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The cause behind the adoption of synthetic surfaces was a noble one—reduce the number of catastrophic breakdowns to a negligible level.For the most part, the all-weather surfaces that were installed properly did just that. As is noted in the feature on page 22, the number of main-track breakdowns at Keeneland fell to 0.97 per 1,000 from 2009 ...

The press box. The name evokes images of veteran reporters, sleeves rolled up, sitting behind their Underwood typewriters in a cloud of cigar or cigarette smoke, pounding out stories, scoops, columns, and features for the many newspapers across the country – whether from New York, Boston and Chicago or Kansas City, Cleveland, and St. Louis. Names ...

The Grade 1 Dianaby TimeformUS Analyst Mike BeerSaratoga / July 19 / Race 10 / 5:46 EDT: Get started on FREE TimeformUS PPs for the DianaSaturday's running of the Grade 1 Diana drew a field of 10 fillies and mares and could hardly have come up a stronger race.  Each one of the 10 entered is already a graded stakes winner, half of them ...

by Ed DeRosa Del Mar Thoroughbred Club opens today and with it TwinSpires.com’s $42,000 Beat the Caveman Challenge. Our caveman will play the late Pick 4 at either Del Mar or Saratoga Race Course Wednesday (Saratoga), Thursday (Del Mar), Friday (Del Mar), Saturday (Saratoga), Sunday (Del Mar), and Monday (Saratoga) this summer. He will use four ...

I hate getting personal, but somehow I am unable to avoid it when thinking, talking, and writing about Saratoga. It has been a state of feeling for 45 years, a place around which my entire life has revolved, and now it is time yet again for my annual pilgrimage to this Mecca of Thoroughbred racing. So, bear with me as I embark on another ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Although summer officially began on June 21st, for racing fans around the United States, summer doesn’t truly begin until racing returns to Del Mar and Saratoga, the two best race meets of the summer. So with that in mind, get ready for summer to begin later this afternoon, when Del Mar will play host to a ...

The annual Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit continues to be a shining example of what cooperation, thorough data collection, and thoughtful analysis can accomplish in a sport as complex as Thoroughbred racing.Particularly valuable is a continuing refinement of the risk factors that lead to catastrophic breakdowns. The more the industry ...

The Passing of a Legend MT. PLEASANT, TX - Goliath, the 2005 Guinness Book of World Record holder for Tallest Living Horse, passed away peacefully  July 3, 2014 on the Priefert Ranch in Mt. Pleasant, Texas.   Goliath was an awe striking black Percheron gelding who stood 19.1 hands high and weighed over 2500lbs. He was ...

by Ed DeRosa I promise that the headline is the only The Pizza Man pun in this blog. Besides, how could I top that one? OK, seriously, I'm done. Anyway, there are three Pick 4 sequences on Arlington Million Preview Day on Saturday at Arlington International Racecourse, and TwinSpires.com is offering a 10% winner’s bonus (up to $500 per ...

The Grade 1 Delaware Handicapby TimeformUS Analyst Mike BeerDelaware Park/July 12 /Race 9/4:51 EDT: The Grade 1 Delaware Handicap has managed to attract its share of top fillies and mares in recent years, with champions Royal Delta, Blind Luck, and Havre de Grace taking part in the past three runnings, and the quality racemare Life at Ten ...