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Crazy last-minute

By Garrett Gomez

Thursday, November 5, 2009

ARCADIA, Calif. -- People ask all the time how jockeys plan for and handicap races, especially the big ones like the Breeders' Cup. In all actuality, I'll look at the race and find out who's in there and where they're gonna be; I know where the speed horses are and I know where the closers are, but it doesn't always work out the way it looks on paper. For instance, when I look at the Form when it first comes out, I might see two or three or four speed horses that gotta be in front. But when we ...

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