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This is how horse racing jockeys may cheat – race fixing and throwing races for money.

Jockeys may appear to rally their steeds for victory, but what if they're really setting the stage for a surprising turn of events? Here's how jockeys hook horses and how to spot the cheats.

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Announcements

Pick Pony Past Performance Sheets BETA program open

The Pick Pony Past Performance Reports application is online and in Beta.

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Misc

About Pick Pony’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) horse race handicapping engines

At Pick Pony, we are developing a state-of-the-art artificial intelligence engine to assist with horse race handicapping. Here's everything you need to know (and that we can reveal) about our AI engines.

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Misc

How to read Pick Pony’s singe-page summary card

Pick Pony Past Performances sheets include a unique single-page summary of each race that includes all the vital statistics on a single card with each horse ranked according to our proprietary artificial intelligence recommendation.

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Education

All about horses and horse racing – a comprehensive guide to horse breeds, characteristics, and fascinating fun facts about Thoroughbreds.

Horses love to run, making them a perfect fit for racing competition. Here's everything you need to know about horses to assist. you in your handicapping process.

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History

A brief history of horse racing in the United States

It’s impossible to know precisely when organized horse racing first began. We know that horse racing was part of the Olympic Games in Greece as early as 700 BC.

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PPS

Pick Pony Past Performance Sheets (PPSs)

Here's how to purchase Pick Pony Past Performance (PPs) Sheets.

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Horses

What happens to racehorses when they can no longer race? The fate of retired racehorses is often grim.

A horse should generally be able to work well into its teens. A racehorse career however, typically ends around the age of 6 or 7. For thoroughbreds and standardbreds, there are pretty much only three options for retired horses.

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Tracks

North American (US and Canada) horse racetrack codes, names, and locations

Thoroughbred horse racetracks use abbreviated codes to identify the track the horse ran in. Here is a complete list of North American (US and Canada) horse race track codes, names, and track locations.

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Education

What is the difference between Beyer, BRIS, and TimeformUS speed numbers? Which one is best?

Those magical numbers handicappers use (whether they admit it or not) to rank horses in a summary fashion. There are a variety to choose from but the big ones are Beyer, Bris, and TimeformUS.

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