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While We Celebrated, Tyler's Sensation Starved to Death

POSTED: May 10, 2026

Tyler's Sensation is dead. "No one is allowed to think that he can leave off being a man... He must not shut his eyes and...

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Sixty Percent Is Not a Footnote

POSTED: May 9, 2026

HISA's vet list data deserves more than a press release. It deserves an honest conversation the industry has been avoiding. There is a version of...

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THE VERDICT AND THE SCIENCE: LASIX

POSTED: May 7, 2026

A Correction, a Deeper Look, and a More Damning Conclusion A NOTE ON OUR PRIOR REPORTING In our April 2, 2026 article "The Lasix Question:...

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The Wall is Cracking

POSTED: May 7, 2026

Prediction Markets Penetration of the Sport of Kings Keeps Moving Judge Liburdi's Arizona Injunction, HB 904 Now Law, and What the Map Looks Like for...

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The Voice They Should Have Asked For

POSTED: May 6, 2026

Louis Masry is funding this sport, studying it forensically, and fighting for the people at the bottom of its food chain. The industry’s response has...

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Elvis Did the Work. The Public Didn't. That's the CAW Story

POSTED: May 4, 2026

T O Elvis Odds Explained What the T O Elvis wagering data tells us about information asymmetry, late money, and who actually earns an edge...

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The 152nd Kentucky Derby: A Report Card Nobody Asked For

POSTED: May 3, 2026

The racing was magnificent. Everything around it? Well......... Let me say upfront what I always say, because I believe it and because it is the...

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I Saw This Coming. I Just Didn't Know It Would Look Like This. Irad and Jose Ortiz

POSTED: May 3, 2026

Ten years ago I wrote that the Ortiz brothers would rule American racing. What happened Saturday at Churchill Downs was something I — or anyone...

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Sound Horses, Uncertain Science, and a Broken System: The Vet Scratch Crisis Racing Can No Longer Ignore

POSTED: April 30, 2026

From White Abarrio's courtroom battle to Renegade's quarter cracks and a Keeneland meet with a record vet scratch rate, a collision of safety culture, regulatory...

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