Horse racing conspiracy?
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I don't think there was any conspiracy  at the Preakness but those gates can be tampered with and I know of a particular incident at a lower class track many years ago.\n\nIt takes a person with a very well trained eye to even notice it but my uncle had a fellow  racetracker with a very keen eye that said he saw the gate of the winner open a split second before the other horses gates opened and that horse won as he was supposed to in a 5 furlong sprint.\nMy uncles horse(the favorite who had won 5 in a row) finished 2nd.\nAnother trainers horse with his own travelling jockey who always rode for him was knocked around by others after they couldn't buy him off like they had tried to.He finished 4th but everyone else heard about the bribe that time.\n\nThe guy with the keen eye could look at a race and tell you almost exactly what had happend and how every horse in the race had performed.\nMy uncle used to ask him to watch his races for him in case he didn't see everthing himself.\n\nBack to the gate.\n\nThey use strong magnets to keep them closed and the starter releases the current when he starts the race.\n\nYou can place a very thin piece of paper between these magnets on any particular gate and when the current is released that gate can open a split second faster than the others.It can't be blatantly obvious or everyone would see it and it would make more of a difference in a short race.\n\nThis would require some advance practice with the gate and the starter but that can and has been done in the morning.\nI am not an expert in exactly how they do this but I was around enough to hear a lot of things.\nI can still remember the names of the key horses and the crook who rode my uncles horse and the guy with the keen eye.\nThey are all dead now but they were exciting times when I was young.\n\nI don't think the magnet trick is a common occurence but I do know that there are many crooked things that happen at All levels of racing but it is more common at the smaller tracks.\n\nA horse can break through the gate and it is fairly commom.
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maybe yes maybe not. it may be a conspiracy
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Well, obviously no one can tell for sure....was he capable of doing so? Yes.  However, there are so many factors that it's impossible to say if he would have.  The ground could have been wrong for Jazil that day, or one of them could have gotten boxed in, or bumped, or tripped, or who knows what else.  \n\nHowever, the way things are going I think it would have been a race between Barbaro (Barbaro of course had won the Preakness), both fighting hard to get in front, and then a photo finish....with Jazil winning by a nose....\n\nI know the tripple crown is supposed to be hard...but for the horses sake I think that the races should be for four year olds...but that's never going to happen (to traditional of a sport, but still the best one there is).
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It would hinder it. There are enough crooks in horse racing already.
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"Tawqeet" will win the Melbourne Cup, and easliy. Its run in the Caulfield Cup where i won was strong and he hit the line hard with what seemed like plenty left in the tank.  I also think the Japanese horse "Pop Rock" will also be there at the end.  Anything from the Hayes stable or Cummings stable would be a good E/W bet.  Tawqeet to win is my call
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The media is already posting pictures of him on the internet, to see some go to http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/horseracing/bal-barbaro-photogallery,0,5956270.photogallery?coll=bal-sports-horse
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Do you mean they fixed the races so that they knew the actual 6 winners and could therefore bet on them to make a lot of money?\n\nThis would not be the first or last time  races were fixed but I would hope they would not do that in the Breeders Cup and as cynical as I have become I do not believe they would fix the Breeders Cup races.\n\nRacing is very crooked but I don't think it has reached the major races.
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I disagree. I think it is the most difficult of all the major races world-wide. The distance is 3200m. Your horse has to be a true stayer to win this.\nFor a mare like MakybeDive to win it 3 times on the trot, is amazing.\nTake a look at "Might and Power's pillar to post" victory in the late 90s, you'll understand how difficult that was.
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The first time two guys on horseback got into a discussion of whose horse was fastest, there was a horse race.  Bet on it.\n\nIt's known that horses were raced (both chariot and under saddle) in ancient Greece in the Olympics, and the Greek author Homer wrote about chariot racing as part of the funeral games in The Illiad. So we're back to around 1600 BC or so.  There is evidence that the Egyptians may have had chariot races earlier than this.\n\nRiding races depended on having horses that were big enough and strong enough to carry a rider, which was probably not until around 2000 BC.
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A. P. Warrior\n\n\nJockey Corey Nakatani was only riding A. P. Warrior for the second time in the Santa Anita Derby (G1), but it's obvious he has a lot of faith in the horse. \n"I thought he ran a really good race," Nakatani said after the Santa Anita Derby, "but I think he is better than that. The track today, for some reason, was very heavy, and I think these horses are going to get a lot out of this race because they went up against Brother Derek. What more can you say? He ran a great race, that horse. I thought we had a real good chance of beating him today, but going to the far turn, he kind of hopped and did something funky. I just don't think he particularly liked how heavy the track was." \n\nNakatani's belief in the horse came well before he rode him in a race. When owner Stan Fulton decided to move the colt from the barn of Eoin Harty to John Shirreffs prior to a winning effort in the San Felipe Stakes (G2), Nakatani was on the phone. \n\n"I had been on him in the morning, and he worked unbelievable for me," Nakatani explained. "He showed me then that he was a better horse than what he had been doing in the afternoon. I've been trying to get on him a long time, ever since I realized that Patrick Valenzuela wasn't going to ride him back last fall. I gave the connections a phone call and tried to get on him at that point, but they went through their channels. I finally was able to get on him when John Shirreffs got him, and, like I said, he worked unbelievable for me."\n\n\n \nBenoit & Associates Photo \n \nPedigree\nDark bay or brown colt by A.P. Indy—Warrior Queen, by Quiet American\n\nFoaled\nFebruary 20, 2003\n\nPurchase Information\nConsigned to September 2004 Keeneland yearling sale by Eaton Sales, agent. Purchased by Fleetwood/NW Management for $1.3-million.\n\nNotes\nFirst start was on July 17 when he won a 5 1/2-furlong MSW at Hollywood Park. To date his maximum winning distance is 1 1/16 miles. \n\nA. P. Warrior had been something of a challenge for his previous trainer, Eoin Harty. He was a nervous two-year-old who could be unruly in the post parade. He had to be scratched from the Best Pal Stakes (G2) on August 14 at Del Mar after unseating jockey Garrett Gomez and running off. Harty felt the turning point came in an allowance race on November 4 at Oak Tree at Santa Anita Park, which A. P. Warrior won by four lengths. "The first thing you teach a horse is how to break well from the gate," Harty said, "so it's hard to get two-year-olds to back off. But last time, he was able to turn it off and then turn it back on. I was confident that once he got behind a horse he'd learn to relax, and it was nice to see him do it. \n\n"I can't predict he'll go a mile-and-a-quarter," Harty added. "But the way he moves is indicative of a horse who can get a distance of ground."\n\nIn Quotation Marks\nTrainer John Shirreffs, after A. P. Warrior won the San Felipe in his first start for Shirreffs: \n\n"He's a classy horse. He is a very, very classy horse. We just didn't want to interfere with him [when asked about race strategy], just let him run his race."
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Here is the profile for your grandfather as posted here\nhttp://www.kentuckyderby.com/2006/derby_history/african_americans_in_the_derby/jockeys.html#olewis\n\n Let me say it is an honor to be the first to answer your question. Oliver Lewis helped to develop the system used to collect the past performance information for documenting the record for all races a horse has run in his lifetime. He founded my hobby and many owe him partial credit for our success and enjoyment of thoroughbred horses and racing. Fantastic question and I wish you the best of luck in your search.\n\n I suggest that you use the information from the Kentucky Derby website to research for any living relatives of the trainer, owner or breeder of Aristides. They may be able to provide you with historical information you can use to learn more about your truly great grandfather. \n\nIf you would like I can post your question to my personal network of horseracing associates and see if someone smarter than I am can provide you with some better suggestions. I have in mind one gentleman in particular who is now 84 years old and been handicapping since the 1920's. It' entirely possible he may have a story relevant to your gr. grandfather. I expect he would revell in the telling of it if indeed he did.\n\nI wish you much the best in your search.\n\nOliver Lewis:\n\nOliver Lewis rode Aristides to a two-length upset victory in the inaugural running of the Derby in 1875. The time, 2:37 3/4, established an American record for the 1 1/2 miles. Lewis was instructed to send Aristides to the lead to ensure a fast pace and set up the race for stablemate Chesapeake. He sent Aristides to the front and as the field rounded the far turn and headed for home, Chesapeake was far behind. The owner of the two horses, H. Price McGrath, told Lewis "Go on!" when he looked over at McGrath for a sign. Later that year he guided Aristides to a second in the Belmont. He won three races during Churchill's inaugural meet to take the honor as leading rider. Lewis never rode in another Kentucky Derby but was on hand for the 33rd running in 1907. Detailed information is not available, but it was reported that he later worked for a bookmaker (legal at the time) an provided detailed information on how the horses ran. This method of race result notes was later developed into charts which served as a forerunner to the Daily Racing Form and Equibase systems.
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John Hawkes has 3 runners entered - Headturner, Railings & Dizelle, all will go well and one of them will probably place although I cant tell which one, as for "Our Smoking Joe" was scratched from the race today. \nAlways a hard race and they are the ones I will be backing
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Unfortunately, I only found one reference to a horse with a similar name and it was called Late Late Show. Is that the horse you are referring to?\n\nAnd the race Late Late Show was in was already over so there are no recent details about the horse.\n\nSorry.
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Barbaro was not in the 1940s-1050s - nor was Ruffian (who did NOT win the race she broke down in) nor was Devils Bag (although the rest of that is true). Colin won the Belmont on questionable legs but that was in 1908. Bold Ruler was in the 1950s and had run with an undetected bone splinter in his ankle - not quite a broken leg. I don't know of ANY horses contemporary or historical that won on a broken leg. Many were injured during the race or at the finish.
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Declarations are not in yet for this meeting, but will be later this afternoon - check out www.racingpost.co.uk and click Cards on the left hand side of the page, then select the date you want and finally the course.\n\nAs a rough guide when picking out horses it is always a good idea to look at them in the paddock before the race.  Check to see if they look well (shiny coat, bright eyes, not looking overweight) and how they are reacting to the surroundings.  As a rule of thumb a horse that misbehaves before a race will not run well as they are not concentrating on their job.\n\nFinally pick up a Racing Post tomorrow morning and read through the form guides before you get to the meeting.\n\nHappy racing!
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Dont back - lay the horses, its the only way to make money from racing. Contact me if you are interested. The favourite, Dabbers Ridge, will NOT win the 3.20
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Information inside the DRF includes, The tracks listed of the day..All the horses entered for each race that day..There post postion..10 lines of there last runnings, Jockeys listed to ride them..and a brief outline of the handicappers about the horse;Also theres a listing in the front of every track of What handicappers of that track think of the race..and Possible odds.. So Study that DRF and GL at the races