The 133rd Kentucky Derby was about a king, a queen, and a bunch of country boys....
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War Emblem will always be remembered as one of the fastest, most brilliant, and fascinating horses in many years, with an aggressive personality that spilled out onto the racetrack....
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This article first appeared in Blood Horse magazine on September 9, 2000. Let's make a horse racing movie. You know, the kind they used to make in the 1940s and ‘50s. It doesn't matter if the plot is implausible. People love this kind of stuff. First we need a girl. There's always a girl, one who loves horses, having been around them all her life. What better choice than Linda Rice, who comes from...
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It seems as if Charismatic has been gone for ages, but leave it to Michael Blowen to arrange for his return to the United States. It is only appropriate that horse a named Charismatic go home to one of the most charismatic dynamos the racing world has ever known....
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So, how do you deal with a horse who showed great promise, but nearly killed your son, changing his life forever; a horse who was now being branded as a rogue?...
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D. Wayne Lukas was in his office the morning after Will Take Charge's victory in the 144th Travers Stakes....
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Here are some of the players in one of the most perplexing Belmont Stakes in years....
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Wayne Lukas knew he had pulled a fast one on his opponents and on the bettors. ...
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You don't witness it very often, but one of those cheering the loudest for D. Wayne Lukas and Oxbow in the final quarter mile of the May 18 Preakness Stakes (gr. I) was one of his opponents in the race....
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Up until the five-sixteenths pole of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), Gary Stevens was envisioning a fairy tale victory aboard the D. Wayne Lukas-trained Oxbow only five months after returning to the saddle following a seven-year retirement....
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The time is getting near. No not the Derby, trying to finally decipher this intricate and confusing puzzle. We've made a few more observations this morning that should help, as well as another trip to the paddock. ...
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