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  • From DRF (The Inside Post): Mylute will not run in Belmont Stakes 2013. Posted 13 hours ago
  • Eblouissante breezed 4f :49.17 (18/44) at Belmont (dirt Training) on 5-22. Posted 18 hours ago
  • Giant Finish will make his next start in Belmont Stakes 2013. Posted 22 hours ago
  • Unlimited Budget is expected to face males in Belmont Stakes 2013. Posted 2 days ago
  • Verrazano will make his next start in the Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth on 6-16. Posted 2 days ago
  • Dreaming of Julia will make her next start in the Mother Goose at Belmont on 6-22. Posted 2 days ago
  • Game On Dude worked 4f in :50.60 (28/36) at Santa Anita on 5-20. Posted 2 days ago
  • Overanalyze, breezing for Belmont Stakes 2013, went 4f in :47.50 (3/34) at Belmont (dirt training) on 5-19.Posted 3 days ago
  • 2013 Belmont Stakes hopeful Palace Malice breezed 4f in :47.49 (2/34) at Belmont Park (dirt training) on 5-19. Posted 3 days ago
  • Coffee Clique romps in the Selene Stakes!Posted 3 days ago

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A sire I’ve long considered to be one of the best in America, Malibu Moon is now in position to become the toast of the bluegrass, as his talented son...

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2013 Preakness: Post Position the cause of Orb's Demise

Orb may not be the immortal everyone thought him to be, but one loss at the hands of a bad post takes nothing away from him. He can still be great.

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Thursday's Betfair Hollywood Park Pick 6 Tickets - May 23

Sunday’s Betfair Hollywood Park Recap – May 19 (5 out of 6) Both surfaces seemed to play fair. Rafael Bejarano and Joe Talamo booted home a pair. John...

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I've been so busy this week, I completely overlook this horse's outstanding performance in the Singapore Airlines International Cup. He blew away the talent packed field by 3 1/2 lengths after being geared down the last 100 meters. Probably the most dominating international G1 turf performance I have seen so far this year.
Off at odds of 15-1, many were speechless when Oxbow won Preakness 138. What a fluke! What a horrible race! Why was it so horrible? Because horseplayers didn’t see it coming due to being blinded by Orb's so-called brilliance. Read More
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  • Jay S. · Excellent article! · 9 hours ago ·
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  • AndyScoggin · NIce job at the Preakness by the HRN team. Great working with you both, Gary and Chris. · 1 hour ago ·
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As a new resident of the greater Richmond, VA area, I didn’t know a lot about Colonial Downs. That is until I talked to some key insiders at the track and found out how cool this summer boutique turf meet is going to be…Read More
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  • marylandgq · They normally have a camel race and the always entertaining Mascot race... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3b9m9D9KZc · 1 hour ago ·
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  • AndyScoggin · I think this summer the Dark Horse will be a Talking Heads fans, "Burning Down the House." · 1 hour ago ·
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Secretariat will always be the Champ :) I wonder if I will ever see another Triple Crown....
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  • likin sparks · I wish I could put the size of the field debate to rest but there will always be a whatif? The way I see it for the horses that won the TC even in a 19 or 20 horse field I would have little doubt it would make a difference, they were just that damn good and kept proving after the TC was over. Back then the breeding was't so hosed up and the horses were not exposed to all the doping as todays. · 2 days ago ·
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  • airedale2008 · Buckpasser – Nice numbers. Citation looks like he faced the fewest rivals by far. Was he so dominate that the others owners avoided him? · 1 hour ago ·
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Trainer Sir Michael Stoute officially annouced this morning to the UK racing media that Highclere Thoroughbred Racing's top Epsom Derby hopeful, Telescope, has a sore left shin and "will not" be running in the G1 Epsom Derby on June 1st. Telescope missed his intended seasonal debut last week in the G2 Dante Stakes at York due to a graze on his leg that became infected.
If you could go back and meet/see any horse(s) throughout the history of racing, who would they be?
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  • Jay S. · Regal Mind. · 7 hours ago ·
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  • CauseForConcern · Ruffian, Prairie Bayou, and Gen. Duke. · 5 hours ago ·
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it will be repreat of Kentucky derby, race will be between ORB, REVOLUTIONARY AND GOLDEN SOUL, may be followed by Freedom Child and Normandy Invasion!my final selection will be after the Preakness Stakes results.
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  • rafirox · Sysonby. Correct as always :). It's the nasal strip that is banned in New York. I was going to comment about what was banned, but I couldn't put my tounge on what it was :). · 8 days ago ·
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  • dipak1 · ORB's days are over, now trainer and jockey are blaming the mud saying sticky, and post position? it is only the excuses just to cover up their judgements both jockey and trainer? saving grounds is the only reason for their disaster ? · 7 hours ago ·
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Fitting that Hooh Why's next probably start is the Matron on Saturday. She is in foal to Leroidesanimaux and is due January 15th. Her trainer says she is a once in a life time horse and has a few more "bullets left in her to fire". Evidently, pregnancy is agreeing with Hooh Why! I rode through my 7th month, but I am sure it is not the same thing ;)
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  • kaitlinefree1 · well how exciting for Hooh Why & her connections! · 7 hours ago ·
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  • travel_vic · the racing organization is supposed to announce, as an addendum with the simple phrase: this mare has been bred and is believed to be in foal · 25 minutes ago ·
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In your opinion, who is/was the most underrated (yet proven) racehorse of all time?
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  • RichChatter · I loved the Seabiscuit movie, even though it did have those inaccuracies you speak of. But it was a much better movie overall. · 9 hours ago ·
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  • LAZMANNICK · I loved Seabiscuit and have watched it several times over the years. After the success of Seabiscuit, like many, I was hotly anticipating the Secretariat movie. I was never so disappointed in my life. Very little actual racing footage and it particularly galled me when we got to see the Preakness (or was it the Belmont) on TV in the background behind the kids throwing popcorn in the air. We got to see more footage of people in the stands than actual horses on the track. My favorite horse movie though wasn’t about race horses. It was War Horse, a very touching movie. If you haven’t seen it I highly recommend that you watch it. It won’t disappoint. · 8 hours ago ·
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He looked good again today!
  • yukichan · In case anyone is wondering what happened to Gygistar, for whom the race is named: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=395348453912657&set=a.141766052604233.28695.137186773062161&type=1&theater · 9 hours ago ·
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  • LAZMANNICK · For awhile it looked liek he wasn't going to get there. Then he turned it on with a final 3/8ths of 35.38 seconds. Another who we should hear lots from during the year. · 8 hours ago ·
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Allow me to pose this question: If you could be a jockey and go back and ride any horse in any race, who would it be?
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  • SSilence86 · I try to talk to him but he just rolls his eyes at me ;) · 8 hours ago ·
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  • Jay S. · Is he teaching himself how to feed himself yet? When he learns that...watch out! · 8 hours ago ·
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http://www.drf.com/news/drf-partners-penn-national-raise-funds-thoroughbred-aftercare love thiis.
*Bred in Florida, I began my career under the famed twin spires of Churchill Downs. *A winner of half of my starts as a juvenile, my first stakes race came as a three-year-old.Read More
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  • racehorsewriter · Nice one! Would never have nailed that one down so quickly. · 10 hours ago ·
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  • bruckat · curlin, or smarty jones · 9 hours ago ·
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Has a new trainer :(
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  • travel_vic · if you ever had much of an idea about a horse, it might be worthwhile reading it · 9 hours ago ·
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  • jmac500 · Just noticed you posted about him earler. · 9 hours ago ·
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Congratulations to HRN's Rafirox and Cocoa2 for their first and twelfth finishes this round in the Major League Racing Competition.
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  • rafirox · Basically a competition where you pick four (4) entrants for the big race of the weekend, and put how ever much amount you'd like. They give you money for the pool they came in. For example, I got $813 for Oxbow winning ($32.50 to win) and got $120 or something for Mylute to show ($5.20).. I picked the top four (4) horses, Oxbow, Itsmyluckyday, Mylute, and Orb. I did not know how to adjust the amount wagered, so all had $25 coins on them. It was my first round ever; I came in first out of 5000 or so on my first try, talk about beginner's luck! You can sign up at majorleaugehorseracing.com.. We should make an HRN leauge! · 9 hours ago ·
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  • jmac500 · http://www.survivalattheshore.com/ join this one, I'm entered. · 9 hours ago ·
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The head of our patron education group stumped me on a bit of trivia this week. She said "name a thoroughbred person who set a world's record in the standardbred community." I was frankly amazed when I heard she broke the world's record for a mile trot UNDER SADDLE by more than 4 seconds. http://horseracing.about.com/library/weekly/aa100600a.htm
  • Mary Z. · I had never read about this before, tv. Really interesting article and photos of Julie Krone riding a champion trotting mare. Now I'd like to find the video of this race. · 9 hours ago ·
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He won today.
He was an absolute monster in his race today.
Still, no. http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/78445/new-hampshire-house-kills-casino-gaming-bill

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 Who will win the Belmont Stakes?

  • Unlimited Budget
  • Golden Soul
  • Code West
  • Oxbow
  • Revolutionary
  • Freedom Child
  • Palace Malice
  • Orb
  • Overanalyze
  • Giant Finish

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BHP 5/23/2013 R3 - Tribal Chatter tries turf at BHP

Thursday's 3rd race (2:04pm PT) from Betfair Hollywood Park is a $52,000 Maiden Special Weight affair for CA-bred or sired fillies and mares dashing six furlongs on the turf course.#8 Tribal Chatter (4-1) owns an ascending numbers pattern and was cle...
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