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Small-stable trainer having a big meet at CD... 57YO Bob Pincins winning at 60% with only seven horses
Local newspaper's Secret Fan visits Canterbury Park
Rees: Owner tentative about buying horse amid Ky's uncertainties
NY: Superfecta rules changed to allow for less horses per race
North Dakota's top horse racing regulator has resigned
Cherry... Cherry... "Flight 45 to Chicago is leaving at Gate 3"... Slot machines seen as next Miami International Airport cash cow
NY: Indian casino in NYC or Long Island?
Economy affects integrity?... Budget woes means stews' booth at NoCal fair to be manned by one -- instead of three!
Corn dogs and horse-racing!... Nocal likes fair racing... Handle at San Joaquin County Fair jumps over 2008 -- when racing was separated from the fair dates
Ariz: Greg 'Boomer' Wry new director of racing -- and track announcer -- at Yavapai Downs
NoCal: Racing at Pleasanton opens on Wednesday
Hong Kong comment: Stews abusing enforcement of the 'permissible measures' rule
Jock hopeful that BC winner Conduit can score over Epsom Derby winner Sea The Stars on Saturday at Sandown
Veitch: Travers is old -- just not the oldest
Rene Douglas update
Transcript: Bloodhorse on-line chat with CD VP John Asher... "No one has ever envisioned a Kentucky Derby run at night. But I do think we’d love to have the flexibility with our facility to do whatever our market wants us to do."
Horse welfare: Grayson Jockey Club Summit's DVD The Hoof: Inside and Out ready for free downloading
History: Racetrack plunger Riley Grannan, 1869-1908... His betting activities, during the peak of his fame, were as much a part of race reporting as the races themselves
More Ky no-slots fallout:
>>> Bloodhorse's Shulman emails Ky state senator Thayer: "If there is any justice, the next job that will be lost because of you and your buddies, will be yours."
>>> Thayer: I "continue to believe the best way to deal with the expanded gambling issue is through a constitutional amendment." [see Reviews the Special Session, paragraph 7]
>>> Bloodhorse comment: "Getting the Kentucky Senate back in the hands of Democrats is what it will take to secure slots for the horse capital of the world."
>>> Ky: Racing industry to target slots foes at the ballot box
History: Firenze -- The best horse I never knew about
Calvin Borel, weather make for a great day at Old Friends on Tues
Former jock Mark Guidry rides into second career -- training
Ohio lawmakers still in stalemate over slots
3YO Watch: Mine That Bird, Warrior's Reward work at Churchill
Ky: Red Mile proposes new stores, condos... Concept aims to add retail sites to financially ailing track
De Francis Dash restored to Laurel schedule
Sharp declines reported in European breeding
Zenyatta's owner, "I'm not too crazy about the synthetic tracks either..."
Still 1-2: Rachel, Zenyatta positions unchanged in latest NTRA poll
Crist: "With all due respect to an undefeated champion, Rachel Alexandra's [weekend] performance was clearly the more purely brilliant of the two."
Damn -- for a minute there, didn't it seem like someone was going to make something good happen?... Zenyatta's owner doubtful of Rachel matchup before the BC
Alternative dream match-up?... How about the Triple Crown winners in the Travers?... Summer Bird's trainer, "I think that would be a heckuva horse race... but I don't
think [Rachel] would handle the Travers as well as she would in the races she has been running against fillies."
Christine: HOTY potential -- "I don't think Zenyatta can afford to lose from here on out... Rachel Alexandra has margin for error."
And more from the "It's the Same All Over" Dept: Irish scribe, "Times are tough, but if people don't go racing on Derby day, when will they go?"
Fotias: "Racing will not prosper until takeout rates are significantly reduced."
Integrity: Investigative work could be as important as testing
Reaction to pro-Lasix study: Racetrack vet, "This is huge for the horse and for racing."
Cronley: Why play small tracks? And, what's the best bet in racing?
If it sounds too good to be true... Story of fool-proof multi-million winning system developed by 22YO Brit using Betfair deemed fictional
NTRA prez: Right or wrong, "unless a track has slots and perhaps other casino games, it has become difficult to compete on multiple levels."
Black Mamba -- Sunday stakes winner at HOL -- being considered for Melbourne Cup
Blogger: Halfway point 2009 -- Five Best/Worst Moments in Racing
Blogger - TV review: MSG's TV coverage of weekend's Mother Goose -- " I was overall pleased with the coverage provided by MSG Plus."
Hot summer weather forces horses into the pool to train in Abu Dhabi
Would you believe a win off a six-year layoff?
Scott: Why not Saratoga for Zenyatta, Rachel?
Rumors of Yavapai Downs track closing untrue, GM says
Ohio: Senate passes 7-day budget to keep state running during slots stalemate
Kentucky commits additional money to regulator
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NYRA's Saratoga pre-season press conference coverage:
>>> Times-Union... Saratoga: Major renovations and capital improvements are in store at the track
>>> Saratogian
>>> Daily Gazette: NYRA would relish chance to stage Zenyatta/Rachel duel
>>> Glens Falls Post-Star:

Sat preview: Sea The Stars faces nine rivals in Coral-Eclipse Stakes at Sandown
Preview: Goldikova heads 12 entries for Wed's Falmouth Stakes at Newmarket
Sheikh Mohammed buys a Wes Ward Royal Ascot winner
John Oxx is confident Sea The Stars can avoid the Derby hoodoo in the Coral-Eclipse
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