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Today, it is only fair to shine the spotlight on that same race again - this time to commend both Equibase and Arlington Park for taking the time, on a dark day no less (no live racing at Arlington Park) to cut a corrected chart.

Screenshot - Corrected Chart:



I would like to say THANK YOU for making this a priority. We at HANA </atom:summary><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iso5f8PXPMk/T8ZcFbNJ6JI/AAAAAAAAAjg/Kg7OXfZGExM/s72-c/apx05272012r6chart3.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>A Little Respect For the Horseplayer Please</title><link>http://blog.horseplayersassociation.org/2012/05/little-respect-for-horseplayer-please.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (HANA)</author><pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 12:13:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484410456100254393.post-6323376612052764789</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2012-05-29T17:29:41.146-04:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" type="text">They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Today we have three pictures. The first is a screenshot I took while watching race replays on my laptop. The race in question is R6 at Arlington Park from May 27, 2012. The second and third screenshots were taken on Tues 05/29/2012 at about 1:00 pm Eastern time and show the Official Chart as it appeared on the Brisnet.com site. (I mention the date and</atom:summary><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m7zfEeGV1uU/T8Ua6N_ZvLI/AAAAAAAAAi4/FwKD2zn_gPc/s72-c/apx05272012r6img.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">4</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Alkalinization, Lasix and Milkshaking: A Veterinarian’s View</title><link>http://blog.horseplayersassociation.org/2012/05/alkalinization-lasix-and-milkshaking.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (HANA)</author><pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 11:30:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484410456100254393.post-8153007109894630633</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2012-05-27T02:24:53.699-04:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" type="text">Earlier today, a fellow horseplayer sent me an email with a link to the following article at the New York Time Horse Racing Blog.


From Sid Gustafson at the New York Times Horse Racing Blog -
Alkalinization, Lasix and Milkshaking: A Veterinarian’s View:
http://therail.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/25/alkalinization-lasix-and-milkshaking-a-veterinarians-view/

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&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Monday 05-21-2012 Thistledown R5</title><link>http://blog.horseplayersassociation.org/2012/05/monday-05-21-2012-tdn-r5.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (HANA)</author><pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 18:02:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484410456100254393.post-789754261767826557</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2012-05-24T13:11:38.429-04:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" type="text">I received an email earlier today from Gary K., a horseplayer who was betting the Thistledown card on Monday 05/21/2012.
Here, unedited, are Gary's comments:

I thought you might be interested in one of the all time best examples of lack of pool integrity which occurred today (May 21, 2012) at TDN 5. It highlights both the problem of past-post odds change AND the influence of robotic wagering </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Trainer Jamie Ness 14 for 16</title><link>http://blog.horseplayersassociation.org/2012/05/trainer-jamie-ness-14-for-16.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (HANA)</author><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 07:09:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484410456100254393.post-7201405179696609564</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2012-05-17T10:58:11.082-04:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" type="text">A buddy of mine who lives in the Philadelphia area called me up yesterday. I hadn’t heard from him in a while. Of course we talked about racing. For as long as I’ve known him, his favorite track has been Delaware Park. He was excited, as he always is this time of year, because opening day at Delaware Park was this past Saturday. He mentioned that horses in the Jamie Ness barn had been running </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">3</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?a=xs42jaZqTyY:c0GsKqmN6wI:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?a=xs42jaZqTyY:c0GsKqmN6wI:63t7Ie-LG7Y"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?a=xs42jaZqTyY:c0GsKqmN6wI:dnMXMwOfBR0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?a=xs42jaZqTyY:c0GsKqmN6wI:7Q72WNTAKBA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?a=xs42jaZqTyY:c0GsKqmN6wI:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?i=xs42jaZqTyY:c0GsKqmN6wI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?a=xs42jaZqTyY:c0GsKqmN6wI:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?a=xs42jaZqTyY:c0GsKqmN6wI:l6gmwiTKsz0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?a=xs42jaZqTyY:c0GsKqmN6wI:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?i=xs42jaZqTyY:c0GsKqmN6wI:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>It's Official - Canterbury Park Cuts Takeout on Pick 3's and 4's</title><link>http://blog.horseplayersassociation.org/2012/05/its-official-canterbury-park-cuts.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (HANA)</author><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 13:07:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484410456100254393.post-5647990535369330176</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2012-05-14T16:07:25.712-04:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" type="text">From the Bloodhorse:

We’re excited to offer our players the lowest Pick 4 takeout rate and  the second-lowest Pick 3 takeout rate in North America,” Canterbury  Park president Randy Sampson said in a release. “We understand that  players are price-sensitive and have many options as to where to bet  their wagering dollar. 
“It’s our hope that this lower takeout makes Canterbury Park the place to </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?a=mU1ALaHp4Ks:ZFy3OA3FPv8:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?a=mU1ALaHp4Ks:ZFy3OA3FPv8:63t7Ie-LG7Y"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?a=mU1ALaHp4Ks:ZFy3OA3FPv8:dnMXMwOfBR0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?a=mU1ALaHp4Ks:ZFy3OA3FPv8:7Q72WNTAKBA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?a=mU1ALaHp4Ks:ZFy3OA3FPv8:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?i=mU1ALaHp4Ks:ZFy3OA3FPv8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?a=mU1ALaHp4Ks:ZFy3OA3FPv8:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?a=mU1ALaHp4Ks:ZFy3OA3FPv8:l6gmwiTKsz0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?a=mU1ALaHp4Ks:ZFy3OA3FPv8:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?i=mU1ALaHp4Ks:ZFy3OA3FPv8:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Weekend Handicapping:  Wait Til Dawn could surprise in the Selene @Woodbine</title><link>http://blog.horseplayersassociation.org/2012/05/weekend-handicapping-wait-til-dawn.html</link><category>Weekend Handicapping</category><category>HANA</category><category>Graded Races</category><category>Woodbine</category><category>route races</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (HANA)</author><pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 06:51:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484410456100254393.post-8904326430112091045</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2012-05-13T09:51:40.935-04:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" type="text">The Peter Pan (G2) turned out to be an interesting race yesterday.  Right To Vote took off and ran some blistering fractions and didn't quit.  Mark Valeski ran his race pressing the pace and then taking control from the outside at the eighth pole to win it.  Interestingly, Mark Valeski went off at 6/5 which isn't a bad price considering Teeth of the Dog scratched. I would have thought Mark </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?a=6vULRbQvUt8:NUIYyfjZtb0:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?a=6vULRbQvUt8:NUIYyfjZtb0:63t7Ie-LG7Y"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?a=6vULRbQvUt8:NUIYyfjZtb0:dnMXMwOfBR0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?a=6vULRbQvUt8:NUIYyfjZtb0:7Q72WNTAKBA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?a=6vULRbQvUt8:NUIYyfjZtb0:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?i=6vULRbQvUt8:NUIYyfjZtb0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?a=6vULRbQvUt8:NUIYyfjZtb0:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?a=6vULRbQvUt8:NUIYyfjZtb0:l6gmwiTKsz0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?a=6vULRbQvUt8:NUIYyfjZtb0:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?i=6vULRbQvUt8:NUIYyfjZtb0:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Weekend Handicapping:  Mark Valeski in the Peter Pan</title><link>http://blog.horseplayersassociation.org/2012/05/weekend-handicapping-mark-valeski-in.html</link><category>Weekend Handicapping</category><category>horse racing</category><category>HANA</category><category>Peter Pan</category><category>Graded Races</category><category>Belmont Park</category><category>Handicapping</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (HANA)</author><pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 06:30:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484410456100254393.post-5517926035125794873</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2012-05-12T09:30:32.769-04:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" type="text">Today at Belmont, we have the Peter Pan (G2) for 3YO going a mile and an eighth for a purse of $200,000.  Their are 11 going forward and it's a race loaded with speed.  There are a lot of colt's here to like, all lightly raced and most are multiple winners.  The other two challenges with this group is most have never gone this distance, and how much upside do they still possess? That makes it </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?a=iGVuXGJtBQo:US8LNr5wwZI:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?a=iGVuXGJtBQo:US8LNr5wwZI:63t7Ie-LG7Y"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?a=iGVuXGJtBQo:US8LNr5wwZI:dnMXMwOfBR0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?a=iGVuXGJtBQo:US8LNr5wwZI:7Q72WNTAKBA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?a=iGVuXGJtBQo:US8LNr5wwZI:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?i=iGVuXGJtBQo:US8LNr5wwZI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?a=iGVuXGJtBQo:US8LNr5wwZI:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?a=iGVuXGJtBQo:US8LNr5wwZI:l6gmwiTKsz0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?a=iGVuXGJtBQo:US8LNr5wwZI:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?i=iGVuXGJtBQo:US8LNr5wwZI:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Canterbury Park Wants Your Business</title><link>http://blog.horseplayersassociation.org/2012/05/canterbury-park-wants-your-business.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (HANA)</author><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 18:33:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484410456100254393.post-6798084595869324288</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2012-05-10T21:33:41.968-04:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" type="text">Last summer, the inept government of the State of Minnesota completely shut down over all too familiar political petty bickering that inevitably ends up hurting the very people they were elected to serve. Canterbury Park was one such entity harmed by the shutdown through no fault of their own as they are regulated by the Minnesota Racing Commission (MRC), which is a state agency. Even though </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?a=Lss8EgUcY-o:X-uKw5XrfbM:yIl2AUoC8zA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?a=Lss8EgUcY-o:X-uKw5XrfbM:63t7Ie-LG7Y"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?d=63t7Ie-LG7Y" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?a=Lss8EgUcY-o:X-uKw5XrfbM:dnMXMwOfBR0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?d=dnMXMwOfBR0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?a=Lss8EgUcY-o:X-uKw5XrfbM:7Q72WNTAKBA"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?a=Lss8EgUcY-o:X-uKw5XrfbM:V_sGLiPBpWU"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?i=Lss8EgUcY-o:X-uKw5XrfbM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?a=Lss8EgUcY-o:X-uKw5XrfbM:qj6IDK7rITs"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?a=Lss8EgUcY-o:X-uKw5XrfbM:l6gmwiTKsz0"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?a=Lss8EgUcY-o:X-uKw5XrfbM:gIN9vFwOqvQ"&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HorseplayersAssociationOfNorthAmerica?i=Lss8EgUcY-o:X-uKw5XrfbM:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>This Saturday At Hollywood Park Sounds Pretty Special</title><link>http://blog.horseplayersassociation.org/2012/05/this-saturday-at-hollywood-park-sounds.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (HANA)</author><pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 09:17:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484410456100254393.post-8820705839560864905</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2012-05-09T12:19:52.668-04:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" type="text">

Two Great Ladies, Zenyatta &amp; Caroline
On Monday, Southern California Thoroughbred Rescue's Caroline Betts took to the microphone on Eye On Gaming's weekly radio show (link to listen here). Caroline, a professor of Economics at USC, has been a long time advisor to us at HANA (see our interview with her here). She talked takeout and racing of course, and you can't help but learn something </atom:summary><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IxYocVCXZnc/TTOS44_LCzI/AAAAAAAAAYQ/GRzmDM8h4fg/s72-c/Zgoodbye1.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Shine Comes Off the Rose After Derby Week</title><link>http://blog.horseplayersassociation.org/2012/05/shine-comes-off-rose-after-derby-week.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (HANA)</author><pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 07:42:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484410456100254393.post-6976755472784053567</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2012-05-08T10:42:50.603-04:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" type="text">Derby weekend is a refreshing reminder of what is  great about this sport: Pageantry, high quality racing, parties, and a  festive atmosphere with something for everyone. It also serves as a  nice, albeit brief diversion from the everyday reality of the politics,  business, and institutional level of inaction that threatens this sport  we love.

Unfortunately, the industry won't see most of the </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">2</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Weekend Handicapping:  Paso Doble dances through the Vigil at Woodbine</title><link>http://blog.horseplayersassociation.org/2012/05/weekend-handicapping-paso-doble-dances.html</link><category>Weekend Handicapping</category><category>horse racing</category><category>HANA</category><category>Woodbine</category><category>sprints</category><category>Handicapping</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (HANA)</author><pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 06:38:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484410456100254393.post-3227151174751289355</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2012-05-06T09:38:28.940-04:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" type="text">The wonderful story from yesterday's Derby was not only Doug O'Neill getting his first Derby win, but for Mario Gutierrez showing all the jockey's out there that with hard work and a good agent you can make it out of the small tracks (Hastings) and hit the big time. He rode the perfect race yesterday, getting I'll Have Another in the right place off the pace, clear of trouble and then laid into </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Weekend Handicapping:  Derby Day for Gemologist</title><link>http://blog.horseplayersassociation.org/2012/05/weekend-handicapping-derby-day-for.html</link><category>Churchhill Downs</category><category>Weekend Handicapping</category><category>horse racing</category><category>HANA</category><category>Kentucky Derby</category><category>route races</category><category>Handicapping</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (HANA)</author><pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 05:04:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484410456100254393.post-3358194275289555035</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2012-05-05T08:04:16.319-04:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" type="text">The first Saturday in May has arrived and I had promised myself that I wasn’t going to handicap the Kentucky Derby.  In fact, I took the entire week off from blogging at my site to avoid it, and when all said and done, I can’t resist the temptation to pick the winner.  Before I begin, I will say that most of the entrants have the ability to win this race, and as we know, when you have fields this</atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Derby Call In &amp; Chat Friday at 8!</title><link>http://blog.horseplayersassociation.org/2012/05/derby-call-in-chat-friday-at-8.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (HANA)</author><pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 07:37:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484410456100254393.post-1263973724192176332</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2012-05-03T10:37:49.647-04:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" type="text">Want to share your opinions with others via an internet chat? Want to hear from some solid pro players on how they're tackling the Derby? Tomorrow night at 8PM you can, and we hope to see you there!

HANA (The Horseplayers Association of North America) is very pleased to make the following special event announcement:

HANA KY Derby Day Card Conference Call:

When: 8:00 pm Eastern - Fri May 4, </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Pull the Pocket: Horseplayer Bible? I Think That's Long Gone</title><link>http://blog.horseplayersassociation.org/2012/05/pull-pocket-horseplayer-bible-i-think.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (HANA)</author><pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 12:31:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484410456100254393.post-4198001102811249840</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2012-05-02T15:31:49.950-04:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" type="text">Pull the Pocket: Horseplayer Bible? I Think That's Long Gone:
http://pullthepocket.blogspot.ca/2012/05/horseplayer-bible-i-think-thats-long.html

We don't see a horseplayer bible any longer. We're seeing, in my  opinion, an industry megaphone. And that's everything the Daily Racing  Form editorially never was.

Sid Fernando on twitter recently said along this topic line  (paraphrasing), '</atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Congressional Hearings for Race Day Meds Today Monday April 30, 2012</title><link>http://blog.horseplayersassociation.org/2012/04/congressional-hearings-for-race-day.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (HANA)</author><pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 08:32:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484410456100254393.post-6073386545191775229</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2012-04-30T11:34:48.693-04:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" type="text">You've probably seen a news item for today that Congress is conducting hearings for Race Day Meds.

What you may not know is that a Bill has been introduced in both the US Senate and the US House of Representatives that would amend the Interstate Horse Racing Act. The Bill would eliminate race day meds and establish a "three strikes and you're out" penalty system for violators. 

The text of the </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Derby Conference Call Scheduled For Friday With Doyle, Maloney &amp; Gregory</title><link>http://blog.horseplayersassociation.org/2012/04/derby-conference-call-scheduled-for.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (HANA)</author><pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 10:27:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484410456100254393.post-6169836480373643316</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2012-04-29T21:13:42.643-04:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" type="text">HANA (The Horseplayers Association of North America) is very pleased to make the following special event announcement:

HANA KY Derby Day Card Conference Call:

When: 8:00 pm Eastern - Fri May 4, 2012

Attendee Dial-in #: (712) 432-1001
Attendee Access Code: 469962956#

We at HANA have assembled the following panel:

John Doyle - 2011 NHC Tournament Champion, Professional Horseplayer
Bob Gregory </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Weekending Handicapping:  The Fury at Woodbine</title><link>http://blog.horseplayersassociation.org/2012/04/weekending-handicapping-fury-at.html</link><category>Weekend Handicapping</category><category>Stakes Races</category><category>horse racing</category><category>HANA</category><category>Woodbine</category><category>sprints</category><category>Handicapping</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (HANA)</author><pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 06:17:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484410456100254393.post-6129541567997397157</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2012-04-29T09:17:53.087-04:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" type="text">Today we head north to Woodbine to look at the 57th running of The Fury.  It's a seven furlong race for 3YO fillies (Ontario bred) and the purse is  $150,000.  There is a field of eight and as I write this no scratches.  Most will have Mark Casse's #2 Northern Passion as the favorite and suspect she will go off as such.  She did have a good 2YO campaign, and her best efforts were on turf. However</atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Weekend Handicapping:  It's the Boy's in the Westchester(G3)</title><link>http://blog.horseplayersassociation.org/2012/04/weekend-handicapping-its-boys-in.html</link><category>Weekend Handicapping</category><category>Stakes Races</category><category>horse racing</category><category>HANA</category><category>Westchester</category><category>Graded Races</category><category>route races</category><category>Belmont Park</category><category>Handicapping</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (HANA)</author><pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 05:23:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484410456100254393.post-8267651772649311631</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2012-04-28T08:23:53.352-04:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" type="text">Today we have the 84th running of the Westchester (G3) at Belmont.  It's for 3YO and upwards going a mile for a purse of $150,000.  There is a field of 7 entered (no scratches at this writing) and it's a highly contentious group.  Anyone of them has a shot at winning this one, three are coming off the bench and we have a couple of G1 winners.  Since it's a short field I will focus on the three </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Weekend Handicapping:  Atlantic Hurricane hits Woodbine Today</title><link>http://blog.horseplayersassociation.org/2012/04/weekend-handicapping-atlantic-hurricane.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (HANA)</author><pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 06:29:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484410456100254393.post-4790675036732772196</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2012-04-22T09:29:17.636-04:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" type="text">The lesson learned yesterday in the Sixty Sails at Hawthorne is not to ignore Donnie Von Hemel horses! She's All In ran a great race  and we should have seen it.  In looking back at her PP's it was obvious she was ready to go, but I let the lack of distance cloud my judgement.  I even had Von Hemel, 27% stakes win circled and let it get away.  I won't say never again, for I know I will overlook </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Weekend Handicapping:  The Sixty Sails at Hawthorne Today</title><link>http://blog.horseplayersassociation.org/2012/04/weekend-handicapping-sixty-sails-at.html</link><category>Weekend Handicapping</category><category>Stakes Races</category><category>horse racing</category><category>HANA</category><category>Hawthorne</category><category>route races</category><category>Handicapping</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (HANA)</author><pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 06:00:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484410456100254393.post-1377112422043547329</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2012-04-21T09:01:52.075-04:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" type="text">Today on a beautiful crisp spring day I thought it would be nice to cover a race in my hometown of Chicago.  At Hawthorne, is the 34th running of the Sixty Sails Handicap (G3), purse of $200,000 for fillies and mares, 3YO and upwards.  There is a field of nine entered (no scratches as of this writing) going a mile and an eighth.  It has drawn ladies from all over the Midwest and East Coast, </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>The HANA Harness Boys Get It Rolling</title><link>http://blog.horseplayersassociation.org/2012/04/hana-harness-boys-get-it-rolling.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (HANA)</author><pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:59:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484410456100254393.post-1261929348114778313</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2012-04-18T18:03:16.303-04:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" type="text">Our crew at HANA harness sure is passionate about the sport. Not only have they begun a handicapping contest for members and fans to follow, they've started to talk some handicapping.

Top handicappers like Scott Alberg and Bob Pandolfo talk overrated and underrated harness angles in the latest HANA Harness Blog instalment.

We'd like to thank the standardbred community for running the press </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Weekend Handicapping:  Menlo Castle in the Woodstock @Woodbine</title><link>http://blog.horseplayersassociation.org/2012/04/weekend-handicapping-menlo-castle-in.html</link><category>Weekend Handicapping</category><category>the clocker</category><category>horse racing</category><category>HANA</category><category>Woodbine</category><category>Handicapping</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (HANA)</author><pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 05:55:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484410456100254393.post-2255986087900563431</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2012-04-15T08:55:58.372-04:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" type="text">What can we say about Caixa Eletronica, our darkhorse selection for the Charles Town Classic. It wasa great race for him and Pletcher prepped him perfectly for it. I tip my hat to Duke of Mischief, I didn't think he would hold his own against this field and proved me wrong!  Today we head over to Woodbine and will look at the 114th running of the Woodstock for 3YO going 6 panels for $150,000 </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Weekend Handicapping:  Tackleberry in the Charles Town Classic</title><link>http://blog.horseplayersassociation.org/2012/04/weekend-handicapping-tackleberry-in.html</link><category>Weekend Handicapping</category><category>the clocker</category><category>horse racing</category><category>HANA</category><category>Charles Town Classic</category><category>Handicapping</category><author>noreply@blogger.com (HANA)</author><pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 05:52:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484410456100254393.post-2341103952052427752</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2012-04-14T08:52:55.949-04:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" type="text">It's not often we get a big race out of Charles Town. So today with a $1,000,000 on the line we will take a look at the 12th Race, the 4th running of the Charles Town Classic (G2).  There is a field of 13 as of this writing and they will be going a mile and an eighth over the dirt course. What makes this race interesting is that all are shipping in, in fact, I think only three of them have ever </atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>"Little" Balmoral Shows Them How It's Done</title><link>http://blog.horseplayersassociation.org/2012/04/little-balmoral-shows-them-how-its-done.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (HANA)</author><pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:04:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484410456100254393.post-3313880929482484756</guid><atom:updated xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">2012-04-12T16:04:54.856-04:00</atom:updated><atom:summary xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" type="text">&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;        &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;     Normal   0               false   false   false      EN-US   X-NONE   X-NONE                                                                                                     &lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;</atom:summary><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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