This column seemed to be well-received by Secretariat fans last year, so I thought I would reprint it as an annual Birthday present to Penny and all Big Red 's fans who might have missed it last year....
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J. Keeler Johnson handicaps the Holy Bull Stakes (gr. II)....
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Cot Campbell relives the "disputed" purchase of a Northern Dancer colt in 1988....
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Tom Durkin's acceptance speech for the Eclipse Award of Merit....
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Celebrating the end of 2014, with a look back on the performance of this year's Maiden Watch Stallions....
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Assuming I have a vote, I will select California Chrome as Horse of the Year on my Eclipse Award ballot....
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With better veterinary care and nutrition, horses are living longer, more active lives, and they're encountering new health issues as a result. ...
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Anne M. Eberhardt catches up with Wise Dan at Charlie and Amy LoPresti's barn at Keeneland in Lexington, Kentucky. ...
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A group of hot young sires have hit the market in Kentucky for 2015. Alan Porter previews their pedigrees....
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A sire's career typically hinges on his first 2-year-olds, no matter what the initial market opinion was of the horse when he first entered stud. Occasionally that first crop vaults a stallion from obscurity...
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On Saturday November, 15, 2014 my wife and I ventured out into the subfreezing temperatures to say hi to the new arrivals and spend time with our old favorites at Old Friends Farm Kentucky. ...
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Sure Keeneland will wait until next year to host the Breeders' Cup World Championships, but this year the Lexington track will offer plenty of simulcast and drive-thru wagering options for the two-day...
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By Bob Kieckhefer Barring something truly unforeseen, the Global Sprint Challenge will go unclaimed for another year. What's that? You're not aware of the Global Sprint Challenge? That's a shame but not...
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In their rush to heap ridicule on upstart horse owner Steve Coburn for complaining about the Triple Crown series, the racing press and, apparently, most of the sport's fans, are missing an important point...
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Steve Haskin adjusts his Derby Dozen due to horses disappearing from the Kentucky Derby contenders list. ...
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The pari-mutuel model needs to be updated in order for horse racing to grow handle....
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When you cover racing 24-7 and this sport is all you see, the good and bad plays out before your eyes....
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For at least 18 years The Blood-Horse has been providing the industry with its most comprehensive schedule of stakes races in the National Stakes Conditions Book quarterly supplement. We've faced challenges...
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