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The Preakness Stakes as I see it… My Picks and Bets
Buzz On Gambling | 15 hours ago by Buzz B Berkeley
OK, Big Brown looks unbeatable right now. That makes our job much tougher. Why? Because he’s going off at odds at 1 - 2 or worse. So picking the winner might seem easy, but the odds make it unbettable because anything can and does happen in hor read more
Horseracing and My Whole New Approach - Science!
Buzz On Gambling | May 15th 2008 by Buzz B Berkeley
Are you a Form junkie? Do you pour over the past performances of each horse in each race to make your bets? That’s a lot of work! And that’s exactly how I’ve done it for 30+ years. But, I’ve learned a whole new approach to hor read more
Thursday at Pimlico
The Aspiring Horseplayer | May 15th 2008 by Kevin Stafford
Had a rather exciting Thursday morning today at Pimlico. I got to meet Tex Dulay and Cindy Pierson Dulay from horse-races.net. Great folks - they made me feel right at home even though I was totally overwhelmed at the spectacle before my eyes. read more
Let’s Meet the Preakness Contenders
The Aspiring Horseplayer | May 14th 2008 by Kevin Stafford
A field of 13 runners will compete on Saturday in the 133rd Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course. The field is headlined by the Kentucky Derby winner and 3-year-old phenom Big Brown. Only one of his competitors in the Kentucky Derby, Gayego, h read more
Pimlico Special Returns With A Solid Field
The Aspiring Horseplayer | May 13th 2008 by Kevin Stafford
It’s back! The race made famous in the film Seabiscuit that has it’s roots firmly entrenched in the proud history of Maryland thoroughbred racing has finally returned. After a brief but painful absence, the Grade 1 Pimlico Special ret read more
Black Eyed Susan Field Set
The Aspiring Horseplayer | May 13th 2008 by Kevin Stafford
The field for the 84thrunning of the Black Eyed Susan Stakes, the highlight of the Friday card (with all due respect to the Pimlico Special) at Pimlico and namesake of the traditional drink of the Preakness has been officially set. While not of the read more
Harlem Rocker out; Gayego in (maybe)
The Aspiring Horseplayer | May 12th 2008 by Kevin Stafford
Just a quick update for today. The bulk of my Preakness posts will be coming later in the week as I attempt to attend the Alibi breakfast at Pimlico on Thursday, and then take in both the Black Eyed Susan and Preakness cards on Friday and Saturday. read more
HorseRacing: 12 - 1 + 1 still equals 12 in The Preakness
Buzz On Gambling | May 11th 2008 by Buzz B Berkeley
Derby Trial winner Macho Again is in for Saturday’s 134th Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. I predicted that Recapturetheglory was not talented enough to take on the Preakness, and it proved correct. Although, the connection read more
A Dozen will meet in The Preakness Stakes
Buzz On Gambling | May 10th 2008 by Buzz B Berkeley
Hey Byrn, Icabad Crane and Riley Tucker were added to the list of starters for next Saturday’s Preakness Stakes at Pimlico. The Preakness field is now up to 12. Trained by Eddie Plesa, Hey Byrn won Gulfstream Park’s Grade III Holy Bull on read more
Icabad Crane in; Recapturetheglory out
The Aspiring Horseplayer | May 10th 2008 by Kevin Stafford
The challengers keep lining up. You can add Icabad Crane, the Graham Motion colt who last won the Frederico Tesio Stakes at Pimlico on April 19. On the down side you can scratch the fifth placed finishe from the Kentucky Derby, Recapturetheglory, read more
Hey Byrn is in
The Aspiring Horseplayer | May 10th 2008 by Kevin Stafford
Hey Byrn, a three year old son of Put it Back, has added his name to the Preakness field. You may remember him as a horse I liked a lot during the pod-cast I was on with the guys from the Sports Mafia. He was going against Big Brown that day and read more
Preakness field grows; Curlin’s future still uncertain
The Aspiring Horseplayer | May 9th 2008 by Kevin Stafford
Ah, the weekend is finally here! The lyrics from a certain 80’s anthem keep repeating over and over again in my head: “Everybody’s working for the weekend!” When we last checked in, I was feeling a bit down on the Preakness read more
Preakness field starts to take shape
The Aspiring Horseplayer | May 7th 2008 by Kevin Stafford
It’s been a wild week since the Derby as the game continues to take a look at itself in the mirror and come to grips with some of the concerns of the general public. Quietly in the background, the forward procession of the Triple Crown contin read more
Big Brown’s Probable Win and Eight Belles’ Improbable Death
Buzz On Gambling | May 5th 2008 by Buzz B Berkeley
Post Kentucky Derby Primer: Evaluating, planning and re-thinking Horse Racing. There’s a lot to consider. The glory that is the Kentucky Derby was dampened by the death of Eight Belles following the race of her life. It’s reopened debates read more
The Pimlico Special Returns
The Aspiring Horseplayer | March 19th 2008 by Kevin Stafford
It’s about time we got some good news for thoroughbred racing in Maryland. After not being carded last year, the Pimlico Special will return this year, albeit at $250,000 rather than $500,000. As many of you know I consider Pimlico my R read more
Top Five Must-See Musical Sights - #3 Pimlico, London
New York Habitat - Apartment & Accommodation | March 12th 2008
New York Habitat’s prime vacation rentals in Pimlico are a few steps away from Causton Street, where the Clash practiced tracks for London Calling in the long-gone Vanilla Studios, and a scenic walk to Ebury Street, where Mozart wrote his very firs read more
Ordered my Preakness tickets
The Aspiring Horseplayer | March 12th 2008 by Kevin Stafford
It’s safe to say I’ve already got Triple Crown fever. Apart from keeping a running tab on the top ranking 3 year olds in the country headed to the Kentucky Derby, the real day of the year that I wait anxiously for is the running of the read more
Fascination For Bridges
Blissful Travel | November 1st 2007 by Erica Johansson
For some inexplicable reason I have always been fascinated by bridges. The one above is Vauxhall Brigdge in Pimlico, London, taken on an early August morning. The most impressing bridge I have seen so far is Brooklyn Bridge in New York, but I wou read more
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The Toilet Roast | October 4th 2007 by Junny, Rach & Danny
Well, it's green again! This lav in classic pose was found in the Clarendon Pub, Pimlico. Now, i'll be honest with you all - the police tape wasn't actually there. Unfortunately it seem's someone had a bigger back side then this poor pan could keep read more
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The Toilet Roast | October 2nd 2007 by Junny, Rach & Danny
I return once more, these offerings are from the Blue Jade Thai restaurant situated in the now gentrified Pimlico area of London.The main point I feel I must make is that the door was a right bugger! It folded in half, locked me in, locked me out - y read more
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