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Late Double | Races 9 & 10  |  4:59 pm ET / 1:59 pm PT Race 9: $50k OC 75k/N1X for 3yo going 6f 8‐Safe Trip … is a different horse than when he debuted at this distance last year; owns the race on pace analysis,...

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Yet one more person just walked by me and asked what the news of this Derby was. There is none – people are bored. Ok, maybe it’s just us working press people who are thirsty for a story that doesn’t involve rain water and kayaking to...

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On a day when Tiger Woods is expected to have a small battalion of Special Forces troupes to protect him from whatever is worse than having your 15 mistresses come out of the woodwork just months after YE Yang hijacks your PGA Championship trophy, may...

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Beyers are in on yesterday’s Kentucky Derby preps … Santa Anita Derby: Sidney’s Candy (100), Setsuko (92), Lookin at Lucky (89) Wood Memorial: Eskendereya (109), Jackson Bend (93), Awesome Act (93) Illinois Derby: American Lion (98), Yawanna Twist (94) So let’s play What Did We...

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This past Friday, Mum and I rewarded ourselves for a hard week’s work with the deliciousness known as Lunch at Barney’s. We were there later than usual, so the overtly LA-ness that is the lunch crowd of literary agents, movie stars, and celebutants had gone...

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Yesterday, February 27th was Celebrate Polar Bear Day, according to the National Wildlife Federation. This got me thinking … what do polar bears and horses have in common? Both have been left stranded by global warming. To be fair, global warming is far scarier for...

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It would appear that an agreement has been reached that means Zenyatta v. Rachel Alexandra is going to happen. At Oaklawn Park. In the Apple Blossom. On April 9th. I wish I could say I was thrilled. Because I am. I’ve become one of those...

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Many racetracks nowadays offer free admission. I imagine the thought behind this decision is relatively simple: if we can just get people through the gate, they’ll be more inclined to wager at the windows. The logic for this sits somewhere between the theories of Reciprocity,...

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Around this time last year, I was sick in bed with the flu. It was a weekday and I was working for a horse owner who had a few 3yo fillies that I needed to make sure were nominated to the Kentucky Oaks. I had...

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