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Arlington St. Leger Added To Million Day
Arlington Park, which recently received approximately $140 million in casino impact fees, will add a new $400k stakes race on the grass to its stakes program, as well as an increase of $1.3 million to its stakes purses, according to a report in the Daily Racing Form. The new race will be open to...
Technology In Horse Racing: Part III - Statistics And Data
This is the third in a five-part series examining the role and implementation of technology within the horse racing industry. Part I featured a review of horse racing websites. Part II examined mobile applications. Handicapping horse races, for many, is an exercise in data analysis. Raw data --...
BREEDERS' CUP 2011: A Look At Winning Horses And Last Prep Race Surfaces
Ever since 2006, the landscape has changed during the days and months leading up to the Kentucky Derby and the Breeders' Cup. The introduction of synthetic surfaces at tracks like Keeneland, Del Mar, Arlington Park, Turfway, Woodbine, Hollywood Park, and (for a time) Santa Anita,added another...
Weekend Stakes Preview: Presque Isle Downs Gets Some Action
Presque Isle Downs features the jewels of their meet this Friday and Saturday with the Presque Isle Mile (post time: Friday, 9:05 Eastern) and G2-Presque Isle Downs Masters (post time: Saturday, 6:35 Eastern). The Mile features a field of eleven (2-Dazzled Saint has scratched), led by 3-Noble's...
Drill Wins Del Mar Futurity; Super Derby Draws Nine
The final days of the Saratoga and Del Mar meets can mean only one thing: fall racing has arrived. Belmont begins their fall meet this Saturday, while the Fairplex Park bullring will fill the SoCal calendar until late December. In Bluegrass state, Ellis Park gives way Turway's fall meeting (along...
ARLINGTON MILLION 2011: Cape Blanco Leads The Pre-Entries
Aidan O'Brien's Cape Blanco (IRE), winner of the G1-Man o'War at Belmont on July 9th, leads a list of ten horses pre-entered for next weekend's Grade 1 Arlington Million. Gio Ponti, the 2009 winner of the Million and second in last year's race, is the top American contender. The pre-entries for...
Weekend Stakes Action: Eddie Read and Coaching Club American Oaks Edition
I'm heading out to Emerald Downs on Sunday to watch Noosa Beach run in the Mr. Rainier Handicap. Trainer Dorris Harwood is pointing the gelding towards the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile in November but will have to take a bit of a different path than what was available previously. The past few years...
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