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By Alan Mann, Left at the GateAt least the field sizes are fairly manageable on Saturday; just nine go in the Sprint. I'm not proud, I'll take any break I can get. In post position order, with the top contenders all lined up inside: Cost of Freedom has run huge in two races since being claimed by trainer John Sadler. You could have doubted ...

 BREEDERS' CUP INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITY: COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF BREEDERS' CUP WORLD THOROUGHBRED CHAMPIONSHIPS FROM THE SPORT'S TOP TURF WRITERS Steve Haskin, Evan Hammonds, Lenny Shulman, Tom LaMarra, and Jason Shandler, available for interview trackside at Santa Anita or via telephone.   WHAT:   Top ...

By Valerie GrashEvery horseplayer has their favorite types of races. Personally, I’m a turf buff and, if you give me a juvenile maiden special weight, I’m in heaven. So, while some dread handicapping the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, I’ll dive right in. Recent wire-to-wire Jessamine winner Laragh (Tapit out of El Prado mare) is the ...

Two industry announcements separated by only a day were related in a way—the Safety and Integrity Alliance initiative put forth by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, and the annual Report of Mares Bred issued by The Jockey Club.Alex Waldrop, CEO of the NTRA, noted five areas Oct. 15 that were targeted for health and safety reform, among ...

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-by Patrick Patten, author of Handride.The F&M Sprint is the first BC race, and I hate to say it, but it’s the one I’m looking forward to the most.  This will be the most competitive race, and the proof I use to claim this?   The horses entered are in the money 77% of the time.  Adding up all their lifetime performances, ...

  Pro-Ride, Pro-Ride and more Pro-Ride. Considering it was installed only about two months ago and this will be the first Breeders' Cup held on a synthetic surface, it is all anyone here at Santa Anita is talking about. How will some of the traditional dirt horses handle the Pro-Ride? Will it even the playing field for the Euros, especially ...

 - by Alan Mann I figure that at this point, it's time to just concentrate on the races.  We've discussed the many questions surrounding this year's Breeders' Cup to death.  Yes, it's the first synthetic Breeders' Cup, but, as I've noted on my blog Left at the Gate, it's certainly not the first one tinged with doubts that cut to ...

Hip #1323 (catalog page, pedigree), a 12-year-old mare named WOODTHRUSH, sells Thurs., Nov. 6, 2008  at the Keeneland November mixed sale Thoroughbred female family:  19-c Race record:  unplaced in two starts at age 4. Produce record: dam of two foals, both runners of 2008, one ...

By George DoriaI know that trying to change something in racing is like trying to stop the tides. But if I could, there is one regulation I would like to see the industry impose upon itself:  No horse can stand until he is a five-year old. I think this would have a positive ripple effect throughout the industry and here's how. ...