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Lessons

Betting the Breeders’ Cup

By Jeremy Plonk / 3:00 am, 11.03.09 / 1 Comment / Tagged , ,

It’s feast or famine on racing’s richest day. For horseplayers, I’ve learned that you either have it, or you don’t, when playing the Breeders’ Cup.

Once Is Never Enough

By Jeremy Plonk / 5:41 pm, 10.26.09 / 1 Comment / Tagged , ,

Just because something worked last year does not mean it will work again this year.

Some Trainers Prefer To Be in the Dark

By Jeremy Plonk / 6:00 am, 10.16.09 / 4 Comments / Tagged , , , , ,

Don’t be surprised if many contenders put in their final major workouts at home before traveling to California.

Taking Out the Garbage

By Jeremy Plonk / 3:49 pm, 10.05.09 / 1 Comment / Tagged , , , , ,

Much of what we’ve thought we’ve known about the Europeans at the Breeders’ Cup has been hyperbole and conjecture; don’t get hung up on time-honored “truths.”

From Dehere to D’Funnybone

By Jeremy Plonk / 11:57 am, 09.28.09 / Comment / Tagged , , ,

It’s the month or two leading up to the Juvenile that catapults horses into hyperbole.

There’s No Place Like Home

By Jeremy Plonk / 8:45 pm, 09.20.09 / Comment / Tagged , , , ,

Dorothy never hit a superfecta in the Breeders’ Cup, but she definitely had one thing pegged right: There’s no place like home.