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2014 Travers Post Positions and Odds

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Nice Race shaping up, will they let Bayern loose on the lead?

Man Behind the Million | Bloodhorse.com

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Great article from Clare Novak. A beautiful long form piece profiling the one, and only, Mr. Duchossois.

FiveThirtyEight: Triple Crown slump is even slumpier than you think

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With a historical success rate of 33 percent, the current 12-race slump is unlikely: The odds of it happening by chance are about 1 in 130 – nearly the same as the 2011 Atlanta Braves failing to make Major League Baseball’s playoffs with 18 games remaining and an 8.5-game lead for the wild card.

The Triple Crown Slump Is Even Slumpier Than You Think | FiveThirtyEight

Intense Holiday Hurt; Others Work for Belmont | BloodHorse.com

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Danza was already ruled out of the Belmont, and now Intense Holiday heads to the sidelines after suffering a condylar fracture following a work this morning.

Gulfstream and Calder End Dates War | BloodHorse.com

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I doesn't take a genius to look at field sizes and see that running two tracks simultaneously in the same city is bad for business.

Triple Chrome Bound - America's Best Racing

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The Preakness Stakes showcases the many facets of horse racing that make the sport so great. The parties leading up to the event, the fashion, the live entertainment and revelry of the infield and a weekend of unbelievable racing make the Preakness a can't-miss event. This year's edition was extra special as Kentucky Derby winner California Chrome lived up to his billing as a dominant force in the 3-year-old division and left Baltimore with a shot to become U.S. Thoroughbred racing's 12th Triple Crown winner." America's Best Racing on YouTube