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They're almost off

By Jay Cronley
Special to ESPN.com

Monday, September 28, 2009

Today's track condition: Frizzy. Here's the call of the first race: "The horses are in the gate. And, they're almost off." Such are some of the elements to racing on synthetics, where jocks need to carry extra lint rollers instead of a second set of goggles. As another Breeders' Cup to be raced over product approaches — and horse players are bound by tradition and breeding to bet each and every BC contest — it's time to get as serious as is possible about handicapping races run acro ...

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