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		<title>Betting the Breeders&#8217; Cup, 1984</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I count myself among those who find things wrong with the Breeders&#8217; Cup for 363 days of the year. But, today and tomorrow, I put all of my issues aside and enjoy the racing. After having the privilege of being in the house for last year&#8217;s Breeders&#8217; Cup at Churchill Downs, i&#8217;ll have to settle [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wishing Ring wins at 941 to 1, 1912</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 01:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s right, a $2 win ticket on a filly named Wishing Ring in the sixth race at Latonia in Covington, Kentucky, on the 17th of June 1912, paid $1,185.50. By far the largest single mutuel winner in North American racing history. In the 1970s, when the American Racing Manual stopped printing the highest mutuel payouts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Betting the Favorite in 1885</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 00:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is a well known fact in horseplayer circles that approximately 30% of horses who go off as betting favorites, win their respective races. This is a stat that has remain unchanged since at least the 1960s. In 1968, Tom Ainslie wrote in the seminal Ainslie’s Complete Guide to Thoroughbred Racing: All experts know that, in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New York Racing, 1905</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Belmont Park inaugural meeting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amidst all of the Derby hoopla, Belmont Park will open for its spring meet on Friday.  As I have said in this space before, Belmont is one of my favorite tracks.  Like all racing fans, annual markers on my calendar are linked to big races and opening days.  This year, Belmont opens on Friday and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learn to Handicap the Races, 1895</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 10:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[About a week ago, the Hello Race Fans site was launched. I have mentioned HRF here before and it has come together beautifully under the steady hand of the site&#8217;s captain Dana Byerly.  The philosophy behind the site is to provide a non-intimidating and, hopefully, entertaining space to learn about thoroughbred racing. Dana has put together a talented group [...]]]></description>
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