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This is really bad isn’t it?  I haven’t put anything in this blog for over six weeks.  I think I took such a bath with the Breeders’ Cup, I just didn’t have the enthusiasm. And today’s entry is pretty self serving.
This blog is called Down The Stretch, because I publish Down The Stretch, a freely distributed […]

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Today is the fillies/mares portion of the Breeders’ Cup and like every previous Championship day, there is money to be made if you have the guts to go against the favourites.
The first B.C. race is the Filly and Mares sprint, race 3 on the Santa Anita card today. It sure looks as if this will […]

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When you think about it, it is the chance of a lifetime - to be able to come charging down the stretch on the world famous E.P. Taylor grass course. That’s what I got to do yesterday at Woodbine.
680News had entered a team in a corporate race to help race money for the United Way. […]

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I really can’t complain about a long Saturday that took me to both Woodbine and Mohawk. Such is the life of a racing newspaper editor ( www.downthestretchnewspaper.com). In each issue of Canada’s most entertaining horse racing newspaper, Down The Stretch features a well-known individual betting $50 of the paper’s money to try and raise money […]

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So far there has not been any success with the daily doubles I have posted at this blog and at www.downthestretchnewspaper.com which is the website of the paper I publish. I believe I have lost $52 from the daily doubles I have suggested this month.
Here’s a stab at today’s racing at Woodbine - Friday September […]

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This weekend was a great example of why you should always strike a case against the favourite. In yesterday’s Woodbine Mile, with $1Million at stake, Kip Deville, considered the best grass miler in the world was pounded down to 50 cents on the dollar, then staggered in 5th. He’d come in with a three race […]

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So I opened up the paper this morning and saw that Jim McAleney won three of eight races at Woodbine yesterday. Not that I’ m surprised - McAleney has been leading the jockey’s race pretty well from the first week.  But now that we’re into September, it should be noted that he’s having one kick-ass […]

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Did you see how all the pieces fit together on the weekend? Trainer Roger Attfield was hoping to win the Vice Regent Stakes at Woodbine on Sunday with Queen’s Plate winner Not Bourbon. But Not Bourbon smacked his leg or something a few hours before the race and because there was a visible lump, Attfield, choosing caution for […]

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I went 0 for 4 on the doubles. The only good thing is that there was a scratch, which means my days; loss was only $30. So I’m $35.45 in the hole for the first weekend.
It was cool to see Marlang win the Saranac at Saratoga. 45 year-old Richard Dos Ramos, who is one of […]

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I bet $18 (fictionally) in my picks earlier today and there was little to celebrate. I hit the first double at Woodbine, but it paid $25.10 so half of that is $12.55 - my net loss was 5.45.
Here’s Sunday’s doubles: The first race looks like a lock for the 7 Breakwithtradition, so let’s break with […]

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