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Suffolk Downs’ Final, Final Finale

In Racing on 1 July 2019 tagged Goodbyes, Massachusetts, New England, Suffolk Downs with Comments Off on Suffolk Downs’ Final, Final Finale

If I had to choose a moment to remember from the last weekend of racing at Suffolk Downs what would it be? It could be T.D. Thornton’s final call: “They approach the quarter pole in the grand finale and they turn into the Suffolk Downs homestretch for the final time … 84 years of history […]

2019 Derby Prep Schedule

In Racing on 2 January 2019 tagged Derby Points, Derby Preps, Kentucky Derby with Comments Off on 2019 Derby Prep Schedule

It’s 10 points towards the Derby gate for Mind Control, winner of the Jerome Stakes at Aqueduct on New Year’s Day. With the start of the 2019 preps, the big Kentucky Derby prep schedule and results spreadsheet — which includes charts, replays, and speed figures — returns for another season.

The Year in Reading, 2018 Edition

In Racing on 20 December 2018 with Comments Off on The Year in Reading, 2018 Edition

Let’s not call this a list of bests — head down in archival literature and grad school for most of the year, I didn’t read as expansively or widely about racing in the past 12 months as I might have in past years to make that kind of claim. These are the stories, and writers, […]