dirt Stories - Corn Nation
Breeders' Cup: Last Prep Surface in the Synthetic Era
Since the inception of the Synthetic Era (I'll call it 2006), many handicappers have had to deal with the challenge of how to interpret a horse m aking his final p rep race on a surface other than the one he is running. Even before the adoption of synthetic surfaces at Keeneland, Arlington and...
Graded Stakes Winners on Multiple Surfaces (since 2006)
Piggybacking onto the post and discussion from yesterday regarding horses that have won graded stakes on multiple surfaces; I've gone back and done a bit of research and compiled a list of horses that have accomplished that feat since 2006 (which is about the start of the "Synthetic...
Corns of the Big 12: Oklahoma
Oklahoma, much like Iowa State, is not a corn. They're not an insect. They're not even a disease.Oklahoma is dirt. Now at first this might seem like an insult but it's not. It's meant with the utmost respect for the Oklahoma Sooners football program. It was dirt that lead Oklahoma to build...
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