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Entries from October 2008

Breeders Cup 2008 Musings

October 23rd, 2008 · Comments Off

Okay, I never thought I’d be saying this but I think that the new Friday-Saturday format for the Breeders Cup has some merit…however, I really believe that it would be more beneficial to move the filly and mare races to Sunday instead of Friday. Those of us who have to work cannot wager on those […]

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Tags: 2008 breederscup · delightfulkiss · distaff · ladiesclassic · marathon · santaanita · worldchampionships · zenyatta

2008 Breeders Cup pre-entries are available

October 17th, 2008 · Comments Off

Apparently I need to change my domain name to Ionlyblogaboutthebiggestracingdays.com or something, because I have been ridiculously bad about updating this thing.
There is a really nice .pdf of the Breeders Cup pre-entries at http://assets.espn.go.com/winnercomm/horseracing/2008_BCWC_PreEntries.pdf for your perusal. Check it out.
I have opinions on all of this with the two-day format and who’s entered in what, […]

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Tags: 2008 breederscup · preentries

Big Brown out of Breeders Cup, retired

October 13th, 2008 · Comments Off

Big Brown has grabbed a quarter and torn part of his hoof off, according to Bloodhorse.com. The incident occured at Aqueduct after a workout with Kip Deville on the turf, in which they both completed 6f in 1:12 4/5. Big Brown, who was due to retire at the end of this season as stated by […]

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Tags: 2008 breederscup · aqueduct · bigbrown · kipdeville · michaeliavarone · threechimneys