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Unbridled Joy: The Horse Who Gave Us a Moment to Remember

POSTED: April 27, 2020

Keeneland Library Morgan Collection- Dell Hancock Sitting on a bookshelf in my office is a reproduction of one of my middle school art projects. As...

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Where's Werribee Racing Club?

POSTED: April 25, 2020

Photo: Spendthrift Australia Park at Werribee. Werribee Racing Club, known as Spendthrift Australia Park at Werribee, is in Victoria, Australia, located in the heartland of...

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Silky Sullivan: The Ultimate Closer

POSTED: April 24, 2020

Silky Sullivan with Bill Shoemaker up winning the 1958 Santa Anita Derby Photo Credit: Keeneland Library Thoroughbred Times Collection Last week, you read about Malicious,...

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Decision-making at the track: Handicapping using the right side of the brain.

POSTED: April 21, 2020

In prominent racing countries, the days in which professional punters were profitable using Scientific Betting Strategies are long gone. Nowadays, bettors are so well informed...

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Seabiscuit and Ligaroti- The Del Mar Match Race

POSTED: April 20, 2020

Nothing draws more people to the racetrack than a rivalry. In a sport that's a game of “my horse is better than yours”, rivalries and...

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Apple Blossom Winner Ce Ce Thriving at Four

POSTED: April 20, 2020

Ce Ce was always well regarded, but after a thrilling victory in the $600,000 Apple Blossom Handicap (G1), she has stamped herself as one of...

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Coronavirus Relief for Gamblers?

POSTED: April 17, 2020

With many (most?) tracks and virtually all casinos in the US closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, what’s a hardcore gambler to do? One could...

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Here Comes Malicious!

POSTED: April 16, 2020

Before Secretariat - before Seabiscuit, even - fans of American horse racing were enthralled with a 12-year-old gelding from southern California named Malicious. Malicious never...

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Why Would Anyone Own a Race Horse?

POSTED: April 15, 2020

Charlatan Cruises Home To Victory At Santa Anita Park While Will Rogers Downs and Fonner Park enjoy unimagined handle, most of the rest of the...

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