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The Road to the Kentucky Derby continues to heat up this weekend with Hansen making his second start of the season in Saturday's Gotham Stakes at Aqueduct. The field of 13 should present some betting opportunities despite the presence of the 2-year-old champion, who lost by five lengths to Algorithms in the Holy Bull at Gulfstream.

Ace Bernstein knows a wiseguy when he sees one, whether it's a mobster in a designer suit or a horse trainer in boots. Ace's right-hand man Gus Demitriou reads in his Daily Racing Form that their Irish stakes winner Pint of Plain is entered to race the next day with Leon Micheaux the bug boy jockey aboard. Ace sees right through Escalante's play and makes a surprise visit to Escalante's barn, "to find out if you're a gambler or a trainer."

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It wasn't that long ago that horses were still the primary mode of transportation in this country. So perhaps it shouldn't have been that surprising to see a Thoroughbred sold at a car auction in Long Island last week. That's right -- car auction.

Jerry the track rat is in trouble. He's washing his face in the bathroom trying to rub away the narcotized haze he seeks -- and too often finds -- at the poker table. Once again he's getting cleaned out by his nemesis Leo Chan, who has succeeded in rattling Jerry to the state of poker impotence. "Jerry sticks when he should muck. Muck when he should play," Chan crows.