The unselfish, hard-working human and equine stars of the Sport of Kings still treat fans like kings....
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Looking back at Windfields Farm's 1982 Keeneland July Sale consignment which included Devil's Bag, Secreto, and a small, backward, and timid filly that needed a good friend and lots of time....
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As the end-of-the-summer weather couldn't have been more perfect, and Overbrook was reaching the end of an era, I thought it appropriate to make some on-site observations of the historic operation....
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I was training a weanling filly the other day and was struck by how she had shaped herself into a metaphor for racing. She will go sideways and backward, but, stubbornly to the point of frustration, never forward....
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The Woodward will be shown on TVG and HRTV, networks known to hard-core fans of Thoroughbred racing, but it's doubtful their reach is enough to grab the general sports fans that may want to see how Rachel stacks up against her elders....
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An unusual article appeared in the Aug. 21 New York Post. TV critic Linda Stasi not only reviewed Animal Planet's reality series "Jockeys," she gave it four stars....
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A few months ago the Thoroughbred world lost a champion. Rare Menace was euthanized due to infirmities of old age. He raced six times at ages 2 and 3 at Suffolk Downs and Meadowlands, in six-furlong maiden-claiming races, never finishing better than eighth....
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Aug. 4 started out innocently enough, as my two daughters and I planned to drive to Churchill Downs to see the Kentucky Derby Museum. It turned out to be an adventure that will no doubt be vividly remembered by all three of us for years to come.
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The scope of the problem of unwanted horses is hotly debated. Some declare there are no unwanted horses. Others retort the problem is growing dramatically. ...
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I would argue that in any business dealing with the care of live animals, efficiency is not the paramount concern. ...
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Formed in 1943, The Jockey Club Foundation is a charitable trust that provides financial relief and assistance to needy members of the Thoroughbred industry and their families....
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Many times I have asked myself whether the goal of breeders shouldn't be to produce horses with good conformation, good speed, and good sense....
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We can beat around the bush all we want, but the way the Thoroughbred industry does business needs to change....
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In 48 hours, Nick Ben-Meir experienced the highest of highs and the lowest of lows with Poker Handicap (gr. IIIT) winner Sailor's Cap....
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In almost every publication pertaining to our industry, the number-one concern is what to do with the dying fan base at our racetracks. My suggestion is not a new one, just another look at the problem. It certainly won't fix all of the internal problems, but it might help the industry have a better chance at survival.
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Calvin Borel emerged as the poster boy for the wonderful triad of races. After the Belmont Stakes (gr. I), however, I fear he is in some danger of being the goat, and I don't want him to be....
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Penned anonymously as told by Ronald "Tex" Cauthen, who died June 1....
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Perhaps the most important influx of new blood for the future of the long and illustrious Whitney bloodlines came in 1958, and her name was Marylou Whitney. Marylou has carried on the remarkable Whitney breeding traditions just as her late husband, C.V., and his father before him. ...
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Why is it that "great" racehorses, with a great female connection, seem to come along just when America's body politic is shaking so hard, when we the people think the shaking will never end?...
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The Thoroughbred community, like the country, is enduring a string of bad years. I often wonder what it will take for our sport to survive....
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Calvin Borel, Bennie "Chip" Woolley Jr., and Mine That Bird stole the show in the 135th running of the Kentucky Derby. The upset victory was a Cinderella story if there ever was one....
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Some of the elements in selling the great sport of Thoroughbred racing revolve around nostalgia, social networking, the allure of the track, and new initiatives and technologies....
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One of Louisville's favorite sons, the legendary (and late) Hunter S. Thompson, added his own flair to the art of news reporting and journalism in the 1970s with his "Gonzo" brand of writing....
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Shortly after my 18th birthday I sat down with my dad for one of those father-son conversations. I had approached him for his advice on what to do with my life. ...
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Not too many years ago racing had one less fan. She was a "sometimer," one of the many who watch the Derby, the Preakness, maybe the Belmont Stakes (all gr. I) if it appears a horse might duplicate the feat of Secretariat, Seattle Slew, and Affirmed. This casual observer loved the beauty and grace of the horse but knew nothing of stakes, furlongs, stud farms, or Bluegrass....
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