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Obataye Wins Carlos Pellegrini In Argentina

POSTED: December 14, 2025

Obataye wins automatic birth into 2026 BC Turf, Courtesy Hipodromo de San Isidro Brazilian Star Gains First Automatic Berth into 2026 Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf...

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Romantic Warrior rewrites history with fourth straight LONGINES Hong Kong Cup

POSTED: December 14, 2025

Romantic Warrior and James McDonald win their 4th Hong Kong Cup at the Longines International Races at Sha Tin Race Course in, Hong Kong, China...

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Banned on Paper, But Not in Practice? The CAW Question Racing Can’t Ignore

POSTED: December 13, 2025

Are CAWs in the pools they are supposedly banned from? That is a big question in my view — and not because I think tracks...

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Will The Real Sport of Kings Please Stand Up

POSTED: December 13, 2025

Formula 1, Not Horse Racing, Is the Real Sport of Kings We may cling to tradition, but the world has already crowned its champion For...

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Road to BCBC: Week 4

POSTED: December 12, 2025

Aqueduct for Friday 12/12 We’re back for week 4 of BCBC qualifiers. We head to Aqueduct for an 8 race card of varying levels. Let’s...

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Can CAW Players See Unplayed or Open Pick 6 Combinations

POSTED: December 12, 2025

Do CAW Players See Unplayed Multi-Race Combinations? One of the most persistent — and emotionally charged — questions in horse racing today is whether CAW...

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Better Late Than Never: NYRA Finally Draws a Line on CAW

POSTED: December 10, 2025

A Little Can Mean a Lot in Horse Racing My Symposium Take on the CAW Issues There are plenty of things I’ll take a racetrack to...

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Charting: The Lost—and Maybe Rediscovered—Art Behind the Tote Board

POSTED: December 10, 2025

A Late Odds and Price Drop Theory This is not the first time I have written and talked about Charting. Horseplayers love to romanticize the...

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Solving the CAW Problem Without Killing the Game:

POSTED: December 9, 2025

Simplicity, Transparency, and Level Pools Horse racing loves to turn simple problems into complicated ones. We study them, debate them, fight over them, write white...

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