Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Changes at the Spa

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As you may have read there appears to be a general displeasure with the changes ongoing at the Spa as undertaken by the New York Racing Asso...
Saturday, February 07, 2015

At last a Big Day on the Big A Inner Track

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After a spurt of inner track fatalities and cancellations due to snow, ice, and cold we finally get to focus on actual racing at the Aqueduc...
Friday, August 29, 2014

They're in the Gate for the Last Time-Tom Durkin

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It's the final weekend for NYRA racetrack announcer Tom Durkin . Sunday will be his final day calling races at Saratoga (and any other...
Friday, June 06, 2014

This beautiful looking horse, California Chrome has won the first 2 relatively easy. Will he now win this Saturday at Belmont to take the Triple Crown? Here is why I think he has a really good chance to win: 1. The horse makes good trips. He gets good trips because he is that good, its' not luck. He makes his luck 2. I just don't see the Jockey race riding that I used to see years ago against a favorite. I don't think I will see much this Saturday. 3. The horse has a nice stride and runs very true and straight. Watch the Kentucky Derby and Preakness replays in the stretch of all the horses. California Chrome is running dead straight while the other horses are wobbling and weaving. That's a ton of lost energy that makes the difference between 1st and 2nd. 4. California Chrome is beatable but do you see any world beaters out there in this group. Wicked Strong, Ride on Curlin, Samraat, General A-Rod all look like good horses, but are they great? Who knows, maybe he will get tired the final furlong and get caught, much like Birdstone caught Smarty Jones (the last time we had a real feel good story like this one) back in '04. Nothing would surprise me, but I think this is the year.

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Friday, May 02, 2014

Derby 2014 Musings

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The Big weekend is now upon us. With Hoppertunity scratched and Pablo Del Monte not going in as an AE you have 19 horses to play with. I...
Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Coulda Woulda Shouda

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Love reading all the post crisis sanctimonious ramblings after the PETA undercover investigation was released. I heard about it first by rea...
Tuesday, November 12, 2013

A word on Moran

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It is with sadness that I note the passing of award winning journalist Paul Moran, dead at only 66. . He was a wordsmith till the ...