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By the numbers, there is no question which Florida track is winning the head-to-head battle this summer between Gulfstream Park and Calder Race Course: It’s Gulfstream, by a wide margin.

It remains uncertain whether either track is winning the war.

See the questions HERE.

1. When the horses crossed the finish line in the 50th running of the Kentucky Derby in 1924, everyone at the wire could easily tell that Black Gold was a half-length in front.

But behind Black Gold were four horses almost in a straight line. The placing judges saw only three of the horses. And one of the three they thought they saw was actually a horse far back in the pack.

Since formal racing was introduced in America on Long Island, N.Y., nearly 350 years ago, the colorful sport has produced more than its share of unusual and fascinating tales.

One occurred 100 years ago at Timonium Race Track in Maryland, a venue that opened for racing in 1887 and continues to this day (the current meet, part of the Maryland State Fair, closes Sunday).

On Sept. 5, 1913, in the fifth race at Timonium, Racing Bell, a 7-year-old mare, finished second to favored Royal Onyx in a six-furlong selling race (predecessor to today’s claiming race).

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - While the New York Racing Association is heading towards profitability mostly because of the revenue generated by the casino at Aqueduct, its board of directors on Wednesday stressed the importance of the organization being able to stand on its own two feet moving forward.

The Beyer Speed Figure for Game on Dude’s runaway victory in the Pacific Classic has been revised upward to 113.

Game on Dude’s published time for the 1 1/4-mile event was 2:00.69, a slow performance which, if taken at face value, would have produced an implausibly low speed figure for the fastest horse in America this season.  The Trakus timing system at Del Mar cast doubt on the “official” time by recording a final time of 1:59.26.

Ramon Dominguez made his national reputation and earned his three Eclipse Awards by winning all those riding titles in New York and capturing major stakes around the country. But the great jockey set his career in motion at Delaware Park, where he won so often and with such style that everyone knew it was only a matter of time before he took his talent to Aqueduct, Belmont Park, and Saratoga.

Delaware Gov. Jack Markell has established Sept. 14 as Ramon Dominguez Day in the state.

Jeff Coady, who with his brother, Jack, owned and operated one of the largest and most respected winner’s circle photography companies in racing, died Monday night, according to a family member. He was 62.

All horses running in the 2014 Breeders’ Cup races at Santa Anita will be allowed to be administered the anti-bleeding medication furosemide on race day, Breeders’ Cup confirmed in a statement Friday, in a rollback of an experimental policy that had divided the racing industry.

Tiz Miz Sue, who became a Grade 1 winner in the Ogden Phipps Handicap at Belmont Park in her most recent start May 27, was retired Thursday, said Ran Leonard, the racing and breeding manager for the Cresran operation of Carol Ricks.

Tiz Miz Sue had recently resumed training following a freshening, and a routine exam revealed bone bruising, Leonard said. The 6-year-old mare had been targeting a start in either the Beldame or Zenyatta as a springboard to the Breeders’ Cup Distaff.