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Old 02-28-2012, 07:37 PM
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Nice description of a day at the track.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/0...?via=spotlight
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Nice description of a day at the track.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/0...?via=spotlight
That was a fun article. Thanks for posting.
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That was a fun article. Thanks for posting.
I always forget (watching that '73 KY video) - Sham was lengths better than Forego. Poor Sham, unsung hero - the Belmont really broke his heart, I think.
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>>>It's been years since I last bet on a horse...and living now in Portland, Oregon, we have no thoroughbred racing. Trotters...harness racing....I wouldn't bet a dime on that It just seems to me to be so prone to rigging and corruption. <<<

I don't know which sentiment is more ignorant
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>>>It's been years since I last bet on a horse...and living now in Portland, Oregon, we have no thoroughbred racing. Trotters...harness racing....I wouldn't bet a dime on that It just seems to me to be so prone to rigging and corruption. <<<

I don't know which sentiment is more ignorant
You mean Portland Meadows isn't in Maine?
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