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January 2010 - Posts

• NHC XI
  Jan 31 2010, 01:55 AM

  Brian Troop had a pretty lousy day at the races Saturday: $60 in bets and only a $33.40 return. The net result? A check for $500,000.... Read More... Post Reactions

• Contest Eve
  Jan 29 2010, 12:45 AM

  On Saturday night, I'll be handing some horseplayer a check for $500,000... Read More... Post Reactions

• Weekend Notes
  Jan 24 2010, 09:09 PM

  While the first steps on this year's Derby Trail were in the spotlight Saturday, it was a pair of last year's classic candidates who turned in the day's top performances... Read More... Post Reactions

• The Icon Project Vote
  Jan 21 2010, 11:13 AM

  Put down the pitchforks and torches: That lone Eclipse vote for Icon Project over Zenyatta turns out to have been a simple error... Read More... Post Reactions

• And the Winners Were...
  Jan 18 2010, 11:23 PM

  The 130-99 tally in Rachel Alexandra's favor was the closest margin since the one-man/one-vote system replaced an electoral-scheme seven years ago, but still not the widely expected squeaker Read More... Post Reactions

• Better than HOTY
  Jan 16 2010, 09:25 PM

  Zenyatta's unretirement earlier today takes some steam out of Monday's looming Horse of the Year announcement, but that's only a good thing for racing... Read More... Post Reactions

• Westward Ho
  Jan 15 2010, 11:58 PM

  BEVERLY HILLS -- Got out here a couple of days early for Monday night's Eclipse Awards, and as long as I'm in the neighborhood ... Read More... Post Reactions

• Ten Days In
  Jan 11 2010, 09:24 PM

  A son of Forest Camp spending the winter at Aqueduct is not exactly the embodiment of a classic winner, but Eightyfiveinafifty is freakishly fast.... Read More... Post Reactions

• 2009 Eclipse Finalists
  Jan 06 2010, 02:00 PM

  Eclipse winners and finalists are determined in slightly different ways, which sounds confusing but is actually the fairest way to do it... Read More... Post Reactions

• The $223 Horse
  Jan 04 2010, 08:54 PM

  When Hudson Heights won Saturday's sixth race at Aqueduct and paid $223, it was the largest win mutuel at a NYRA track in... Read More... Post Reactions

• Grade 1's of 2009
  Jan 01 2010, 03:57 PM

  Last weekend's Malibu and La Brea were the last of 2009's 113 Grade 1 races in the U.S., and the top of the year's leaderboard bears an uncanny resemblance Read More... Post Reactions