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famous horses

Front Page News - June 11, 1973

It was refreshing to see all the front page stories on Rags to Riches as reported in Equidaily. Racing doesn’t ma…

By - Raff 7:58 AM

My Mea Culpa: A overly confident blogger once wrote: A mile and a half for any three-year old is terra incogn…

By - Raff 2:09 PM

ABC like NBC, when they covered the Preakness, has chosen to totally ignore the undercard. Since ABC came on at 5PM th…

By - Raff 12:23 PM

forecast

Truisms are usually simple and here at Not To The Swift when it comes to handicapping I like to keep it simple. …

By - Raff 12:22 PM

betting

Here's a gem from the Not to the Swift Archive(which is located in my basement and not open to the public). …

By - Raff 12:19 PM

In 1937, thirty two years after Tanya became the last filly to win the Belmont, Amelia Earhart’s plane nosedived into t…

By - Raff 7:49 AM

famous horses

In my mind the 1978 Belmont Stakes will always be the greatest race I ever saw, yes I was there that day. Followed clos…

By - Raff 7:18 AM

Digger’s entry in the Belmont Stakes was just about as welcome as a nail infection; the entry of the over matched co…

By - Raff 6:40 AM