National Headlines | Paulick Report | 8 years ago
When top jockey Javier Castellano announced last week that he and long-time agent Matt Muzikar would be parting ways at the end of the Saratoga meeting due to a “communication” breakdown, Mike Lakow...
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The Friday Show Presented By Woodbine: Eating Chrome, Next Stop Supreme Court?
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 8 years ago
Some bold predictions were made on last week's Friday Show concerning the biggest races of the week. First order of business on this week's show, revisit those and see who might need to eat some crow...
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Indiana Grand Diaries: What’s Driving New Interest In Racing, Breeding Programs?
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 8 years ago
Over the weekend, three horseplayers earned spots in the National Handicapping Championship with Indiana Grand's first ever qualifier for the NHC. It's another step of many by the Centaur...
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Paulick Report 8/23 News Minute Presented By NYRA Bets
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 8 years ago
The Paulick Report (www.paulickreport.com) sends out its headlines newsletter every weekday morning at 9 a.m ET (10 a.m. weekends), but the news doesn't stop after you've had your morning coffee....
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The Friday Show Presented By Woodbine: A Classic ‘Classic,’ Information Underload?
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 8 years ago
Songbird makes a bid for 10 consecutive victories this weekend as she puts her unblemished record on the line in Saturday's Alabama Stakes at Saratoga. Will she survive the “graveyard of...
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PR Special NY-Bred Sale: Protecting Racehorses After They’re Sold
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 8 years ago
The Paulick Report is once again pleased to offer a special print publication, available here and on the grounds of the Fasig-Tipton New York-Bred Yearlings sale. In this edition of the PR Special,...
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PR Special NY-Bred Sale: What To Feed And When To Feed?
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 8 years ago
The Paulick Report is once again pleased to offer a special print publication, available here and on the grounds of the Fasig-Tipton New York-Bred Yearlings Sale. In this edition of the PR Special,...
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The Friday Show Presented By Woodbine: Rachel Vs Zenyatta, Pegasus Problems?
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 8 years ago
When the Pegasus World Cup opened its doors, people with the means to enter the race jumped at the chance, each committing $1 million dollars for a spot in the starting gates. But will there be a...
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Paulick Report 8/8 News Minute Presented By NYRA Bets
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 8 years ago
The Paulick Report sends out its headlines newsletter every weekday morning at 9 a.m ET (10 a.m. weekends), but the news doesn't stop after you've had your morning coffee. Each weekday at mid-day,...
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PR Special Saratoga Sale: All Eyes On Frankel, Galileo Yearlings
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 8 years ago
The Paulick Report is once again pleased to offer a special print publication, available here and on the grounds of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale, which begins this evening. In this edition of the...
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The Friday Show: Technology Woes, Three-Year-Old Foes
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 8 years ago
Placing judges at Delaware Park recently inverted the order of two horses based on photo finish results. In this edition of The Friday Show, Scott Jagow and Ray Paulick discuss how much technology...
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The Friday Show: Sophomores Clash, Zayat Seeks Cash
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 8 years ago
The cream of this year's 3-year-old Thoroughbred crop isn't ducking each other — just take a look at the fields for this weekend's premiere sophomore races. But in the bigger picture, how...
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Paulick Report 7/26 News Minute Presented By Saratoga Live
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 8 years ago
The Paulick Report sends out its headlines newsletter every weekday morning at 9 a.m ET (10 a.m. weekends), but the news doesn't stop after you've had your morning coffee. Each weekday at mid-day,...
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Paulick Report 7/25 News Minute Presented By Saratoga Live
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 8 years ago
The Paulick Report sends out its headlines newsletter every weekday morning at 9 a.m ET (10 a.m. weekends), but the news doesn't stop after you've had your morning coffee. Each weekday at mid-day,...
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The Friday Show Presented By DRF Bets: Saratoga’s Lure, New York’s Hook?
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 8 years ago
Today, the timeless tradition of Thoroughbred racing at Saratoga begins again. The six-week meet is one of the most enticing events of the year for fans, bettors, and horsemen. In this edition of The...
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The Friday Show Presented By DRF Bets: Turf, Surf, And Cornfields?
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 8 years ago
One of the highlights of the summer racing calendar is, of course, opening day at Del Mar, and Ray Paulick has made his annual journey to the West Coast to be there. In this edition of The Friday...
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Indiana Grand Diaries: Racing Investments Instill Pride, Elevate Derby
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 8 years ago
Pop Quiz: Who won last year's Indiana Derby? It might be a head scratcher for many people — the race hasn't exactly been top of mind most years. But recent developments in the Hoosier State aim to...
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PR Special Fasig-Tipton July: A Pinhooking Success Story
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 8 years ago
The Paulick Report is once again pleased to offer a special print publication, available here and on the grounds of the Fasig-Tipton July Sale, featuring selected yearlings and horses of racing age....
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The Friday Show Presented By DRF Bets: Glass Half-Full Or Half-Empty?
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 8 years ago
Alas, the 2016 Triple Crown season is over, and unlike last year when one horse convincingly captured all three races in a historic run, three different horses took the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and...
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Crowdsourcing A Racehorse? That’s A Story Worth Hearing
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 8 years ago
New journeys often begin on a path to somewhere else. In this case, the original destination was a maximum security prison in Upstate New York and the fork in the road was a racetrack. It'll make...
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Thank You, Readers: Eight Years Strong And Still Growing
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 8 years ago
Eight years ago this week, an out-of-work horse racing journalist and a former stage actor and Starbucks barista launched a humble website that hoped to find a niche in the Thoroughbred world. From...
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Random Observations From A Triple Crown Notebook
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 8 years ago
It takes a very good horse to win the Kentucky Derby, Preakness or Belmont. It takes a great one to win all three races. We witnessed greatness in 2015. Sometimes, when there's not much separation...
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The Friday Show Presented By DRF Bets: Weeding Out The Drama
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 8 years ago
While there's no chance of history doubling up this year in New York and no rematch between the Kentucky Derby and Preakness winners, that doesn't mean the final leg of the Triple Crown is devoid of...
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The Friday Show Presented By DRF Bets: Whipping Nonsense In California?
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 8 years ago
Last summer, the California Horse Racing Board approved what was dubbed the “strictest regulation in the country governing the use of riding crops in horse racing.” Jockeys were required to limit...
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Keeping Pace With Trainer Michael Dickinson? Good Luck With That
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 8 years ago
When he retired from Thoroughbred training in 2007, Michael Dickinson seemed to leave the game on his terms. He'd had a “great training career” by his own standards and certainly those of others, who...
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The Friday Show Presented By DRF Bets: Racing In Harsh Light On Big Stage Again
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 8 years ago
While the 141st Preakness Stakes provided fans with a second Triple Crown installment of the Nyquist-Exaggerator rivalry, horse racing once again found itself in the glare of national media for a...
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Click Here To Cheat? Online Peddlers Of Racehorse Snake Oil Go Largely Unchecked
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 8 years ago
A plain brown package arrived at the doorstep of Dr. Mary Scollay, equine medical director for the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission. There was no return address label. No packing slip. According to...
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‘Lifetime Of Work’ Produces Classic Victory For Keith Desormeaux
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 8 years ago
For more than 20 years, Keith Desormeaux labored in relative obscurity in horse racing's trenches, far from the glory of the Pimlico infield winner's circle that Exaggerator brought him to after...
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The Friday Show Presented By DRF Bets: Preakness Now, Preakness Future?
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 8 years ago
For well over a century, the second leg of the Triple Crown has been contested at Pimlico Race Course. That'll be the case again this year as Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist makes his bid for the...
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The Friday Show Presented By DRF Bets: Triple Crown Talk Plus $12 Million Reasons
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 8 years ago
Less than a year removed from the first Triple Crown victory in 37 years, we have an undefeated horse heading to the Preakness, having already completed the rare double of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile...
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Nyquist: The ‘Respect’ Myth And The Luck Of The Irish
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 8 years ago
And so the discussion begins again in the wake of the 142nd running of the Kentucky Derby. Can Nyquist win the Triple Crown? Of course, he can. As I've said in previous years, the Kentucky Derby...
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‘Son Of A Gun’ Desormeaux Reluctantly Enjoys Kentucky Derby Spotlight
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 8 years ago
While his younger brother Kent has won the Kentucky Derby three times, trainer Keith Desormeaux will saddle his first Derby starter Saturday. The elder sibling's training career dates back to the...
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PR Special Derby Edition: American Pharoah’s ‘Untold Story’
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 8 years ago
The Paulick Report is pleased to offer a special print publication for Kentucky Derby 142. In this edition of the PR Special, New York Times two-time Eclipse Award-winning sports writer Joe Drape...
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PR Special Derby Edition: American Pharoah’s ‘Untold Story’
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 8 years ago
The Paulick Report is pleased to offer a special print publication for Kentucky Derby 142. In this edition of the PR Special, New York Times two-time Eclipse Award-winning sports writer Joe Drape...
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Despite Challenges, Derby Starting Crew Gets It Right
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 8 years ago
By the time the gates open for Kentucky Derby 142 on Saturday, hours of work will have gone into assuring a safe, fair and unbiased start to the race. It's no small task. Every Derby field is filled...
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The Friday Show Presented By DRF Bets: Cutting Through The Madness
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 8 years ago
Handicapping the Kentucky Derby is a singular art. There's no sporting event so brief in duration that prompts such a monumental amount of time devoted to figuring it out. With the Derby just over a...
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Piece Of The Pie: Bottom Line Reunites Breeders’ Cup And Churchill Downs
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 8 years ago
Whenever someone says it isn't about the money you can be sure of one thing: It's about the money. Money is the reason that, when the Breeders' Cup returns to Churchill Downs for a record ninth time...
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PR Special OBS April: How Much For That Graded Stakes Winner?
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 8 years ago
The Paulick Report is once again pleased to offer a special print publication, available here and on the sales grounds at the OBS April Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds. In this edition of the PR...
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PR Special OBS April: How Much For That Graded Stakes Winner?
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 8 years ago
The Paulick Report is once again pleased to offer a special print publication, available here and on the sales grounds at the OBS April Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds. In this edition of the PR...
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Block: Resigning Over Arlington Park’s ‘Hijacking’ Of Illinois Groups, Live Racing
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 8 years ago
(Editor's Note: The following commentary on the state of Illinois racing was submitted by David Block, a leading Illinois owner and breeder. Block said it explains “Why I resign from the...
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The Friday Show Presented By DRF Bets: Chrome Drama, Derby Intrigue
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 8 years ago
Even when he's not racing, the consensus top horse in North America seems to attract headlines. This week, there were rumblings about California Chrome's connections seeking a substantial purse...
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Los Alamitos Owner: I ‘Couldn’t Go On’ If Opponents Prevail In Drug Testing Case
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 8 years ago
Dr. Edward Allred, owner of Los Alamitos Race Course in Cypress, Calif., may have lost a court ruling last month to prevent him from using hair testing to enforce a 2015 house rule banning...
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The Friday Show Presented By DRF Bets: Gather Ye Derby Points
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 8 years ago
When the smoke clears Saturday evening, this year's Kentucky Derby field will be in much better focus. Three major preps, the Wood Memorial, the Blue Grass Stakes, and the Santa Anita Derby, will...
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Back To Keeneland, Where The Customer Is King
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 8 years ago
It's been 28 years since I spit in the eye of Horace Greeley, packed up the covered wagon, and headed east from Los Angeles, Calif., to Lexington, Ky. It was a different century, and in horse racing,...
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Mike Smith: Songbird’s Potential ‘Scary To Think About’
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 8 years ago
Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith has been on the backs of some world-class fillies and mares during his career, and while he's not ready to put Songbird in that category just yet, there's something...
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The Friday Show Presented By DRF Bets: The Clash, The Cajun, And The Champ
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 8 years ago
For the second week in a row, racing fans are getting a real treat. Last weekend, it was California Chrome dominating the Dubai World Cup. This Saturday, fans will witness a rare battle between the...
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What Good Is A Model Rule In Horse Racing If No One Follows It?
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 8 years ago
Imagine, for a minute, that the rules governing the National Football League were developed the same way as horse racing regulations. During an annual meeting, personnel from the NFL league office...
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PR Special OBS March Day Two: Take Those Shoes Off?
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 8 years ago
The Paulick Report is once again pleased to offer a special print publication, available here and on the sales grounds of the Ocala Breeders' Sale Co.'s March 2-Year-Old in Training Sale. In this...
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PR Special OBS March Day One: Spotting Signs Of Trouble?
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 8 years ago
The two-day OBS March Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training gets underway Tuesday, and once again the Paulick Report is pleased to offer a special print publication available on the sales grounds and...
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The Friday Show: Who Should Get Into Hall Of Fame?
National Headlines | Paulick Report | 8 years ago
Each year, a nominating committee selects finalists for induction into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Some years, the choices are obvious or don't generate...
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