First Dude Will Run In Belmont

Posted May 26, 2010 – 3:22 pm in: Sports

It will be a case for steady improvement for at least one horse entering the upcoming online betting Belmont Stakes, as First Dude looks to make it three straight Triple Crown races with demonstrated improvement two weeks from now. After finishing third in the Kentucky Derby at the opening of the month, First Dude moved [...]

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Kentucky Derby Odds – Last-Minute News At Churchill Downs

Posted April 30, 2010 – 2:17 pm in: Sports

Kentucky Derby odds are looking at a two-horse race, but there’s a group of about nine horses who could make some noise, and after Mine That Bird’s historic 2009 run, you can’t discount any horse.
The forecast for Saturday is calling for severe thunderstorms, which will make for a sloppy track at Churchill Downs, and some [...]

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Here’s to Zenyatta

Posted December 2, 2009 – 2:17 pm in: Sports

One of the best female mares to ever grace the racetrack will head into the sunset soon, as Zenyatta was retired on Saturday at Hollywood Park, where she won twice in 2009 and six times in her legendary career.
Zenyatta, a daughter of Street Cry, will retire a perfect 14-of-14 in her career, which started [...]

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Online Racebook – If Football teams were horses…

Posted July 28, 2009 – 8:29 am in: Sports

OK, so it’s weird to have an online racebook blog and talk football, but there’s nothing wrong with broadening our horizons, is there? I’ve been thinking about the NFL and the horse racing season, which is winding down. If the sportsbook were an online racebook, which horses would the top football teams be?
I’m thinking [...]

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Online Racebook – Rachel Alexandra Still Cruising

Posted July 20, 2009 – 9:29 am in: Sports

If you thought that Rachel Alexandra, the Kentucky derby odds filly who came out of nowhere to win The Preakness, but then was pulled out of The Belmont Stakes, would be taking a break from racing, you’re wrong.

The owners and trainers of Rachel Alexandra, the first filly to win the Preakness since 1924, pulled [...]

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Online Racebook Betting – Year Of The Female Horse

Posted July 10, 2009 – 9:24 am in: Sports

As they say, ladies first.

It looks like it’s the year of the female horse on the tracks as the girls have been outclassing the boys all over the place.

By now, everyone knows the story of Rachel alexandra, who turned out to be the little pony that could. She was purchased right after the Kentucky [...]

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