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Saturday Betfair Hollywood Park, Race 6, Local Post Time 3:04pm PTThe G1 Hollywood Starlet Stakes, 1 and 1/16 Miles, Fillies, 2YO, SynthBy Justin FinchThe Grade 1 Hollywood Starlet has eight two-year-old fillies and almost as many question marks. There have been stronger editions of this race, to be sure, but this edition, the final one, stands ...

After looking the past two years for a viable Horse of the Year candidate who ran on dirt and being unable to find one, I realize just how sad that is. The thought of not being able to find a single dirt horse in two years worthy of a Horse of the Year title is staggering to someone who goes back to the ‘60s and has seen that crown worn by so many ...

Tampa Bay Downs has (rightfully) earned its reputation as one of the more player-friendly tracks racing, and we at Brisnet.com and TwinSpires.com always welcome its return, which this year is Wednesday, December 4. Daily Selections full-card analysis with best bets will be available all meeting long. This is a great tool for Tampa players in ...

Two-year-old racehorses are all about the anticipation. Owners cannot wait for the first start to see if their horses have what it takes to win. And if those horses become winners, the anticipation only grows. Just how good could they become?Churchill Downs offered a full card of 12 imagination-grabbing juvenile races Nov. 30, and the thrills ...

It has only been in recent years that our society has recognized post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in combat military personnel returning home from war and anyone else exposed to an extreme traumatic event that has altered their life. Going back to World War I, this disorder was trivialized with the term shell shock.There are a number of ...

Sunday Betfair Hollywood Park, Race 8, Local Post Time 4:07pm PTThe G1 Matriarch Stakes, 1 Mile, Fillies and Mares, 3+, TurfBy Justin Finch The final Matriarch, like so many before it, will be a good one. The nine-horse field contains four Grade 1 winners and is loaded with accomplished fillies and mares. At time of writing, the forecast is that ...

What are you thankful for in horse racing this season? A particular runner, race, person? Respond w/ #thanksracing hashtag— Claire Novak (@BH_CNovak) November 27, 2013 LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 27, 2013) -- It's hard to believe the year is winding to an end; feels like just yesterday we were gearing up for Triple Crown prep season and now it's ...

Aqueduct cancelled today (Wednesday, November 27), which is good news for all the other tracks running because some of the $6-million in handle Aqueduct would have done today (based on last year's Thanksgiving Eve total) will end up in other pools. That includes my money, as a $2,990 Pick 4 carryover at Portland Meadows and a five-stakes program ...

New Jersey horse racing began a new chapter the evening of Nov. 23 amid snow squalls and a wind-chill factor in the teens. And no one seemed to mind. New Meadowlands, which cost about $88 million to build, held its first live harness racing program. The facility, which has a dining and sports bar focus, is about one-third the size of the original ...

On Jan. 1, 2014, 177 North American stakes will lose their black-type status and more races are headed for the chopping block in the years ahead. The winners and placers of these races in 2014 and beyond will lose the right to have their names literally appear in heavy bold-face type on an auction catalog page because the quality of the ...