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Brilliant Opinions, Horrific Decisions

POSTED: January 5, 2026

Better Betting, Where Do You Fall In? I recently saw the phrase, brilliant decisions, horrific decisions. I don't quite remember where. I loved it and...

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Barnes, Cornucopian Lead A Field Of 10 3-Year-Olds Seeking Grade I Glory In 7-Furlong Malibu Stakes On Opening Day

POSTED: December 23, 2025

Barnes looking for a victory on Sunday, Benoit Photo Santa Anita Park Press ARCADIA, CA —Barnes and promising comebacker Cornucopian headline a field of 10...

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Crevalle D’Oro Has Winning Move In Suwannee River

POSTED: December 22, 2025

Crevalle D’Oro rallies to win the Suwannee River, Gulfstream Photo Gulfstream Park Press HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Crevalle d’Oro, a 4-year-old filly purchased for $500,000 at...

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Skippylongstocking Returns To Form In G3 Harlan’s Holiday

POSTED: December 22, 2025

Skippylongstocking battles with Poster to the finish line, Gulfstream Photo Gulfstream Park Press HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Daniel Alonso’s Skippylongstocking fought off a stretch-long outside challenge...

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How Pace Points Helped Decode the Harlan’s Holiday Stakes

POSTED: December 21, 2025

Skippylongstockings proves best in the 2025 Harlan’s Holiday, Gulfstream Photo James Gazzale Pace Points is designed to rank horses relative to the field in two...

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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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Ryan Moore takes his rightful place among the world’s elite for LONGINES International Jockeys’ Championship 

POSTED: December 12, 2025

Ryan Moore, Courtesy HKJC Scott Burton The LONGINES International Jockeys’ Championship (IJC) at Happy Valley without Ryan Moore is almost unthinkable, and on Wednesday night...

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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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