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Around The Backstretch
I'm working on a recap of the juvenile races from this past weekend, as well as an overview of a few of the two-year-olds that appear to be on the path to the Breeders' Cup. Until then, here are some of the items making that made news in horse racing this past weekend: North America Calder: Big...
BREEDERS' CUP 2011 CONTENDERS: Taking A Survey Of The Landscape (Updated)
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ARLINGTON MILLION 2011: Entries, Post Positions and Morning Line Odds
Cape Blanco (IRE) and Gio Ponti lead a field of ten for this Saturday's Grade 1 Arlington Million (post time 5:15 Central), part of the Arlington International Festival of Racing at Arlington Park. The Grade 1 Secretariat Stakes (post time 3:52 Central) and Beverly D. (post time 4:33 Central) will...
ARLINGTON MILLION 2011: Cape Blanco Leads The Pre-Entries
Aidan O'Brien's Cape Blanco (IRE), winner of the G1-Man o'War at Belmont on July 9th, leads a list of ten horses pre-entered for next weekend's Grade 1 Arlington Million. Gio Ponti, the 2009 winner of the Million and second in last year's race, is the top American contender. The pre-entries for...
VIRGINIA DERBY AND OAKS: Entries, Post Positions and Morning Line Odds
A couple of quality graded stakes on the lawn at Colonial Downs on Saturday will give us a peek into the class of three-year-old turf horses this year. The Grade 3 Virginia Oaks (post time 7:30 Eastern) will feature a filed of eight fillies going nine furlongs, while the Grade 2 Virginia Derby...
2010 Breeders' Cup Payouts
The Breeders' Cup may be one of the most difficult betting weekends of the year but you can't say that you aren't rewarded if you can find a winning combination. The 2010 edition of the cup was no exception as only two of the fourteen winners at this year's Breeders' Cup at Churchill Downs paid...
2010 Breeders' Cup: Pace and Zenyatta's Obstacle
I've got two different tables in this post the first of which summarizes the winner of each Breeders' Cup race along with the overall pace for that event. The second table lists each winner along with their internal splits and final Beyer figures (via DRF.com). One thing to take note of from the...
2010 Breeders' Cup: Thoughts on the weekend
I don't know if everyone else has recovered yet from the past weekend of racing but I got back from Louisville yesterday afternoon and had little left in the tank. I'm working on a bigger post re-caping all of the races from this past weekend but here's a quick that on my general thoughts from the...
Blame wins the 2010 Breeders' Cup Classic
LOUISVILLE, KY - In what will surely go down as one of the most thrilling Breeders' Cup Classic's in history, Blame nosed out unbeaten Zenyatta under the wire at Churchill Downs to win the richest race in North America. Blame raced in mid-pack during the much of the early parts of the race, made a...
2010 Breeders' Cup: Day 2 Picks
I don't have a lot of time until I head out to Churchill this morning, but below you can find the link to today's scratches and changes: Churchill Downs Changes With that out of the way, here's a quick rundown of the direction I think I'm going in today's races. Good luck to everyone out there, I...
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