Grands Crus The Pick Of The Winners At Cheltenham’s Open Meeting
As usual, excitement was high in the lead up to the season’s first big meeting of the jump’s season at Cheltenham, with National Hunt fans coming out in their thousands to support this very popular event. The feature race of the three day meeting is the Grade Thrre Paddy Power Gold Cup, which saw the [...]
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Posted on November 17, 2011 by Richard | Filed Under Horse Racing, News
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Shock Result In Arc Leaves Questions To Be Answered About Weight Allowances
It will always remain a huge ‘bone of contention’ but why oh why do we have to watch genuine classic winners be relegated to the role of pacemakers? This is exactly what happened in the 2011 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe when the Aidan O’Brien trained, Treasure Beach, runner up to Pour Moi in the [...]
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Posted on October 4, 2011 by Richard | Filed Under Horse Racing, Horses, News
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Horse Racing, at Last, Comes to Rock Springs, Wyoming; it’s About Time
It’s been about 20 years since the great state of Wyoming had seen any type of horse racing. That all changed when Wyoming Horse Racing was granted permission by the Wyoming Pari-Mutual Commission to host live horse racing in Rock Springs. So, on August 20th and 21st as well as September 3rd and 4th Wyoming [...]
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Posted on September 8, 2011 by doclotto | Filed Under Basics, Betting, Culture, Horse Racing, News
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Stay Thirsty, at 5-2, Wins Travers Grade-1 $1 Million Race in Saratoga
Did you see the Travers yesterday? I know…a lot of you were on hurricane watch (as was I…I live in Pennsylvania, USA) and it was pretty wild. But the race was pretty awesome and Stay Thirsty put forth a powerful performance. Now, he’s probably at the top of the 3 year-old class, don’t you think? [...]
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Posted on August 28, 2011 by doclotto | Filed Under Basics, Horse Racing, Horses, News, Race Tracks
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Georgia Next U.S. State to OK Horse Racing?
38 U.S. states have para mutuel horse race betting. Will Georgia, the state where I went to college, be next? I hope so. Georgia has the state lottery. Will more gambling be coming to our state? It’s possible, but probably not for a while. Here’s why: Horse racing in Georgia is the topic being explored [...]
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Posted on August 25, 2011 by doclotto | Filed Under Basics, Culture, Horse Racing, Horses, News
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