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Who was Marshua, and ‘capping the race named for her
Saturday brings us the second stake of the year in Maryland, the first for fillies. The (nominally) $100,000 Marshua features…
14 Hours, 25 Minutes ago | Visit source ›
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Not techincally a word, but still… Horse players are, as a rule, the most paranoid group of people in the…
February 2 2012, 7:43am | Visit source ›
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We watch Maryland racing so you don’t have to, plus “Luck” and reading habits
Saturday brought the first stakes race of the year in Maryland, a celebration of trainer achievement, and about as close…
January 30 2012, 9:31am | Visit source ›
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Looking (slightly) back, looking (slightly) ahead, or, More from Maryland
If it’s yesterdays news, does that make it olds? Regardless, some news and notes from Maryland racing: Abel Castellano hit…
January 27 2012, 7:48am | Visit source ›
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What you missed when you weren’t paying attention to Laurel last weekend
Given the size of Saturday’s mutuel pools at Laurel, it’s safe to assume most of, well, everyone in racing wasn’t…
January 26 2012, 6:34am | Visit source ›
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Eclipse questions, or Kid, have you rehabilitated yourself?
Last night’s Eclipse awards ceremony — at which racing’s glitterati pretend that the sport’s deck chairs are more important than…
January 17 2012, 6:54am | Visit source ›
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In the end, it was all about the beginning. Though once again a bit reluctant to load into the gate,…
December 14 2011, 11:10am | Visit source ›
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Plots and subplots in Maryland racing
The plot, as the old pot-boilers had it, thickens. Namely: five days left in the racing season at Laurel, and…
December 13 2011, 9:41am | Visit source ›
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Accountants and the deep doo-doo of racing
Today’s Blood-Horse (here) asks, in a headline, if horse ownership is “more about love than money.” Well, as the kids…
December 7 2011, 7:48am | Visit source ›
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The American Graded Stakes Committee this week released its list of graded stakes for the coming year (here). So, what’d…
December 6 2011, 1:48pm | Visit source ›
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And in the “huh?” department, we learn that Laurel Park has decided to end its grass racing season for the…
November 30 2011, 8:24am | Visit source ›
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The horse who could, and the one who won’t
The little horse who could did it again yesterday at Laurel, while another horse who might have been able to…
October 28 2011, 8:21am | Visit source ›
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Big field, bleak future in the De Francis
The return, on Saturday, of the De Francis Dash at Laurel once seemed likely to mark the rebirth of Maryland…
October 21 2011, 9:34am | Visit source ›
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Lots of trees, or at least pixels, have given and will continue to give their lives in service of analyzing…
October 7 2011, 11:21am | Visit source ›
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From Laurel to Louisville? Ben’s Cat keeps on winnin’
Saturday’s big day of racing nationwide included a host of graded events at Belmont and Santa Anita. Yet, while the…
October 4 2011, 10:38am | Visit source ›
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An intriguing mix of new shooters and Kentucky Derby entrants make up the field of 14 entered for tomorrow’s Preakness,…
May 20 2011, 11:35am | Visit source ›
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Some pedigrees that caught our eye
Call this post: We read the catalog so you don’t have to. While all the world’s atwitter over the Preakness…
May 19 2011, 7:19am | Visit source ›
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It’s been said that Pennsylvania is Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, with Alabama in between. So, too, the Triple Crown: between the…
May 18 2011, 7:16am | Visit source ›
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The Players’ Guide to the horses who won’t win the Kentucky Derby
Look, any idiot can tell you who’s going to win the Kentucky Derby. (Not, generally, this specific idiot, mind you). …
May 6 2011, 7:12am | Visit source ›
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Though we won’t, alas, have a starter in the Kentucky Derby this year, we will have a minor rooting interest:…
May 5 2011, 1:38pm | Visit source ›
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Racing’s sluggish response leads to possible Congressional intervention
The Blood-Horse is reporting (here) that Senator Tom Udall (D-NM) and Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY) may introduce legislation in Congress…
April 29 2011, 8:07am | Visit source ›
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Ben’s Cat keeps beating the odds
This past Saturday, the eyes of the racing world mostly turned to Aqueduct, where presumptive Derby favorite Uncle Mo labored…
April 13 2011, 8:39am | Visit source ›
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Kids, parents always say, grow up so fast. They’ve got nothing on Thoroughbred horses. By the time they’re two, human…
April 6 2011, 10:34am | Visit source ›
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In Maryland, a Christmas reprieve
In the greatest of all non-Biblical Christmas tales, Ebeneezer Scrooge’s diamond-hard heart is melted by troubling visions of his past…
December 23 2010, 7:58am | Visit source ›
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In the end, it seemed to me that the tale would be told in details: the red-rimmed eyes of a…
November 9 2010, 3:24pm | Visit source ›
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