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  • Wise Dan targets the G2 Firecracker 'Cap at Churchill on June 29.  Posted 8 hours ago
  • Jockey Chantal Sutherland will return to saddle at Del Mar. Posted 16 hours ago
  • Itsmyluckyday to skip Belmont Stakes 2013 in favor of Pegasus Stakes on 6-16.  Posted 16 hours ago
  • Rosie Napravnik will ride Code West in Belmont Stakes 2013. Posted 16 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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  • likin sparks · Give me a muddy track and I'll give you Orb, give me a fast track...you're on your own. · 2 hours ago ·
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  • Mary Z. · I like tv. There; I said it. Deal with it. · 1 hour ago ·
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out of retirement & riding at Del Mar.
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  • jmac500 · Who doesn't wanna warch her ;) · 4 hours ago ·
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  • likin sparks · The Jockey Swimsuit Calendar stock has risen among other things... · 2 hours ago ·
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Will Take Charge will run in the Belmont Stakes with Jon Court. And Mike Smith will ride Palice Malice in the Belmont.
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  • Southern.Humor · One more Plus in favor of Revolutionary winning. This is one time I wouldn't mind Smith doing his thing and setting up crazy front end fractions. · 8 hours ago ·
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  • likin sparks · hmmm...Clark Kent is in the phone booth but known of us knows his true identity for this race. · 2 hours ago ·
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it will be longshot winner!
did he go yet?
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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  • travel_vic · the legned was called The Ghost http://horseracinghalloffame.com/2003/11/01/the-ghost/ · 5 hours ago ·
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  • dipak1 · Orb had a chance to be best 3 years old in 2013, but he spoiled that chance loosing the Preakness, he won the derby because of sloppy track as he likes that way, but it was so amazed to see how he floped the good going track in pimilco on Preakness day, in otherwords horse winning in sloopy track does'nt necessarily means will win on the good truck, most of the horse winning in sloopy track have failed to win next race in the dry track. except Secretariat? · 2 hours ago ·
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He won nicely today.
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  • Mary Z. · Reminds me of Norma Shearer. The Women. Great movie. The maids' dialogue. · 3 hours ago ·
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  • Mary Z. · Reminds me of Norma Shearer. The Women. Great movie. The maids' dialogue. · 3 hours 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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  • 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. · 5 hours ago ·
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  • kay.robinett · buckpasser, I have heard that the savagery in some of the horses in the Hastings/Fair Play/Man o war bloodline came in through the dam of Hastings who was supposedly the most evil tempered horse imaginable? Is there any truth in that or is it a horse racing urban legend? · 3 hours ago ·
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If you could go back and meet/see any horse(s) throughout the history of racing, who would they be?
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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 · 4 hours ago ·
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  • kay.robinett · Jay S - I love the thought of Regal Mind. There is nothing anyone could do to help Eight Belles, Ruffian, or Go for Wand. They were treasures when alive, and always given the best treatment any horse could receive - their breakdowns were tragic accidents. But Regal Mind - we could have helped him had we only known. · 3 hours ago ·
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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. · 4 hours 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. · 4 hours 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.
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.
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. · 5 hours ago ·
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  • travel_vic · saw a grand slam tonight Edwin Encarnacion, lots of fun · 4 hours 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 · 5 hours 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 · 4 hours 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 · 5 hours 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. · 6 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. · 5 hours ago ·
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Any of you SoCal folks know when this big boy may be returning to the gate?

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