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Jay Hovdey on why it’s time to talk about the claiming game: … there also remains the undeniable fact that claiming races, by their very nature, serve to weaken the inherent responsibilities of both...
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Last week, Convocation appeared in the entries for the first race at Suffolk Downs on July 17. Trainer David Jacobson entered him for a $4,000 claiming tag, or $11,000 less than he had paid when he...
View ArticleConvocation, Monzante Updates
First, the good news: While thinking of Monzante on Sunday, I wrote a few words about Convocation and the recent downward trajectory of the stakes-placed gelding’s career. Teresa Genaro alleviated any...
View Article“I Didn’t Want to See Him Suffer”
Trainer Jackie Thacker talks to Matt Hegarty about Monzante: “I saw where they said he was salvageable,” Thacker said. “That’s not what we saw. We saw a horse that was in a lot of pain, that was...
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Joe Clancy asks if it’s time to change the claiming game: … think like an outsider. You really want to try to explain claiming to an animal-rights activist, a state legislator or a 60 Minutes host?...
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Jay Hovdey on why it’s time to talk about the claiming game: … there also remains the undeniable fact that claiming races, by their very nature, serve to weaken the inherent responsibilities of both...
View ArticleThe Unlucky Ones
Last week, Convocation appeared in the entries for the first race at Suffolk Downs on July 17. Trainer David Jacobson entered him for a $4,000 claiming tag, or $11,000 less than he had paid when he...
View ArticleConvocation, Monzante Updates
First, the good news: While thinking of Monzante on Sunday, I wrote a few words about Convocation and the recent downward trajectory of the stakes-placed gelding’s career. Teresa Genaro alleviated any...
View Article“I Didn’t Want to See Him Suffer”
Trainer Jackie Thacker talks to Matt Hegarty about Monzante: “I saw where they said he was salvageable,” Thacker said. “That’s not what we saw. We saw a horse that was in a lot of pain, that was...
View ArticleDoing Better
Joe Clancy asks if it’s time to change the claiming game: … think like an outsider. You really want to try to explain claiming to an animal-rights activist, a state legislator or a 60 Minutes host?...
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