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This pick stinks
Here at Picks of the Week, where our choices reflect the news rather than “proven” handicapping methods, we turn to a “stinky” story for our choice. A colleague informed me this week that my story and...
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PappyGate fuels picks of the week
No story I’ve covered in a long time has gotten the kind of attention that this one has: the theft of the 20-year-old Pappy Van Winkle from the Buffalo Trace Distillery, dubbed #PappyGate in the...
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Breeders’ Cup picks for Friday
Here is the first installment of picks for Breeders’ Cup races. The Breeders’ Cup Distaff (a cheer goes up from the turf writer crowd as “Ladies Classic” is jettisoned to the trash-heap of history,...
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Breeders’ Cup Distaff proves to be a ladies’ classic
The Breeders’ Cup Distaff is what it’s former appellation said: a ladies classic. This race has it all on Friday (for earlier race picks, see this earlier posting) and might be the most competitive...
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Breeders’ Cup Picks for Saturday
The Breeders’ Cup Classic picks will post tomorrow, but today’s posting of all the other races should be enough to cause my hanging once these all run in reverse order. Race 4 | Juvenile Fillies: 1....
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Classic Breeders’ Cup Classic picks
Without further ado, here are my picks for the Breeders’ Cup Classic. Picks for the rest of today’s cup races were made in a previous post. Race 12 | Classic: 1. Game on Dude 2. Fort Larned 3....
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Gambling battles give fodder for picks of the week
Here at Picks of the Week, where our choices reflect the news rather than “proven” handicapping methods, the filing of the first casino gambling bill for the 2014 session provides a jackpot of...
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A Thanksgiving pick
It’s Thanksgiving and we here at the blog are as thankful as we were last year for your patronage. This year, we’ll offer a gift — a pick in the Grade 2 Falls City Handicap. At least it’s a gift now....
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A Clark Handicap to remember
Often forgotten is the third of Churchill Downs’ three original stakes to be run consecutively each year since the Central Avenue track’s founding. Some years the Clark Handicap, founder M. Lewis...
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Getting more famous
As the Churchill Downs fall meet concludes, here are picks for the two stakes races that Almost Famous movie promotional photo serve as early preps for the Longines Kentucky Oaks and the Kentucky...
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