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Lentenor and the future of racing

It’s the sort of news that typically generates exactly no coverage in the mainstream media and not much in racing media: a three year-old of modest accomplishment, on the extreme fringes of the Kentucky Derby conversation, runs in a Florida Derby dramatically weakened by the defection of the two best sophomores training in that state [...]

This ‘n’ that

Some things kicking around the musty, cobweb-ridden attic of my mind:

As we all know, Monmouth and the local horsemen have agreed on a schedule change that will lead to 50 days of racing, with average purses of $1 million daily, and 20 additional days with more modest purses.  For many reasons, I’m dubious about the [...]