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The Conscience of Thoroughbred Racing
With the promise of clear skies, Saturday’s Laurel feature, a secondary allowances for older horses going nine furlongs on turf and perhaps an opportunity to
Normally we look for the best race on the card, preferably turf. We’re staying with grass here but chose a race, and a horse, that
Not many handicappers, self included, have had much success trying to beat an in-form Claudio Gonzalez trainee but the scenario is Friday’s fourth race is
Today’s featured fourth race provide the stage for the return of a very talented runner, Let’s Play Nine (9-5), who has won two and placed
As a rule we don’t choose a race for special-weight maidens to highlight be the trip on first-timer The Cairo Kid (2-1) was so fascinating
Today’s Laurel Park feature is a bit unusual, an optional claiming/allowances sprint at 5-1/2 furlongs on the dirt. Even at that, the races only was
It appears that trainer Mark Reid is taking his best hold with a new acquisition and first time four-year-old, Talkback. Other notable firsts is that
The fun thing about races such as the Miracle Wood for 3-year-olds at a flat mile on Saturday’s Winter Carnival undercard is watching trainers watch
Note that the General George a big-time local sprint but 44 renewals has made it a popular betting spot each winter. Per usual, the race
A wide open allowance sprint is difficult enough on form but the fact that the condition of the track is in doubt makes the task
With little to separate the card on the class scale we opted for higher class maiden claimers with a representative field of seven going 7
Race dynamics dictate and one of these three-year-old fillies figures to get loose easily, especially on the stretch-out. On paper, she’s too fast for these,
When you’re sharp you’re sharp and nobody has been sharper than Kingston Pike in today feature fifth race allowance sprint from Laurel Park. Although I
Sprint races at Laurel Park as a rule and hard to decipher; Saturday’s featured Fire Plug at 6-1/2 furlongs fall neatly into that category. Half
There was a choice of two large Friday purses available and we chose the identical condition optiona- allowances with the larger field, the nightcap in
