s fans is that the 3-7 football team still
By Marc Lawrence, Playbooksports.com — Wake Forest over NORTH CAROLINA by 10 Let’s start the discussion with the fact that today’s Over/Under opened at 76.5
By Marc Lawrence — With top ranked Alabama continuing its assault, and No. 2 Georgia doing the same, the new AP College Football Polls finds
Nevada over BOISE ST by 8. It’s no small irony the numbers tilt towards the Silver State representative here. Boise State is an underwhelming 2-7-1
By John Pricci — Today the New York Racing Association temporarily banned Bob Baffert from making entries into races at any of its racetracks, including
By Marc Lawrence — The big question entering the SEC tourney this season is what to expect from long-time kingpin Kentucky? For a team that
There will be no Mardi Gras this year but there will be a Louisiana Derby and a very good way to get there would be
By HRI Foreign Staff — The question on the mind of racing’s outlanders: Is the end of whip use in US horse racing near? The
By Marc Lawrence — Kentucky takes to the road on the heels of its 63-3 road loss at Alabama. Safe to say this qualifies as
As has been widely reported in racing’s mainstream media, out-of-state jockeys riding on Kentucky Derby weekend SEP 4 and 5 must arrive in Kentucky by
In the Thoroughbred racing industry, justice it just a seven-letter word. It’s no different in meaning than its antonyms; words like prejudice or inequality or
Not much to see here, except for an exceptional champion and protem Horse of the Year, the five year old mare Monomoy Girl. Her coming
By Marc Lawrence — When preparing to handicap the revised season ending 8-game play-in for the upcoming NBA playoffs, it is important to note that
You’ve got to start somewhere—and therein lies the rub. There are two listed stakes Saturday at Oaklawn Park. Two of the eight starters in the
