By Valerie Grash As a fan, call me underwhelmed. The Breeders’ Cup returns to Churchill Downs in 2010 (but perhaps only if the state of Kentucky can be extorted into extending a pari-mutuel tax exemption...
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With Dreaming of Anna being retired, I thought she deserved something special. I am a big fan of her's but my co-worker Amidala is quite possibly her number one fan. So I asked Amidala to write a guest...
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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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Like that alliteration? Anyway, you need to go participate in our Bracket Battles. Why? Because I said so, just kidding, but Bracket Battles has some really interesting match ups and challenges that make...
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Thoroughbred racing has always been confined to its own small world, safe and protected from the tumultuous events that surround it. There have been individual stars that have transcended the sport and...
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I have mixed feeling about Big Brown racing in the newly-created Monmouth Stakes this weekend. On one hand, I am happy to see the Derby winner running at all. After the Belmont, most of us probably thought...
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Every racing fan has their favorite and most memorable moments. Last year, for me, it was the Woodbine Mile. Who can forget the breathtaking rail move by Shakespeare, who came from eighth and 7 1/2 lengths...
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With so many divisions seemingly wide-open for the Breeders' Cup, there was at least one that we thought we had a pretty good grasp on. The Sprint. Not anymore. In the last seven days the Sprint went from...
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It's a huge weekend for the Breeders' Cup Challenge, as seven "Win and You're In" races are on the slate this weekend. Unfortunately, Travers week has kept me from looking at all of them in depth, so I...
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We're now a little more than five weeks into the Breeders' Cup season and the divisions are beginning to take shape. The continuing story thus far is how the male division seemingly gets more ordinary...
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