Paul Moran at the Races

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• Gotham: Be careful who you leave out

  While most attention will be focused upon Pyro and the Louisiana Derby on Saturday, the Gotham, which will be run at the same 1 1/16-mile distance, is a good deal more contentious. Pyro will be an odds on favorite in New Orleans and is expected to run... Posted Mar 07 2008, 04:50 PM by Paul Moran at the races Filed under: Aqueduct, Giant Moon, Kentucky Derby, War Pass, Pletcher, Pyro, gotham, Lou Raffetto, Bobby Flay

• Searching for value in Derby futures

  Regardless of what nugget of insight might be extracted from the weekend races for three-year-old prospective starters in the Kentucky Derby – we tend to expect more than we actually find in many of these -- there is the season’s first opportunity to... Posted Mar 06 2008, 02:29 PM by Paul Moran at the races Filed under: Aqueduct, Kentucky Derby, Fair Grounds, Barclay Tagg, Pyro, gotham, Funy Cide, Louisiana Derby, Majestic Warrior, Tale of Ekati

• A perfect location for Barbaro memorial

  While his many fans observed a reflective, perhaps mournful anniversary, a year to the day after the death of the most celebrated thoroughbred in recent memory, it was announced on Tuesday that the cremated remains of what was once Barbaro will be buried... Posted Jan 29 2008, 04:18 PM by Paul Moran at the races Filed under: Aqueduct, Churchill Downs, Kentucky Derby, Bloomberg, OTB, barbaro, Ontario, Laurel Park

• Notes from the Derby Trail

  There is nothing to be learned from Saturday’s Hutcheson Stakes for three-year-olds at Gulfstream Park other than what might be drawn from any race run over sloppy, apparently tiring ground that developed a suicidal early pace, fell apart late and ended... Posted Jan 05 2008, 05:25 PM by Paul Moran at the races Filed under: Aqueduct, gulfstream, Triple Crown, Hutcheson, Giant Moon, Count Fleet, Kentucky Derby