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Oversubscribed makes triumphant return in Forever Together victory

POSTED: November 23, 2025

Oversubscribed storms to the front in Forever Together, NYRA Photo Brian Bohl Klaravich Stables’ Oversubscribed, making her first start in more than one year, showed...

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HISA AND HIWU: STUMBLED OUT OF THE GATE, STILL LOOKING FOR THE WIRE

POSTED: November 20, 2025

Horse racing finally got what everyone said we needed: a national authority, uniform rules, one rulebook instead of fifty. On paper, HISA and HIWU were...

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Road to the BCBC: My Journey to Qualify for the 2026 Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge

POSTED: November 18, 2025

One qualifier per week, for 52 weeks, can I qualify for my first BCBC in 2026? Kevin Gazzale In 2020, I became a more avid...

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Who Gets it Right, Who Gets it Wrong and Why

POSTED: November 18, 2025

A contrast of horse racing regulations between Hong Kong, Japan and the United States For a long time I have heard how Japan and Hong...

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Understanding Horse Racing Odds Without the Jargon

POSTED: November 17, 2025

For newcomers to the sport, horse racing odds can look like a maze of fractions, shifting numbers, and unfamiliar terminology. Yet understanding them is far...

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Still Standing Tall: Tampa Bay Downs at 100, and Why It Matters

POSTED: November 11, 2025

A century in, Oldsmar’s racetrack still proves you don’t need casinos, gimmicks, or corporate spin to run the right kind of show. Tampa Bay Downs...

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Patience: The Most Expensive and Most Rewarding Commodity in Horse Racing

POSTED: November 10, 2025

You want a horses full potential, take your time Everybody talks about patience in horse racing, but few actually have it. Everyone likes to say,...

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Churchill Downs Update: Ragtime Returns for $300,000 Chilukki; 27th Claiming Crown Adds Star Power to Next Saturday's Card

POSTED: November 9, 2025

Ragtime cruises to victory in the G3 Dogwood, Credit Kurtis Coady Churchill Downs Press Godolphin’s talented 3-year-old filly Ragtime returns to Churchill Downs to headline...

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Who's Next? Another One Bites the Dust.

POSTED: October 12, 2025

The Shrinking Map of the Sport of Kings Photo by Courtney Snow/Past The Wire By Jonathan Stettin, Past the Wire — Horse Racing Dissected and...

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