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The Aspiring Horseplayer

The odyssey of a horse racing enthusiast and amateur handicapper.
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Curlin Retired - the End of a Legend

Nov 15, 2008
Can’t say the news is stunning, but it’s finally confirmed. The great Curlin, thoroughbred racing’s 2007 Horse of the Year, has been retired following his 4th place finish in the 2008 Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita in...

Heisman Race Shaping Up As Photo Finish

Dec 7, 2009
In one of the few contests I actually give a rats about in the world of sports classified as a race that does not involve four-legged, equine athletes, the 2009 Heisman Trophy race is shaping up to be a good one.  Like some evenly matched Kentucky...

Roll Tide! SEC Champs Have Title Fight up Next!

Dec 6, 2009
Taking a brief moment away from the horse racing coverage here, which you can obviously tell was a bit lacking this weekend.  There was a good reason for that, though.  As a native son of Alabama, my feelings were completely wrapped in the hopes and...

The Passing of Ira "Babe" Hanford and the story of the 1936 Triple Crown season

Nov 26, 2009
I have to be honest, I completely missed this story when it first broke on Bloodhorse on Tuesday.  In fact, I’ll further confess that until now, I wasn’t very familiar with the career of Ira Babe Hanford, or the story of the 1936 Triple Crown season,...

Thanksgiving Turkey; a tryptophan inspired look at races I'm glad to have witnessed

Nov 25, 2009
If, like me, you typically consume enough turkey and tryptophan over the Thanksgiving weekend to be able to induce hallucinogenic dream like sequences involving talking animals, cartoon characters, and eerily fitting sitar music at will, then perhaps...

Rachel vs. Zenyatta – the mock political debate

Nov 18, 2009
We all know how ferociously the Horse of the Year debate is currently running on the net.  In stark contrast to that heaviness, here’s an attempt at a little light hearted humor hoping to bring a few smiles to people’s faces.  I originally posted...

Curlin Retired - the End of a Legend



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timethief t.
8.2
great
  This is a highly informative blog on the horse racing industry, written by an enthusiastic fan with a broad base of knowledge. He has taken a heroic stand that includes championing the causes of having drugging totally removed from horse racing, standing against breeding for speed alone, getting the young under-developed 2-3 year olds off the track, as well as, supporting research to determine what the optimum surface for horses to run on really is.
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