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Your Guide to Visiting Gulfstream Park, a Horse Track-Shopping Mall Hybrid

Ever wondered what an upscale shopping mall would look like with a horse track attached to it? That’s Gulfstream Park.

While the South Florida oval technically dates back to 1939, the facility’s sole reliance upon Thoroughbred racing was obliterated in a 2006 renovation wherein owner Frank Stronach sunk $200 million into reimagining the grounds as a mixed-use playground, complete with a casino, restaurants, nightclubs, and high-end merchants.

Tacos and Trifectas: Always Bet on Red

Welcome to Tacos and Trifectas! Each week, America’s Best Racing’s Southern California correspondent Jose Contreras - @LosPonies to those who follow him on Twitter - will provide a taco review along with a selection that he will key in trifecta bets in hopes of winning some cash to buy more tacos! Contreras will map out a trifecta betting strategy for how to key his main pick and keep track of his return on investment (ROI).

Stop back each week if you love tacos and want a trifecta play!

You’re Not an Arcade Geek Unless You Played This Game

The first time I saw Derby Owners Club was at a truck stop while I was on the road in Texas. It was the biggest arcade game I had ever seen. It had a giant screen that was surrounded by rows of several video terminals with their own seats. On the big screen was a horse race, albeit rendered in what were already outdated graphics by 2005. On the individual terminals there were screens where the players trained their horses to prepare for the next race on the schedule.

Fans Can Meet Always Dreaming in #GivingTuesday Challenge

Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation and WinStar Farm announced today that WinStar will be the official sponsor of The WinStar-Grayson #GivingTuesday Challenge, to be held on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017.

Jockey Kassie Guglielmino a Rising Star in the Pacific Northwest

Kassie Guglielmino steps out of the jockey’s room at Portland Meadows and sees a friend. She smiles a smile that is bright enough to light up the gloomy Pacific Northwest skies. She watches the horses as they are saddled, looks outside to see if it’s raining yet and heads to her mount. As they leave through the tunnel on their way to the track, her hand automatically reaches up to touch the beam overhead. On it someone has written “Luck” with a couple of horseshoes. It’s primitive and rustic.

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