God love the seasoned warriors; the ones who rise up and reclaim glory in stunning fashion when everyone else has begun writing them off. During the Sochi Winter Olympics, Austrian skier Mario Matt, two...
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Kentucky still has some hurdles to clear, but it looks as though the historical electronic racing game, called Instant Racing, is going to be the industry’s only weapon against the gaming-enhanced purses...
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The morning before the Robert B. Lewis Stakes (gr. II), maybe you had a hunch that Chitu was sitting on a big race. Not only did you plan on betting the son of Henny Hughes at Santa Anita Park Feb. 8 but...
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Sometimes Thoroughbred racing’s challenges seem as entrenched as the Israeli-Arab conflict in the Middle East. Small gains are so few and far between that they generate exaggerated enthusiasm when they...
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Two and a half years ago The Jockey Club launched a barrage of initiatives with the hopes of slowing and ideally reversing years of decline suffered by Thoroughbred racing. Improved TV coverage, fantasy...
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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...
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The second week of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale was tough, but not in the way many have been accustomed to describing the commercial market in the wake of the Great Recession. Buyers were...
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The second day of the Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Santa Anita Park turned into an afternoon for returning winners. In a span of six Breeders’ Cup races, four previous winners—Groupie Doll, Mizdirection...
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The debate over race-day Salix in America is at a logjam that puts the federal government shutdown to shame. Both camps are entrenched, Breeders’ Cup has backed off its race-day policy, and the American...
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An interesting statistic came out of the International Simulcasting Conference held earlier this month in Lexington. Hank Zeitlin, president and COO of Equibase, reported that due to the shrinking foal...
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