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  • Baughs of Hollywood
    Jul 05 2008, 02:26 PM

    The card today (July 5) at Hollywood is among the best I've seen this year, and the $1.2-million carryover certainly adds some excitement. Here are some thoughts: Race 3, $100,000 HolJuvCh-G3. Should a Lightnin N Thunder two-year-old ever cost $400...
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  • Neither salty nor sour
    Jul 04 2008, 12:59 PM

    Play of the day: Bitterbutsweet (#3) in the Flawlessly Stakes (Race 8) on Friday at Hollywood Park. I've had this one on my watch list since before her debut because she is kin to For Always, a horse who impressed me as a two-year-old on the Kentucky...
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  • Happy Fourth
    Jul 04 2008, 12:30 PM

    Twilight card at Belmont this afternoon, Ernie plays the tent. Enjoy the holiday ...... Read More...
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  • In the Second
    Jul 03 2008, 12:30 PM

    ... at Belmont today, Critical is scratched in favor of stablemate In Fine Fettle, a 2-year-old Lion Heart filly debuting for trainer Rick Dutrow (so hard to avoid that name these days) and Jay Em Ess Stable. First crop sire Lion Heart is proving as precocious...
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  • Requiem for a Pea Patch
    Jul 03 2008, 11:00 AM

    I first visited Ellis Park in August 2002, and it instantly became one of my favorite racing venues. I offer the following, written in advance of the 2005 meet, as my obituary to a truly great place to watch the races: A salute to the Pea Patch.... Read...
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  • Finally
    Jul 02 2008, 07:15 PM

    Some good news from trouble-plagued trainer Rick Dutrow, reports ESPN: Calls to Dutrow for comment Monday were not returned, and he has stated he's sworn off interviews for a while. Let's all enjoy the peace and quiet. Related: Big Brown was unhurried...
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  • Curlin Takes to Turf
    Jul 01 2008, 04:45 PM

    And Churchill Downs has posted video of the morning move. Or, I should say, has posted a video of Ashley Walker and Jill Byrne talking about Curlin trying turf, with snippets of the seven furlong work (in company, around dogs) interspersed among their...
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  • This Is Key
    Jul 01 2008, 12:30 PM

    From the transcript (PDF) of the HTA/TRA joint meeting "Racing and New Technologies" panel comes this key insight from Eric Wing of the NTRA: I think the goal should be to use the technology, not to make the bet simpler or to bet more money...
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  • Refreshing
    Jun 30 2008, 10:20 PM

    Medication positives and (negative) EPO tests, nothingness and debates over the definition of blogging -- reading the latest DRF+ column by James Quinn is a tonic, because it's about handicapping -- specifically, about pairs of figures as predictors...
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  • Dear Bill Finley
    Jun 29 2008, 09:15 PM

    Are you kidding? Send Big Brown to the Arc? We already know that Big Brown can handle the grass. He's bred for it and he broke his maiden by 11 1/4 lengths on the grass last year at Saratoga.... And, obviously, Big Brown has the quality and class...
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  • She's a Star
    Jun 29 2008, 12:45 AM

    Photo by Adam Coglianese/NYRA. ... in the making. Music Note stumbled out of the gate, lost a hind shoe, raced three wide into the stretch tracking a pokey pace (:24.83, :48.66, and 1:13.09), and still the talented and well-bred filly easily pulled away...
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  • Thanks, Suffolk
    Jun 27 2008, 06:00 PM

    Suffolk Downs takes a zero-tolerance stand on slaughter: Sam Elliott, the track's vice president for racing, has informed the leadership of the New England Horseman's Benevolent and Protective Association that any trainer found to have sold a...
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  • Man of Iron Faces First Test
    Jun 27 2008, 10:15 AM

    Man of Iron, the 2-year-old half-brother of Rags to Riches, Jazil, and Casino Drive by Giant's Causeway, debuts today in the first at the Curragh for Aidan O'Brien and Tabor et al: He faces a tough introduction though, because Alyazwa was only...
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  • Barry Irwin Calls Bullsh*t
    Jun 27 2008, 10:10 AM

    In a letter to the editor in the Thoroughbred Daily News, Team Valor founder Barry Irwin responds to Michael Iavarone's announcement that IEAH horses will race drug-free (except for Lasix) and his invitation to other owners to make the same committment...
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  • This Is Not
    Jun 26 2008, 09:30 PM

    ... something it should be possible to write about the G1 Suburban Handicap: The Suburban drew a ... field of eight, all in search of their first Grade 1 stakes victory. Grade 1 travesty, indeed. At least the Suburban drew a field big enough for trifecta...
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