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On Fire Baby To Challenge The Boys In The Smarty Jones
On Fire Baby, and three-year-old daughter of Smoke Glacken and winner of the G2-Pocahontas and G2-Golden Rod at Churchill Downs last fall, will take on eleven colts in Monday's 100,000 Smarty Jones Stakes at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas (Post Time: 4:33pm Central; TV: TVG). The Smarty...
Favorite Races Of 2011
Over the last few weeks I have been thinking a lot about what transpired in the world of horse racing during 2011 with an eye on my favorite races and moments. Typically, my favorite race will be one that resulted in me winning a lot of money, or one in which a favorite horse performs well. But...
Technology In Horse Racing: Part II - Mobile Applications
Last week I took a look at some of the more prominent horse racing websites and how they fit into the landscape of implementing technology into the horse racing industry. As we saw, for the most part, racing websites hit all the necessary notes that we would expect - news, handicapping information,...
BREEDERS' CUP 2011: Saturday Results And Open Thread
It's been a long and winding road through this year's racing calendar, much of which will culminate this afternoon at Churchill Downs on the second day of the 2011 Breeders' Cup. The first race of the day at Churchill Downs will go to post at 12:05pm Eastern, with the first Breeders' Cup race, the...
BREEDERS' CUP 2011: Royal Delta Cruises In The Ladies' Classic
Sitting off of a slow pace set by 2011 Kentucky Oaks winner Plum Pretty, 2/1 favorite Royal Delta powered to the front in the final furlongs to win the Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic in relatively easy fashion at Churchill Downs. It's Tricky got up for the place and Pachattack rounded out the...
BREEDERS' CUP 2011: Friday Results And Open Thread
This is your 2011 Breeders' Cup Friday open thread. First post on today's Churchill Downs card is 2pm Eastern, with the first Breeders' Cup race scheduled to run at 4:10pm. You can find a running tally of all the results at the link below. 2011 Breeders' Cup Entries and Results ...
BREEDERS' CUP 2011: Grass Fight
Things got off to a bumpy start today at Churchill Downs when officials closed the turf course to training due to rain, preventing several of the European horses from putting in a gallop over the surface. This has angered several connections, most notably Richard Hannon, Jr., who was dismayed as to...
BREEDERS' CUP 2011: Entries, Post Positions and Morning Line Odds
The entries, post positions and morning line odds are set for the 2011 Breeders' Cup at Churchill Downs on Nov. 4th and 5th. Uncle Mo, the 2010 Breeders' Cup Juvenile champion, drew post position 12 for the Breeders' Cup Classic and was installed as the 5/2 morning line favorite. Havre de Grace is...
BREEDERS' CUP 2011 POST POSITION DRAW
We're only a few hours from the draw at Churchill Downs at 1pm Eastern / 10am Pacific. The draw will start with the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Sprint and work through each race in order of scheduled post time, ending with the Classic. You can view a live stream of the draw at the Breeders' Cup web...
BREEDERS' CUP 2011: Post Position Draw On Monday, Oct. 31st
The post position draw for the 2011 Breeders' Cup at Churchill Downs will take place on Monday, Oct. 31st at 1pm Eastern / 10am Pacific. As they did last year, the Breeders' Cup will be live streaming the draw on their website (www.breederscup.com), along with live coverage from both HRTV and...
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