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Melbourne Cup is prime breeding ground for misconception.

1630: Hayley Turner now rides Christmas Lights in the last but I\’m watching from the car park, cheering home King Kieren – it\’s all I\’ve got left now! Thanks for the emails – brilliant as ever – same time, same place tomorrow? Please.

In 1960, the total handle at the four tracks that were then under the auspices of the New York Racing Association (NYRA): Aqueduct, Belmont, Jamaica and Saratoga, was $531,528,210. With a total of 219 days of racing, according to the Daily Racing Form\’s 1961 American Racing Manual, that comes to an average daily handle of $2,427,069.

I Am Sam is starting to look like a pretty good winter galloper.Trainer Bryce Revell hopes to find out just how good in tomorrow\’s $50,000 Roebuck Interprovincial at his home track of New Plymouth.Five wins from 10 career…

SARATOGA SPRINGS — It\’s the annual horse-betting, people-watching, elbow-rubbing event that brings thousands into the city each summer, and Travers Race weekend this year will feature a lineup of events to celebrate the biggest race of the Saratoga meet.

In 1932, when the Great Depression was getting its second wind, a New York-based wire editor for The Associated Press published a novel about the agricultural shows he remembered from his childhood in a middle-of-nowhere Iowa town that does not even exist anymore.

IN 1932, when the Great Depression was getting its second wind, a New York-based wire editor for the Associated Press published a novel about the agricultural shows he remembered from his childhood in a middle-of-nowhere Iowa town that doesn\’t even exist anymore.

By the slimmest of margins, trainer Jimmy Jerkens managed to win the $1 million Travers on Saturday, a prize that has eluded even his legendary father. In a photo finish, Afleet Express held on by a nose over Fly Down to prevail in the 1 1/4-mile Midsummer Derby before 45,764 fans at Saratoga Race Course. Afleet Express was the first Travers starter for Jerkens, 51, the son of Hall of Fame …

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Andy Serling, the New York Racing Association\’s handicapper and TV analyst, spends hours studying every day\’s racing card for his job. Around Saratoga Race Course, he gives tips on horses race fans should spend their $2 on. [...] embracing social media, Serling has amassed a following on Twitter of over 2,000 people looking to get the scoop on what\’s happening at the track and who\’s going to be …