Hello everyone, here is GREAT news on our beloved Arrrrr! --- Posted by Susan on 5/11/2010 Good news! Arrrrr's trainer at Penn National - Mike Salvaggio - just retired him. The horse was vet scratched...
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The Florida Derby. Let's be honest, how many of us believe in hunch bets as handicappers? If you answered 'Yes', would we bet on First Dude and Game On Dude? Would we also put money on Radiohead since...
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So you may be asking why embeded this video of a crazy guy walking a tight rope, or " slacklining " as we call it in climbing. It is pretty simple... we're hurting as an industry. We are bruised and have...
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Jedi Code's return to the track was a bigger deal than I realized. Here is an edited press release from Churchill Downs on 11/11/08: When Janis Whitham’s Jedi Code broke his maiden at second asking in...
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A Blissful Kiss: Driving to Keeneland from a previous evening in Louisville was quite an adventure Sunday. I did make it to Keeneland in time for race 7 finally, in time to see the jockeys load and hear...
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I want to talk about National Thoroughbred Racing Association's summer of racing and how they have done PR wise. Let's get down to it. The NTRA is setting out to try and rejuvinate the seemingly screeching...
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Arrrrr is racing this weekend, so go watch and support him in his race! He will carry a different jockey this race, with Alan Garcia on board. Arrrrr will have a little more experience than many of these...
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The classy folks at TVG anxiously looked on, awaiting Mr. Durkin and his call for race 6 at Saratoga. As the TV audience, the announcers, and the spectators at the Spa witnessed a great stalking/closing...
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A horse that not only broke his maiden, but is also a movie starrrrr? This just needed to be posted, due to the novelty factor. The segment duration is from :22 seconds to 1:10 minutes. That is all you...
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A few posts ago we discussed various race track announcers, and I specifically pointed out Mr. Tom Durkin and described the joy of watching him call Arrrrr's races especially. Well, with Durkin's exciting...
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