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Simon: A Computerized Look at Horse of the Year
While I appreciate that Horse of the Year means different things to different people, I wondered what the odds might look like should the top contenders for the award actually…
January 5 2013, 8:41am | Visit source ›
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Steven Crist: Tax burden falls heavily on horseplayers
The tax-code changes passed last week by both houses of the U.S. Congress would have sent American horseplayers flying off a fiscal cliff had it not contained an exemption allowing…
January 4 2013, 1:51pm | Visit source ›
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Gardner: 2012 Year in Review: Part III
The second half of the racing season kicks off following the disappointment of another Triple Crown failure but with the prospect of some great summer racing action.
January 2 2013, 4:17pm | Visit source ›
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Cronley: Resolving to do better
This site will repeatedly focus on two elements of horse racing in 2013. 1. Avoiding losses 2. Winning Here are the ten most costly mistakes made in horse race handicapping.
January 1 2013, 9:37am | Visit source ›
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DeRosa: Little Mike as Horse of the Year
I said it once, and I'll say it again: It's a shame that Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta put together their best seasons in the same year (2009) because either campaign…
January 1 2013, 8:52am | Visit source ›
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Hall: Decision time, final edition
Without further ado or polling, here are my voting plans for the remaining seven Eclipse Award categories: (Repeating the earlier caveat, I say plans because I haven’t entered them yet.…
January 1 2013, 8:50am | Visit source ›
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Oakford: 2012 Year In Review: Rachel, Zenyatta foals highlight breeding season
Zenyatta’s and Rachel Alexandra’s foals were born into a Thoroughbred world still shrinking after the 2008 global financial crisis, and a chronic commercial oversupply of Thoroughbreds hastened a collapse in…
December 30 2012, 6:07pm | Visit source ›
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Hovdey: A year's worth of dreams
Dreams of Allen Jerkens getting one more big horse from a wised-up patron, preferably a 3-year-old colt who drags him to the Kentucky Derby and beyond, for no other reason…
December 30 2012, 6:04pm | Visit source ›
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Chasing The Derby: 2013 Kentucky Derby Contenders
With 2012 coming to a close, it’s time to get serious about the 2013 Kentucky Derby. The following is a list of well-known and not-so-well-known contenders I will be tracking…
December 30 2012, 4:35pm | Visit source ›
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You hear it frequently, either as an explanation or a rationalization for some peculiar Eclipse: The voting is completely subjective; there are no criteria. And with no clear criteria, each…
December 30 2012, 4:17pm | Visit source ›
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"We didn't want anything about this to be intimidating, hardcore or intense," Walter Hessert. "It's really for social gamers and casual gamblers. We understand this won't have any appeal to…
December 29 2012, 10:39am | Visit source ›
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Gardner: 2012 Year In Review: Part II
Part II of a four-part series looking back at the top action on the track during 2012. This installment reviews the action from April, May and June. April: As winter…
December 28 2012, 2:57pm | Visit source ›
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DeRosa: One final acceleration
You know all the cliches: It's a marathon not a sprint, gamble with your head not over it, keep your eyes on the prize, etc. I.e., don't lose focus about…
December 28 2012, 12:51pm | Visit source ›
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Hermann: New Year’s Horse Racing Resolutions
We all make them – Lose weight, get out more, travel, kick the bad habit – and we’ve all broken one at some point. While the sport of horse racing…
December 27 2012, 1:07pm | Visit source ›
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Picking winners in a fair race has become so difficult that most handicappers have forsaken the chump-change bets in favor of pick 3's, 4's and 6's whereby questionable horses can…
December 27 2012, 9:37am | Visit source ›
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Gardner: 2012 Year In Review: Part I
As 2012 draws to a close, let's take a look back at some of the big moments in racing over the last year. Part I will review the action from…
December 26 2012, 7:19pm | Visit source ›
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West: What to look for in 2013
Isn't that what lies at the heart of intrigue; isn't that the essence of the intriguing: the mysterious and fascinating possibility? I think so. And the standard applies most appropriately…
December 23 2012, 8:40am | Visit source ›
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Unlocking Winners: Kentucky Derby 2013: Top 20
This will be the first of six (monthly) editions of my top 20 contenders for the 2013 Kentucky Derby. Future lists will be ordered/numbered. It's too early to split hairs.…
December 20 2012, 4:58pm | Visit source ›
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Finley: Can NYRA be great again?
David Skorton, the president of Cornell who has taken over as Chairman of the New York Racing Association, and his new Board of Directors have officially begun the process of…
December 19 2012, 2:51pm | Visit source ›
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Beyer: Maryland tracks, horsemen end war
Understandably, trainers, owners, breeders, and the tracks’ management are elated by their prospects. Yet the history of slot-machine subsidies in other states provides grounds for some skepticism.
December 18 2012, 11:00am | Visit source ›
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Oakford: Declan's Moon a natural talent as sport horse
Declan’s Moon, the 2004 champion juvenile, is preparing for a comeback − but not at the racetrack.
December 18 2012, 6:49am | Visit source ›
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Crist: Much time required for NYRA's massive tasks
The most important thing that was accomplished at the board meeting of the New York Racing Association on Wednesday, the first since it was put under government control last August,…
December 14 2012, 1:53pm | Visit source ›
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Sparkman: Spring At Last is a surprising third-generation success
The 1970s were a truly weird decade. The Beatles broke up, the Rolling Stones did not. A president resigned. Polyester bell-bottoms and platform shoes anyone? Viceregal, the first champion son…
December 14 2012, 1:19pm | Visit source ›
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Noonan: First NYRA Board meeting is unsettling
The reconstituted New York Racing Association held its first meeting as the NYRA Reorganization Board on Wednesday in a small conference room in Manhattan. While the takeover of horse racing…
December 13 2012, 12:27pm | Visit source ›
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O'Connell: New NYRA Board short on horse sense
As a Cornell alumna, I am pleased that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo named Cornell President Skorton to chair the newly reorganized Board of Trustees of the New York Racing…
December 12 2012, 2:34pm | Visit source ›
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Finley: The OTB nightmare revisited?
"It would be senseless to make such an investment in an industry that is hampered with destructive competition between its on-and-off-track elements." -- Mario Cuomo, June, 1993 Then Governor Mario…
December 11 2012, 7:16am | Visit source ›
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Cronley - Horse racing story of the year
My top story for 2012 is the horse player. He and she had to survive the following: Late money aimed at pulling fast one. Early money aimed at pulling a…
December 10 2012, 5:15pm | Visit source ›
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One of my closest friends, Marvin Small, a former oil company executive and racing commissioner who lives in Oklahoma City, goes to Remington Park each and every day of the…
December 10 2012, 7:37am | Visit source ›
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Simon: Conditional Wagering: A New Approach to Value Betting
Since I talk a lot about fair odds and value wagering, I thought I would spend some time this week explaining how to bet in a value-conscious manner. Now, there…
December 8 2012, 8:43am | Visit source ›
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Hovdey: Runyon's name and spirit live on at the track
For anyone clinging to the idea that the way things are today are not the way they have always been, it undoubtedly does their heart good to know that somewhere…
December 7 2012, 5:26pm | Visit source ›
