Let’s take a look at the numbers, shall we?
On-track wagering at Saratoga Race Course continues to climb compared to 2010 totals while attendance is up slightly and all-sources handle down a fraction through week four (22 days) of the meet, according to The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA).
Attendance through week four (22 days) was […]

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Despite oppressive heat, Saratoga opened its 40-day meeting on Friday with an outstanding ten race card.
All-sources handle, which includes wagers on Saratoga races both on-track and from simulcast outlets nationwide, was $15,871,449, up 18.9 percent from $13,349,050 in 2010.
The handle may have been buoyed some by the fact that Monmouth Park canceled due to the […]

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The 137th Kentucky Derby lost one of the major players on Tuesday morning, as trainer Graham Motion announced that Toby’s Corner would not make it into the starting gate on Saturday.
It was being reported that the colt was off in his left rear and was sent to New Bolton to be checked out. Motion is […]

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I received this press release this afternoon:
California Horse Racing Boycott Underway
San Diego, CA January 12, 2011
The horseplayers’ boycott has begun.
Fed up with rising takeout rates in the face of plunging handles, Players Boycott (playersboycott.org) has organized a boycott of California Thoroughbred Racing.
“Horseplayers have been kicked around long enough,” said […]

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We have an outstanding ten race card on tap for opening day, with more than 120 horses entered. There were light showers this morning, but hopefully we will stay on the turf and the track will be fast.
We got very lucky last year, as the weather was perfect for nearly the entire […]

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Oaklawn Park kicks off its 54 day meeting on Friday, with the $1 million Arkansas Derby the marquee event of the meeting coming on April 10, complete with its Grade 1 status for the first time in 21 years.
I will not be proving full card reports for the track, but I will be handicapping most […]

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I can’t exactly put my finger on it, but for some reason the winter meeting at Aqueduct is always one of my best of the year.
The inner track means an end to turf racing and a steady diet of New York breds going either six furlongs or 1 1/16 miles in bitter weather, and while […]

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Maryland Million Contest
Poster irishnip is heading a handicapping contest on Saturday in the trackchampion/turfnsport.com forum, complete with a few cool prizes:
1st prize: 1991 Santa Anita (Oak Tree) beer stein with the 5 leading stakes trainers on the stein.
2nd prize: 2000 Saratoga stein from NYRA with pictures of Lemon Drop Kid, Victory Gallop, Silverbulletday and Beautiful […]

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Yum! Brands, the title sponsor of the 135th running of the Kentucky Derby, is promoting the aftermath of Mine That Bird’s shocker on Saturday with signage seen throughout the country at its KFC locations.
Among the signage we have seen so far include:

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 Here are a few early Preakness props courtesy of Bodoglife.com
Will there be a Triple Crown Winner in US Thoroughbred Racing in 2008?
Yes      +105
No         -145
Will the winner of the 134th Kentucky Derby win the 133rd Preakness Stakes?
Yes      -330
No        +230
Will the winner of the 134th Kentucky Derby win the 140th Belmont Stakes? 
Yes       -200
No […]

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