QuickTake: Shared Belief at Charles Town
The news that Shared Belief would headline the Charles Town Classic underlined a positive new trend: high-end horses showing up in unexpected places.
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QuickTake: Racing gods
In our latest QuickTake… why don’t the racing gods like Sheldon Russell?
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QuickTake: Aged, but not infirm
At an age when most horses are on to their next careers, five 11-year-old mid-Atlantic runners added to their win totals in 2014.
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QuickTake: NYRA’s predicament and the Preakness
NYRA’s response to recent breakdowns at Aqueduct won’t likely solve the problem – but does call attention to an unintended irony and, oddly, the Preakness.
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QuickTake: Uncooperative
In our latest QuickTake: in the space of four days, New York and mid-Atlantic tracks carded nine stakes for older horses. Wouldn’t cooperation work better?
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QuickTake: Making the grade
In our latest QuickTake: as foal crops and races decline, the number of graded races continues to rise, both nationally and here in the mid-Atlantic.
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QuickTake: Big day
QuickTake: The Maryland Jockey Club’s “big day” strategy appears to be gathering momentum.
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QuickTake: Cover jinx?
QuickTake: We previewed the Breeders’ Cup by covering horses connected to the mid-Atlantic. How they ran made us wonder if we had a “cover jinx,” until…
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