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How Pace Points Helps Handicappers See a Race Before the Gates Open

POSTED: December 24, 2025

Roll On Big Joe. (Ernie Belmonte/Past The Wire) James Gazzale One of the hardest parts of handicapping isn’t picking the best horse — it’s understanding...

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Grade I-Winning Stablemates Nysos, Nevada Beach Clash In Grade II Laffit Pincay Jr. Stakes; GII Mathis Mile, GIII San Gabriel Also Part Of Blockbuster Opening Day Card Sunday

POSTED: December 23, 2025

Nysos battles Citizen Bull to the edge of the wire. (Jenny Doyle/Past The Wire) Santa Anita Press Release ARCADIA, CA —Opening day of Santa Anita...

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Major Dude Making Title Defense In Fort Lauderdale (G3)

POSTED: December 18, 2025

Major Dude the Ft Lauderdale, Credit Ryan Thompson Wolfie’s Dynaghost Favored in Prep for $1M Pegasus Turf (G1) Gulfstream Press HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Defending champion...

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NYRA announces stakes schedule for the 2026 Aqueduct winter meet

POSTED: December 17, 2025

NYRA Photo Pat McKenna The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced the stakes schedule for the 2026 winter meet at Aqueduct Racetrack, which...

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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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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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Trust Us and Just Bet

POSTED: December 8, 2025

Nothing Is on the Level: The View From Someone Who’s Played the Game and Beat It I never went to that Arizona Racing Symposium despite...

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