Because I am now retiring as president of TCA after 20 years, I would like to outline the growth and what I see as the future of the organization and the "retired horse."...
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Lang made the Preakness what it was to become and was the race's biggest booster....
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Adversity forged the character and the characters that gave the track a flavor all its own....
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For years commercial breeders have mortgaged their collective futures for today's cash....
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A young man fights fallibility. An old man makes it his friend....
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When it came to horses, Betty Mabee believed a Thoroughbred should bear a name commensurate with its stature as one of God's noblest creatures....
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Is Charles Cella "overpaying" to bring Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta together?...
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Turfway Park celebrated its 50th anniversary last year, but if the Kentucky Legislature doesn't act to pass legislation to allow expanded gambling in Kentucky, the track bugler may be blowing "Taps" instead of the call to the post on closing day this spring....
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Whether they know it or appreciate it, there is not a sales agent today that has not been influenced by Lee Eaton....
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Representatives of the artificial surfaces claimed their products required "low to no" maintenance. More importantly, they pitched their products as being consistent, safer, and proven to reduce injuries....
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Based on the final standings for 2009, the unofficial title of Champion Stayer is awarded to Cloudy's Knight....
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The breeding and racing of horses has been financed by the profits from gambling for as long as anyone can remember....
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His name is Dread, an 8-year-old bay gelding. (Who would name a horse Dread?) His sire is Devil's Bag, who was mentioned here on the pages of "Final Turn" the week after we bought his son. Small world....
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The voting for the Horse of the Year has been fiercely debated for weeks. There are powerful arguments on both sides. What a quandary for us voters!...
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Hal Wiggins is one of the greatest guys horse racing has ever known....
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I am not here to fix horse racing, so much as to offer some helpful tips on how to improve the Breeders' Cup TV ratings and overall TV exposure....
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Ever mount the fold-up attic stairs in search of a receipt, faded photograph, or old 45 phonograph record?...
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Jim Williams, who is retiring as Keeneland's director of communications, looks back at 38 years on the job. ...
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Bobby Frankel was not for everybody. I was crazy about him....
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Santa Anita, with its Pro-Ride synthetic surface, may have evened things up between the Europeans and North Americans. But reverting to dirt in 2010 at Churchill Downs and the likelihood of the same at Belmont Park in 2011 is a distinct turn-off....
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Chris Young, grandson of Overbrook Farm founder W. T. Young, remembers some of the great colts and fillies of Overbrook. ...
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The two best anti-aging remedies I've been fortunate enough to find are running and breeding Thoroughbreds on our small upstate New York farm....
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This fall, most roads have led out of Central Kentucky...and the roads are filled with horse vans taking mares away from the "Horse Capital of the World."...
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Ohio has a dilemma. Current costs exceed the state budget by $850 million. Gov. Ted Strickland is faced with two options: a) raise taxes, or, b) support an executive order permitting video lottery terminals at racetracks to address the economic shortfall....
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Racing and breeding, already facing serious challenges going into the recession, now face an even larger and more daunting list of crises. The time to act is now, before Thoroughbred racing retreats to county fair status or goes away altogether....
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