Betting Trainer Angle
By: Ray Taulbot
Many players believe that horse trainers are crooks. Instead of making their selections on the basis of sound handicapping and logic, they work with a presumptive idea that there is skullduggery in every race.
We have
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through the binocs
By: John Piesen
At one point last night, I was busy handicapping Wednesday's Saratoga pick six, while listening to John and Susan shedding tears for the Yankees on the radio, and watching the opening scenes of a Law and Order rerun on TV.
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AMERICAN TURF CLUB LEAD
By: JOE GIRARDI
The weekend of August 2nd and 3rd was a big weekend in racing from the East Cost to the West Coast.
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Proud Spell and Music Note highlight Alabama Stakes
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Saratoga Springs, NY (Sports Network) - Proud Spell and Music Note, two of this year's leading three-year-old fillies, top a field of six for Saturday's 128th running of the $600,000 Alabama at Saratoga Race Course. The 1 1/4-mile race is the companion event for the following week's Travers.
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Let's settle arguments on the track
By: By Don Agriss, Horse Racing Editor, SPORTS NETWORK
Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Trash talk is not a common feature in horse racing. The humans involved in the Sport of Kings don't usually bad- mouth the other people in the sport. They talk about their horses and find reasons, respectfully, why they won or lost a particular race.
Train
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Curlin's owner goes after Big Brown
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Lexington, KY (Sports Network) - Recent remarks by the trainer of Kentucky Derby winner Big Brown have inspired Jess Jackson, majority owner of Curlin, to seek a confrontation in the upcoming Woodward Stakes at Saratoga. Jackson has offered to donate $50,000 to a
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French horse captures Arlington Million XXVI
By: SPORTS NETWORK
Arlington Heights, IL (Sports Network) - European invader Spirit One went wire-to-wire to win Saturday's 26th running of the Arlington Million at Arlington Park. The victory in the 1 1/4 mile grass race, part of the "Win and You're In" Breeders' Cup program, gives Spirit One automatic entry into
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WEEKLY TELEVISION SCHEDULE
August 23
- Travers/King's Bishop/Barnard Baruch, 4:30-6:00pm, ESPN
August 24
- Breeders' Cup Challenge at Del Mar (Pacific Classic), 8:00-10:00pm, ESPN2
October 4
WEEKLY STAKES SCHEDULE
August 15
- Del Mar, Sandy Blue H., $85,000, 3yo f, 8f T
- Saratoga, Lake Placid (G2), $150,000, 3yo f, 9f T
August 16
- Calder Race Course, Desert Vixen S., $100,000, 2yo f, 6f
- Calder Race Course, Dr. Fager S., $100,000, 2yo,
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