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On the surface
Bill Finley, Special to ESPN.comNo one is quite sure how the new Pro-Ride synthetic surface will affect this year's Breeders' Cup, but, 10 days into the Oak Tree meet, some answers are starting to emerge.
Story | Conversation | October 08, 2008Curlin's connections need horse sense
Bill Finley, Special to ESPN.comFor a smart guy, Jess Jackson sure is being dumb about the Breeders' Cup. For the sport, for his horse, for Jess Jackson's wallet, this is the easiest decision anyone has ever had to make: run the horse in the Classic.
Story | Conversation | September 15, 2008How long can horse racing keep Curlin?
Bill Finley, Special to ESPN.comBill Finley says Curlin should continue to race. See how long he thinks the Horse of the Year should stay in the game.
Story | Conversation | August 12, 2008All too familiar
Bill Finley, Special to ESPN.comA mini-Del Mar of sorts, Caprilli would appear to be the type of racetrack that should be thriving, but dig a little deeper and you'll find a place being dragged down by the myriad problems facing Italian racing, many of them all too familiar to American fans.
Story | Conversation | July 09, 2008Now hear this
Bill Finley, Special to ESPN.comMeetings, hearings and committees are nice, but Congress, racing's many critics and even most people within the sport, are looking for decisive action.
Story | Conversation | June 23, 2008Big Brown not great, yet
Bill Finley, Special to ESPN.comEven should he win the Belmont Stakes and the Triple Crown, Big Brown will remain an enigma.
Story | Conversation | May 24, 2008This time is different
Bill Finley, Special to ESPN.comThe public is outraged by the death of Eight Belles in the Kentucky Derby and asking some very serious, very appropriate questions.
Story | Conversation | May 05, 2008Lasix also one of the drugs that has no place in the game
Bill Finley, Special to ESPN.comWhile horse racing is making very slow but somewhat steady progress in its fight to rid itself of scourges like steroids and a number of illegal drugs, it shouldn't continue to ignore another drug that has no place in the game. It's time for Lasix to go.
Story | Conversation | April 01, 2008Cup's road show seems to be over
Bill Finley, Special to ESPN.comThe roving road show that has been the Breeders' Cup since it was first held in 1984 at Hollywood Park is no more.
Story | Conversation | February 08, 2008Racing's policy on wearing ads just silly
Bill Finley, Special to ESPN.comWhen Jeremy Rose appeared on the track for the 2005 Kentucky Derby with an advertisement for the gambling Web site ParadisePoker.com on his pants, the industry reacted with collective wrath.
Story | Conversation | January 25, 2008Ex-Nittany Lions QB has gameplan for NHC
Bill Finley, Special to ESPN.comJohn Sacca may not win the DRF/NTRA National Handicapping Championship but that wouldn't be because nerves got the best of him or that he went in without a game plan.
Story | Conversation | January 19, 2008Synthetic a bad idea now? Not so fast
Bill Finley, Special to ESPN.comThe Santa Anita racing surface is a mess, so these synthetic surfaces must be the worst idea since New Coke? Not so fast.
Story | Conversation | January 11, 2008Once again, the customer should come first
Bill Finley, Special to ESPN.comExample 3,673,542 of how the horse racing industry just doesn't get it.
Story | Conversation | December 11, 2007Hall of shame?
Bill Finley, Special to ESPN.comPat Valenzuela isn't in the Hall of Fame, which has a little to do with his record and, no doubt, a lot to do with his off-track problems.
Story | Conversation | November 30, 2007Top Cup contenders
Bill Finley, Special to ESPN.comBill Finley breaks down the top three contenders in each division of the Breeders' Cup World Championships.
Story | Conversation | October 24, 2007EXPLORE RELATED TOPICS
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