Brewster Smith's analysis of the Friday 2/3 card at Yonkers Raceway. With 26 hopefuls going to post in three divisions of the event's first leg, The Portland Meadows Route Claiming Series got underway Wednesday and trainer Jonathan Nance got off to a flying start.

The City of El Paso has a very strict code when it comes to parking spaces in commercial lots. The code includes regulation for the size of spaces and signage to designate spaces specifically reserved for compact cars. "The minimum size for a parking space is 9 feet in width and 18 feet in length," said Rudy Pino, a traffic engineer for the city . "Compact spaces can be smaller; 8 feet in width ...

9 a.m. : There is a three-car accident on I-10 West near Sunland Park with injuries

A call to study the idea of a progressive tax structure for racetrack casinos could become a way to justify some parity with tribal casinos in New Mexico.

No Spin, an overnight stakes winner at Hawthorne who finished 10th to Junebugred in the Smarty Jones at Oaklawn Park, will be entered back in the Southwest Stakes but is also being considered for the $150,000 Borderland Derby at Sunland Park on Feb. 25, said trainer Tim Ice.

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