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  • Wise Dan targets the G2 Firecracker 'Cap at Churchill on June 29.  Posted 4 hours ago
  • Jockey Chantal Sutherland will return to saddle at Del Mar. Posted 12 hours ago
  • Itsmyluckyday to skip Belmont Stakes 2013 in favor of Pegasus Stakes on 6-16.  Posted 12 hours ago
  • Rosie Napravnik will ride Code West in Belmont Stakes 2013. Posted 12 hours ago
  • From DRF (The Inside Post): Mylute will not run in Belmont Stakes 2013. Posted 1 day ago
  • Eblouissante breezed 4f :49.17 (18/44) at Belmont (dirt Training) on 5-22. Posted 1 day ago
  • Giant Finish will make his next start in Belmont Stakes 2013. Posted 1 day ago
  • Unlimited Budget is expected to face males in Belmont Stakes 2013. Posted 3 days ago
  • Verrazano will make his next start in the Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth on 6-16. Posted 3 days ago
  • Dreaming of Julia will make her next start in the Mother Goose at Belmont on 6-22. Posted 3 days ago

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Based on dosage and adjusted 12F times, my top four would be: Revolutionary, Golden Soul, Orb Unlimited Budget. I'd throw Oxbow and Palice Malice in the mix, too.
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  • travel_vic · Multi profession? I was a truck driver while in school, a practitioner for over 30 years and now am a camera operator and photo finish tech...Thre careers are multiple in your world?? · 7 minutes ago ·
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  • Lisa111 · I know your old, thats why I said you suffer mid life crisis for way too many years. And every horseplayer knows that Vyjack was plenty upset prior to the race because of the uproar and it escalated into the gate. You are no horseplayer if you weren't privy to all that was going on. Give it up Vic, I'm not so sure why I even gave you this much time. You are meaningless and the last person on this forum that I take seriously. Sometimes I actually feel sorry for you but then I come back to my senses. Good night Scientist, Zoologist, Vet, Photographer, gate keeper, doctor, lawyer, indian chief. · 17 seconds ago ·
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He won nicely today.
who do you think are the top ten active sires right now? mine (in no particular order) are Galileo, Distorted Humor, Awesome Again, Malibu Moon, Tiznow, Street Cry, Tapit, Unbridled's Song, Giant's Causeway, & Medaglia d'Oro.
Polytrack may be on the way out where the turf meets the surf..Thank GOODNESS..http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/may/21/polytrack-del-mar-dirt-/
  • travel_vic · The ABSOLUTE worse for bias variance of any of the synthetics....Why should we be surprised however as all the research into Polytrack occured in cooler weather. · 55 minutes ago ·
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  • Slam · They also just picked 5 weeks of racing in November and into December. This with switching to dirt and widening the turf course. Sad Hollywood is closing but happy that my home track is stepping it up. · 21 minutes ago ·
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1 - Najjar, 2 - Prime Cut, 3 - Dark Cove, 4 - Atigun.
1 - Admiral Kitten, 2 - Fordubai, 3 - Brown Almight, 4 - Dorsett.
out of retirement & riding at Del Mar.
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  • Jay S. · Rosie took her spot way too fast. Can't let that happen. IMO, Rosie is way more talented and determined. · 4 hours ago ·
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  • jmac500 · Who doesn't wanna warch her ;) · 26 minutes ago ·
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this horse deserves to be rated so much higher. only two time winner of the Breeder's Cup Classic. he had some really stiff competition too.
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. · SSilence, everytime you call the little lady Abby, monkey is probably thinking, "Yeah...Abby-normal," like in Young Frankenstein. :) · 2 hours ago ·
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  • travel_vic · Northern Dancer was a "speed" horse so his winning at Pimlico was not much of a surprise....It was because his country of origin was not the USof A that the bia was such a big thing...He ran the belmont that year at Aqueduct since Belmont was closed and an old Detroit Red Wing gave me his losing tickets which I sent to the Hall of Fame · 40 minutes ago ·
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Win one, lose one. Win another, lose another. It would appear that Overanalyze purchased a one-way ticket to Inconsistentville. On the other hand, he just might be ready to pull off a Belmont Stakes surprise. Since his career debut on August 9, the Repole runner has a perfect win-every-other-start r...Read More
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  • Jay S. · Baseball. Loved to play it...WILL NOT watch it. · 1 hour ago ·
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  • travel_vic · saw a grand slam tonight Edwin Encarnacion, lots of fun · 45 minutes ago ·
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There is a lot of year left! Maybe this year will be one that will keep everyone on thier toes until the final ballots,for the Eclipse Awards. It certainly will add to the suspense over the summer and into the BC!
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  • travel_vic · probably the latter which suggests, outwardly, the former · 1 hour ago ·
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  • travel_vic · Some horses have the ability but are wrongly put into the wrong surface or distance all the time making them look quite ordinary...I saw a career almost ruined in the Canadian Triple Crown winner Wando...The connections just HAD to have some turf runs on their breeding prospectus even though the annimal projected SHORT in just about all his potential turf runs...How did he run on turf and blemish his record accordingly? SHORT · 1 hour ago ·
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When the very best of thoroughbreds compete over long distances of dirt or grass for Grade 1 titles, the spectacle is sure worth watching. On Sunday, a field of 11 will go to post in the 75th running of the Grade 1 $1.5 million Pattison Canadian International, a 1 1/2 mile trip around Woodbine's E.P...Read More
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  • ILuvTurfRacing · Aidan O'Brien's 3yr.old, Imperial Monarch, is the class of this field, and especially if it comes up soft ground. He won the Classic Trial at Sandown on very heavy ground and the G1 Grand Prix De Paris at Longchamp over 12f on soft ground. · 222 days ago ·
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  • travel_vic · Simple just bet the Irish Breds....Purses cut by 50% so it is going to hard to entice the same fields this year...http://www.drf.com/news/woodbine-cuts-canadian-international-ep-taylor-purses · 1 hour ago ·
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I would not be suprised to see Revolutionary and Orb enter the gates for the Belmont as co-favorites again. I also would not be suprised to see them both in the money once they cross the line.
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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  • Jay S. · One time I got him in the "Boston Crab" and made him swear to eternal servant-hood before I released him. Of course, that lasted until I released him. · 2 hours ago ·
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  • Buckpasser · Jay. Exactly. Gotta let the kid know his proper place in the family hierarchy. Elmo gave the name Abby a two paws up. Tell Limpy. · 1 hour ago ·
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buckpasser or anyone.. is there any websites or books out there about this son of MOW? I temperament and killed a groom? Is that correct?
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  • rafirox · @SS86... Yes, he did kill one of his grooms. · 2 hours ago ·
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  • Buckpasser · SS. If you have never read Seabiscuit, it is a wonderful book. Based on A chapter in David Alexander's book A Sound of Horses: The World of Racing From Eclipse To Kelso. It is a wonderful book. Available in both ebook and paperback etc. · 1 hour ago ·
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Any of you SoCal folks know when this big boy may be returning to the gate?
Sheikh Mohammed is making the use of steroids in racing a criminal offense in the UAE according to BH. http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/78448/uae-to-criminalize-steroid-use-in-horses
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  • illhaveanothertriplecrown · Good. About time · 10 hours ago ·
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  • travel_vic · Racing Post ann Sporting Life are good sources of Euro doings · 1 hour ago ·
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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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  • smugdad · True story. But I still think ol' D.Wayne putting in another horse who positioned himself just right sure helped! · 10 hours ago ·
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  • travel_vic · I watched as the capped tooth one has an early sprinter, miler and router ALL try to knock off Bayakoa and it was a total failure · 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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  • fonnerparkfilly · I'm not sure there is a best 3 year old. It looks like a mixed bag of goodies to me. Best horse running is Wise Dan, I hope he enters the BC and leaves the 3 year olds in his dust. · 2 hours ago ·
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  • travel_vic · the legned was called The Ghost http://horseracinghalloffame.com/2003/11/01/the-ghost/ · 1 hour ago ·
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Race 8 is a wide open affair... I'm thinking 5-7-9-11 (no particular order, just in orde of posts).. I got destroyed in Race 7 (I had South Floyd) but I hope I can rebound here..
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  • Jay S. · That's a great story rafi. Excellent. · 2 hours ago ·
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  • travel_vic · he of course does NOT post all the losers in between · 1 hour ago ·
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