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Toga Party V: Let's Get Ready to Rumble
Mr. Blutarsky, 0.0If you've been around this blog (or you just stumbled upon it by googling "toga party") you know there are several constants: (1) the annual Derby spreadsheet; (2) the annual Saratoga...
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Striking a Pose at the Fort
Dixie Strike wins the Prince of WalesIt was a beautiful day at the border oval as the filly Dixie Strike ($7.90), with Patrick Husbands aboard, won the 77th running of the Prince of Wales at Fort Erie...
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Spa Opening Day: One for the Road
We made it on site this morning...and yes, we finally eclipsed the 3:59 mark, although the Saratoga Resident is already claiming foul and requesting an asterisk. I pulled into the Saratoga Race Course...
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Spa Opening Weekend is just grand
Irad Ortiz, Jr. on QuestingThat's 18 year-old Irad Ortiz, Jr. giving the Big Guy a fist pump for his first graded stakes win in the Coaching Club American Oaks late Saturday afternoon in the first...
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Space Invasion: Monmouth Park -- Haskell Day
2012 Haskell champ PaynterThere's your 2012 Haskell Invitational champion, Paynter, who looked like a million bucks in the paddock. I'm not a big parade pick guy, but I loved the way this horse looked...
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Dog Days of Racing
We've reached the Dog Days of summer racing, where we're nearing the midpoint of both the Saratoga and Del Mar meetings, so it's time for a random rambling post....- We're back from a week with the...
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Happy Travers Day 2012
Logo Courtesy NYRAHappy Travers Day, everyone. It's a beautiful day here at the Spa and a big 13-race card highlighted by a late guaranteed $1 million all-graded stakes Pick-4 should make for a great...
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Tie Goes to the Runner(s)
Alpha and Golden Ticket surge together to make historyIn baseball, tie goes to the runner and extra innings decide the final verdict. In soccer, it comes down to PK's. In hockey, penalty shots, unless...
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Toga Party V: The Beer Man Cometh
In one of the most exciting finishes in contest history, Beer Man (aka @chad_roth) took down Toga Party V with a late flourish of victories.After guessing the Woodward $2 exacta within 20 cents (!!) on...
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Win and You're In, eh?
We took a little break from the racing world after Saratoga wrapped up its 144th campaign for a little football and family time. It's good to refresh and reload after a couple weeks away. Of course, we...
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Shuttling Around
Life does get in the way of a good story sometimes. Let's head around the horn and we'll catch you up with what's new in these parts...- Space Invasion: Batavia Downs. I hadn't knocked off a new track...
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Kershner runs today at Belmont
I was alerted via Twitter earlier today by Buffalo Raceway's Sam Pendolino, that I have a namesake and he is running at Belmont Park this afternoon in Race 9 for Dale Romans. One other fun fact is that...
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Woodbine Weekend
That's Reliable Man (photo courtesy Woodbine Media), my selection for the $1.5 million Pattison Canadian International on Sunday, a Breeders' Cup Challenge Race for the BC Turf. The Woodbine media...
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Space Invasion: International Day at Woodbine
Joshua TreeThat's Joshua Tree (IRE) winner of the 2012 Pattison Canadian International, with jockey Frankie Dettori aboard in the Woodbine winner's circle after winning the International for the second...
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Returning to the Scene of the Crime
Seabiscuit statue in theSanta Anita paddockIt doesn't seem like three years ago when I last walked the paddock at beautiful Santa Anita Race Track for the 2009 Breeders' Cup (BC), but man time flies. I...
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BC Friday - Big Balloons and One Fine Filly
2012 Ladies' Classic ChampionRoyal DeltaThat's your repeat Ladies' Classic champion, Royal Delta, getting ready to head to the track with Mike Smith aboard. She rocked the race after setting some solid...
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BC Saturday: Fortitude
Space Man meets ZenyattaSOMEWHERE OVER THE MIDWEST - It was a whirlwind trip to beautiful Santa Anita Park and two days of championship racing with big wins by rising racing stars such as Groupie Doll,...
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A Dozen Reasons Hope Springs Eternal
A Dozen - Buffalo StyleYou know what movie scared the crap out of me as a kid? Poltergeist. That was one scary film. In honor of Poltergeist III, this blog is proclaiming "We're Baaaack!" I also...
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Stepping Up the Derby Pressure
We're through the first leg of the Kentucky Derby Championship Series and the final and the most valuable prep races under the new points system will take place over the next three weeks. The next...
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Code West, Young Man
It's not quite April Fool's Day, but I think I found my Derby horse.Code West, a Lemon Drop Kid colt out of a Saint Ballado mare could be my guy. My apologies to the connections. I'm not a huge...
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