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Why I’m Playing Against West Coast in the Pennsylvania Derby

The Pennsylvania Derby has been accorded Grade I status for the first time in its 39-year history and the field assembled for Saturday’s Parx Racing feature appears worthy of the greater esteem. Wes...

Posted on September 22, 2017

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Play Exacta in Pennsylvania Derby Championship Stakes

By Derek Simon

Parx Racing has put together a great card on Saturday, Sept. 23, highlighted by two Grade I races — the Cotillion for 3-year-old fillies and the Pennsylvania Derby for sophomores of any sex — offe...

Posted on September 21, 2017

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Aussie Star Winx Exposes Racetrack Myth

By Derek Simon

I love Winx. Not just because the Australian super mare has won 24 of 30 lifetime races, including her last 20 in a row. And not because she has a turn of foot that reminds me of myself in my 20s when...

Posted on September 19, 2017

Prices paid by Two Notch Road with Shannon Uske riding who lit up the board at 99-1 to win the Continental Mile Stakes at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, N.J. on Saturday August 15, 2009. Photo By Bill Denver/EQUI-PHOTO

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Saturday Longshot Play of the Day

By Derek Simon

Saturday’s Woodbine card is one that makes race fans salivate in anticipation, like Pavlov’s dogs at a recital of “Carol of the Bells”. The 13-race program features four graded stakes, includi...

Posted on September 16, 2017

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Crushing the Woodbine Mile

By Derek Simon

Over the past five years, the winner of the Woodbine Mile has gone on to capture the Breeders’ Cup Mile twice. Granted, both times the name of the dual champion was Wise Dan, but I don’t think man...

Posted on September 15, 2017

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Hawkbill a Standout in Northern Dancer

By Derek Simon

Although it’s a Grade I race with a $300,000 purse, Saturday’s Northern Dancer Turf Stakes at Woodbine doesn’t have a rich history of producing Breeders’ Cup Turf champions. In fact, it has no...

Posted on September 15, 2017

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Recognizing Horses That Can’t Win

By Derek Simon

There is a quote, attributed to the great fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, that goes: “Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth.” Horse ...

Posted on September 13, 2017

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2018 Kentucky Derby Road: Which Horses will Shine?

By Michael Cox

With the inconsistency that we have seen this year from the current 3-year-old crop and older horse division, I have been paying a bit more attention to the 2-year-old crop than usual. I love finding ...

Posted on September 11, 2017

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Jockey Switch key to Arlington-Washington Lassie

By Derek Simon

I think jockeys are among the gutsiest and toughest athletes on the planet, so I make it a point not to engage in bashing. In fact, I’m amused by folks who call professional athletes “wimps” or ...

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Arlington-Washington Futurity Has Kentucky Derby Implications

By Derek Simon

The winner of the Arlington-Washington Futurity hasn’t visited the Kentucky Derby winner’s circle since Spend A Buck in 1985, yet, to me, the race is always illustrative of the challenge that juve...

Posted on September 8, 2017

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Why I’m Playing Against West Coast in the Pennsylvania Derby

Why I’m Playing Against West Coast in the Pennsylvania Derby

Play Exacta in Pennsylvania Derby Championship Stakes

Aussie Star Winx Exposes Racetrack Myth

Saturday Longshot Play of the Day

Crushing the Woodbine Mile

Hawkbill a Standout in Northern Dancer

Recognizing Horses That Can’t Win

2018 Kentucky Derby Road: Which Horses will Shine?

Jockey Switch key to Arlington-Washington Lassie

Arlington-Washington Futurity Has Kentucky Derby Implications

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