Twenty-two years in the making

$20.20 , music to my gamblin ear’s, yesterday was the 117th running of the Breeder’s Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack. The 1 ½ mile turf race run over the world class E.P. Taylor Turf course has been the...

Del Mar Race Track Retooled Surface Could Improve Running Times

Del Mar Race Track Retooled Surface Could Improve Running TimesWhen the ponies break out of the gate at the Del Mar Racetrack on July 16, odds are they’ll be healthier, and that the recently tweaked synthetic...

History in the making

This weekend sports fans are in for a treat, Celtics Vs Lakers, Big Brown tackling the Triple Crown, Nadal Vs Federer on the clay of Roland Garros and the start of Euro 2008, if that’s your cup of tea. Wow,...

133rd Preakness Stakes

May 13/08 133rd Preakness Stakes: Pre-race coverage The glitz and glitter of Derby Day have all but gone away, no more bluegrass or derby hats, the roses have wilted away. It’s Baltimore in Maryland that...

Eight Belles: The Solution

I have no shame, and horseracing’s my game. Like an old pair of tennis shoes , dirty, ratty and falling apart. She’s been with me for so long, yet I cant let her go. The shoes or the game.   I hate to...

A gamblers diary...Day2

Day 2Oh how the times have changed:One day later and it seems my whole perspective has change, maybe I don’t have it in me to document my dissent. Its quite easy for an individual like my self to loose...

Abetting Addiction

The state in Alberta is addicted to gambling and the proftis from gambling which putrevenues into the governments coffers equivalent to other business, oil, gas and personal taxes. Gambling produces over...

Giacomo grabs stunning win in 131st Kentucky Derby - Yahoo! News

LOUISVILLE, United States (AFP) - Giacomo, a 50-1 longshot, won the 131st Kentucky Derby, stunning favorite Bellamy Road and the rest of the 20-horse field in the first jewel in US flat racing's triple...