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  • Unlimited Budget is expected to face males in Belmont Stakes 2013. Posted 19 hours ago
  • Verrazano will make his next start in the Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth on 6-16. Posted 19 hours ago
  • Dreaming of Julia will make her next start in the Mother Goose at Belmont on 6-22. Posted 19 hours ago
  • Game On Dude worked 4f in :50.60 (28/36) at Santa Anita on 5-20. Posted 1 day ago
  • Overanalyze, breezing for Belmont Stakes 2013, went 4f in :47.50 (3/34) at Belmont (dirt training) on 5-19.Posted 1 day ago
  • 2013 Belmont Stakes hopeful Palace Malice breezed 4f in :47.49 (2/34) at Belmont Park (dirt training) on 5-19. Posted 1 day ago
  • Coffee Clique romps in the Selene Stakes!Posted 1 day ago
  • Royal Delta breezed 4f in :52.03 (15/23) at Belmont Park on 5-19. Posted 2 days ago
  • Oxbow and Gary Stevens wire the Preakness!Posted 2 days ago
  • Skyring goes all the way in the Dixie! Posted 2 days ago

 

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Florida Filly and the entire Horse Racing Nation family offers our condolences to those in Oklahoma and lets you know how you can help.Read More
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  • Buckpasser · Thanks for the post yukichan. I know after Katrina, animal welfare groups got together to be provide for animal victims of disasters. · 28 minutes ago ·
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  • Buckpasser · On Facebook there is a list of local organizations to help with animal rescue. Also Bloodhorse has an article about donations can be made to a local feed and tack store to help. · 13 seconds ago ·
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on May 21, Zetterholm worked 4F at Belmont Park on Fast Dirt training in :49.16 b finishing 36/62.
Take Charge Indy, six-length winner of the Alysheba (GII) on Kentucky Oaks Day, will make his next start in the $500,000-added Stephen Foster Handicap (Grade I) at Churchill Downs on June 15, according to trainer Pat Byrne. Read More
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  • illhaveanothertriplecrown · I agree, this horse is going to be a tough out from here on out. If the field stays as is it looks to be entertaining with Dan, Ticket and RTG along with Fort Larned. Love the Stephen Foster, what a great way to start off summer · 1 hour ago ·
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  • tmallios1 · patrick byrne is a friend.i am happy for him that he is finally being rewarded with this horse.he told me about this horse before he ever stepped on the track.sometimes they do what you expect them to do and sometimes they fool you.glad for byrnes case this · 35 minutes ago ·
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on May 21, Liaison worked 6F at Santa Anita on Fast Dirt in 1:13.80 h finishing 1/3.
In your opinion, who is/was the most underrated (yet proven) racehorse of all time?
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  • Buckpasser · I'd include in the discussion, Bed o Roses, Busanda (she was much more than just Buckpasser's dam), Affectionately, and Roamer. · 1 hour ago ·
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  • Buckpasser · I think you could add Challedon, Bed o Roses, Busanda ( she was more than Buckpasser's dam), Tosmah, Affectionately, and Roamer and also Fort Marcy and Bald Eagle and Market Wise. · 1 hour ago ·
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who do you think were the top horses in the 1990's?
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  • kaitlinefree1 · lets hear it Rich! · 1 hour ago ·
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  • kaitlinefree1 · lets hear it Rich! · 1 hour ago ·
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on May 20, Know More worked 3F at Santa Anita on Fast Dirt in :36.60 h finishing 9/46. Know More returns to the races on May 23 at Betfair Hollywood Park (Allowance Optional Claiming $80,000 race 7) hes position # 1 in a field of 7 for 3YO going 6F.
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  • Mary Z. · I like his roomie, South Floyd. Nice big sprinter's be-hind on him, at least there was last fall. · 12 hours ago ·
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  • illhaveanothertriplecrown · I still think he's got big things left in the tank. Maybe he was over used as a 2 yr old but from what I saw early, he's got something to show us. · 1 hour ago ·
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With Triple Crown Mania come and gone, can someone just tell me who the best three-year-old is?Read More
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  • illhaveanothertriplecrown · Hard to say this year. Last year by this time we knew the 2 best because of dominant their first 5 months were, but they both were injured. I think this year we may not know until the breeder's cup as it seems like the horses keep trading victories. · 2 hours ago ·
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  • Mary Z. · Sprinter nominee: Clearly Now. · 1 hour ago ·
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on May 21, Sabercat worked 4F at Churchill Downs on Fast Dirt in :49.80 b finishing 1/3.
on May 21, Daddy Nose Best worked 5F at Churchill Downs on Fast Dirt in 1:02.00 b finishing 14/21.
For what it's worth: Going into the Preakness no horse had a lower top Beyer than Oxbow. Coming out, no horse has a Beyer as high Oxbow.
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  • jinlie01 · Lisa...I believe that is Jeff Bridges as Jeff aka "the Dude" Lebowski in the movie The Big Lebowski...a classic · 2 hours ago ·
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  • jinlie01 · Btw Oxbow got me back to black in the TC races after my big loss on him and Revolutionary in the Ky Derby...next Belmont Stakes. · 2 hours ago ·
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just wondering? where did all the loyal D.Wayne Lukas fans who trashed him prior to the triple crown series go to and hide.they made it seem as though he actually forgot how to train.as a friend of mine and a very classy trainer. J J Toner always tells me. "you would be amazed how top of the shelf horses make you such a better trainer "
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  • travel_vic · I visited Calumet in its heyday and the place was something to behold with all those trophies and Alydar to boot · 14 hours ago ·
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  • Buckpasser · One should be grateful to Henri de Kwaikowski for buying Calumet lock stock and barrel and setting up a trust fund for it as those trophies were going to dispersed to God knows where or even melted down as a number if them I believe the 75th Derby trophy was solid gold. Happy this great farm is on the upswing. · 2 hours ago ·
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Omaha is certainly a coveted horse. We regard him as a legend, a triple crown winner on par with the greats of the 1930s. Would it surprise you to learn that on July 10, 1935 DRF published an article titled "Omaha Best Of Bad Lot"? Maybe things haven't changed so much after all.
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  • travel_vic · no he is recognized by the authority that SHOULD be accountable for his memory http://horseracinghalloffame.com/1976/12/02/sir-barton/ His owner is there to · 3 hours ago ·
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  • Buckpasser · Glad to hear it TV. He died out in Wyoming I believe. · 2 hours ago ·
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What about Dreaming of Julia? She should be considered as a viable Pletcher candidate along with Closing Hatches. Although Princess of Sylmar clearly ran the best under the circumstances at the start in the Oaks, it's hard to ignore that Julia was snuffed the worst out of all at the start but still produced a decent run.
  • tmallios1 · dani,please go back to the replay of the race.watch the start.the princess was nearly bent in half.the others just took up a little.down the backstretch she was behind all of them.she cruised by julia and beat her to the spot when johnny v was already riding her.she won going away on a speed favoring surface.if you think that she won because of circumstances in what happened at the start.then the only summation you should come up with.that she was not only the best filly that day.she was tons the best.she was not highly regarded going into the race.after all she won 2 cheap races at aqueduct over the inner track and she lost to hatches on wood day.if you looked at that race closely,hatches was on the golden rail.the princess had her beat,then hatches found a 2nd wind to win.julia was snuffed.why do you not make an excuse for beholder.she acted up badly,threw her rider and was a handful.she ran 2nd.like i said in an earlier post.the success of rachel and zenyatta against the boys has made people think this is now a rule and not an exception.they were all time greats.do not just talk and chat about their greatness.believe it andappreciate it.i do not or ever believe fillies should run against the boys in the elite championship races until they are 4 and older.not because they cannot win,but because it is a brutally tough experience.look at normandy invasion.read what chad brown and the connections said.we are more than likely passing the belmont to preapare for the travers and beyond.these races take so much out of these colts,you can never know.so imagine what it would do to a filly.better yet,send todd pletcheran e mail and ask him how it worked out with rags to riches.granted she won the belmont by beating curlin.but a great racing career was destroyed that day. · 2 hours ago ·
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on May 21, Kauai Katie worked 5F at Belmont Park on Fast Dirt training in 1:01.25 b finishing 12/23.
on May 21, Flat Out worked 4F at Saratoga on Fast Dirt training in :48.27 b finishing 1/17.
i just read on another site that pletcher may be pointing unlimited budget towards the belmont stakes.first let me say,todd will forget more about horse racing than i or all fans will ever learn.i get it,you have to be in it to win it.i could see when rachel ran in the preakness.she destroyed her competition.i could see when todd ran rags to riches.she defeated her competition.unlimited finished a weak 3rd in the oaks going a shorter distance.she did not dominate her competition.yes ,previously she did run very good.but the caliber was not as strong.it almost seems as though todd has so many 3 yo fillies coming up to a race,that he is trying to keep them apart at all costs.when you run a horse in a G1 stake.any horse,you are doing it with the confidence that you can win or at worst finish at least 3rd.that being the case,what is todd telling you about revolutionary ,overanalyze or any other colt he might point to the belmont.he is telling you that a filly who could not beat her own gender ,has just as good a shot at hitting the board as his top colts.personally,not to comforting.
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  • goblin · Dreaming of Julia is apparently going to the Mother Goose (per Brian Zipse yesterday). Unlimited Budget, the subject of this thread, is the filly being considered for the Belmont. · 3 hours ago ·
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  • travel_vic · if funds alone made any long term difference in winning a Triple Crown race, old Mauktoom would have won one long ago · 3 hours ago ·
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on May 21, Calidoscopio worked 7F at Santa Anita on Fast Dirt in 1:30.80 h finishing 1/1.
In your opinion, who is the best racehorse to compete in the 1980's and why?
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  • SSilence86 · Speaking my language Rafi :) My first pure love in horse racing. Never worse than second. That black colt dazzled me every time he ran. · 16 hours ago ·
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  • travel_vic · Miesque not only BEAT the best in the world first in almost track record time on a hard turf course by open lengths, but then again next year on a softer, tight turned grass course easily. · 3 hours ago ·
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on May 21, Power Broker worked 4F at Churchill Downs on Good Turf in :51.80 b finishing 3/4.

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