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May 2008 - Posts

• Post Mortem
  May 31 2008, 05:48 PM

  The rain came but only briefly, turning the main track sloppy with a 20-minute burst of biblical proportions before the second race... Read More... Posted by Crist Blog with no comments

• Coffee, Milk, Midnight Oil
  May 30 2008, 11:15 PM

  Get to work: There's a $217k double-carryover into Saturday's pick-six at Belmont. The first five legs are on the grass... Read More... Posted by Crist Blog with no comments

• Belmont Props
  May 29 2008, 10:33 PM

  Amazing but true: Of the three favorites in the Belmont, Big Brown has the most racing experience... Read More... Posted by Crist Blog with no comments

• Moral Victory
  May 27 2008, 02:54 PM

  They don't pay off on moral victories, but Commentator could not have been more gallant in defeat than he was while finishing second to Divine... Read More... Posted by Crist Blog with no comments

• Met Mile Card
  May 26 2008, 12:11 PM

  Every other race on the card is for maidens (4), claimers (4), statebreds (5) or some overlapping permutation thereof... Read More... Posted by Crist Blog with no comments

• Holiday Weekend Lineup
  May 23 2008, 10:27 PM

  There are 14 graded stakes over the Memorial Day weekend, 10 of them Monday including the three Grade 1's: The Met Mile at Belmont and... Read More... Posted by Crist Blog with no comments

• Triple Crown Figs
  May 21 2008, 11:50 PM

  Here are the Beyer Speed Figures for all the Triple Crown races since 1992, the year they were first published... Read More... Posted by Crist Blog with no comments

• Triple Crown Bids
  May 19 2008, 02:10 PM

  The 31 horses who have won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness are 11-for-29 in the Belmont Stakes but only 3-for-20 since 1950... Read More... Posted by Crist Blog with no comments

• Preakness Day Live
  May 17 2008, 11:12 AM

  ====Preakness Day Live==== 11:12 a.m.:It's 67 and sunny at Pimlico, with only a 10 percent chance of rain before 5 p.m. The chalk-chalk early double is in the books, with Don'ttrythisathome ($6.20).... Read More... Posted by Crist Blog with 6 comment(s)

• Preakness Eve
  May 16 2008, 10:36 PM

  If we remove Big Brown from the equation entirely, the willpays suggest Gayego would be the 7-2 favorite, followed by Kentucky Bear at 9-2, Racecar Rhapsody at 6-1... Read More... Posted by Crist Blog with no comments

• 45 Late Scratches
  May 16 2008, 01:06 PM

  There are 45 late scratches so far on the rain-soaked Black-Eyed Susan/Pimlico Special card today in Baltimore. Maybe scheduling six grass races... Read More... Posted by Crist Blog with no comments

• Preakness: First Peek
  May 14 2008, 10:05 PM

  I am delighted at the way the Preakness Day pick-4's landed, with both ducking the Old Mutual Turf Sprint Stakes, given my ineptitude... Read More... Posted by Crist Blog with no comments

• Early Adjudicating
  May 14 2008, 12:10 PM

  I expect Ready's Image to win, but I also expect he'll be closer to 3-5 than his 8-5 ML price. How to improve on that? Read More... Posted by Crist Blog with no comments

• Odds-on in the Preakness
  May 12 2008, 11:30 PM

  Here's a straw to grasp at if you're trying to beat Big Brown in the Preakness Saturday: He'll probably be the 15th odds-on Preakness favorite... Read More... Posted by Crist Blog with 4 comment(s)

• Peter Pannery
  May 10 2008, 12:27 PM

  Casino Drive is a pretty cool story but could also be a drastic underlay as the 2-1 morning-line favorite in today's Peter Pan Stakes... Read More... Posted by Crist Blog with no comments