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Archive for the ‘Horse Racing’ Category

February 18th, 2008

A sad day for racing

Winning Colors, the spectacular filly who won the Kentucky Derby in 1988, was euthanized yesterday at the age of 23. She was a completely one-dimensional horse who had to have the lead, but she had ridiculous speed to burn. She took the lead early and kept it the whole way around, and there are few […]

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February 11th, 2008

My Derby crush

I am the worst Kentucky Derby handicapper in the world. It’s not that I don’t put the time into it. I start following the two year olds in the summer and get more and more obsessed as the first Saturday in May draws near. My problem is that I fall in love with a horse […]

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February 9th, 2008

Grasshopper jumps back onto the track

There is a whole lot of interesting horse racing going this weekend, as the Triple Crown trail reaches a new level and some golden oldies come back in action. I’ll be watching it all, but one horse that I am especially excited to see is Grasshopper (on the rail in the Travers when he wasn’t […]

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January 25th, 2008

Racing and other things

This is the last article until the Super Bowl kicks off that won’t be about that game. There is all sorts of good content on tap.
Check out this article. It’s one I wrote today about the effect of superstars on the performance of NBA teams against the spread. I’m biased, but I think it is […]

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January 11th, 2008

Tiago returns to the races - a weekend racing preview

There isn’t a sport I love more than horse racing. As we get closer to the Triple Crown and the race for one of the 20 starting spots heats up we’ll spend more time looking at the sport of kings. I want to take a few minutes now, though, to look at some intriguing races […]

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November 28th, 2007

The Green Monkey

If you don’t know the story of The Green Monkey, you should. He sold last year as a two year old for a ridiculous $16 million. He finally got to the track late this summer after more than a year of delays. He should have stayed in the barn. In three races he has burned […]

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November 10th, 2007

Why people bet on the ponies

The second race at Churchill Downs today was as standard and unexciting as a race can be - a $7,500 Claiming race at six furlongs with a dozen horses. Every so often, though, a forgettable race can turn into something that can seduce the imagination of horseplayers forever.
The favorite, Wrzeszcz (easily the hardest to pronounce […]

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October 31st, 2007

Taking Stock - Rehashing the Breeders’ Cup

The Breeders’ Cup is now five days gone, and it’s time to revisit my selections. I don’t need to see how I did (I know that intimately by now), but rather how I feel about my picks and the process behind them. The BC is a major crapshoot, so even the best handicapping in the […]

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October 27th, 2007

Life is good

My beloved Curlin was absolutely dominant in the Breeders’ Cup Classic (and a major steal at 4/1 to boot) and wrapped up Horse of the Year, and my beloved Michigan rolled to an easy win and a cover of a huge spread against Minnesota. I may forget it sometimes, but life is pretty darned good.
You […]

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October 26th, 2007

Monsoon season?

It is truly ugly in New Jersey for the Breeders’ Cup. There are unconfirmed reports that Sheik Mohammed has ordered an ark to be built. When doing your final handicapping for the big day there’s really only one thing to remember: DON’T OVERTHINK IT. The weather is a mess, but it is just one factor […]

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