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Arlington may be dark on Thursday, May 23 -- but Thursday marks Puntsville's seven-year-old debut in the Prairie Rose Stakes at Prairie Meadows, and if that's not a great reason to do a bonus episode, then there's no reason ever to do a bonus episode! I talk a little bit about why Puntsville makes me... Continue Reading →
This weekend, Picks and Ponderings is taking a figurative road trip to Iowa for the Iowa Festival of Racing. We will preview all six stakes scheduled this weekend, with two on each of the three days of the Festival. My piece, the first in the series, tackles the pair of stakes on Thursday: the Saylorville... Continue Reading →
Even though Picks and Ponderings usually focuses on Chicago-area races, there was enough big racing that we took a little detour this week, and published picks and analysis for stakes races going on at Santa Anita and Prairie Meadows. I handicapped the four graded stakes at Santa Anita: the Royal Heroine (GII), the Triple Bend... Continue Reading →
