Off the Pace: Top Midlantic stories of 2021
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Off the Pace: Dear New Delaware Park Owners
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Opinion: Breeders’ Cup the bad and good of racing
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At Colonial Downs, successes both fresh and familiar
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Off the Pace: Rich Glazier a “genuine everyman”
In a new "Off the Pace": Mike Valiante remembers Delaware Park's Rich Glazier as a "genuine everyman" who truly loved-
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What we have is a failure to communicate
Bob Baffert won't have a horse in the Belmont, but all anyone can talk about is Bob Baffert. It's exhausting,-
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Mattress Mack: Bet where it counts most
Where you bet matters, says Mattress Mack, Jim McIngvale, in this opinion piece, and if you care about the future-
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Off the Pace: The aftercare challenge
In a new "Off the Pace": What to do with end-of-career horses is a problem with many causes, and many-
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Genaro: The hits that keep on coming
It's been one thing after another in racing the last couple of weeks, and our Teresa Genaro wonders if it'll-
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