With the passing of Morton Fink, I am reprinting a column I wrote the day of Wise Dan's emotional return from surgery in the Bernard Baruch. It culminates with me watching the race with the Finks, two of the most wonderful people you will ever meet....
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For all those with aspirations of winning either Horse of the Year or the older male title or the turf male title, there is a force out there even stronger than Eric Guillot's voodoo dolls. It is the curse of Wise Dan....
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The dawn is breaking on a beautiful, cool Saratoga morning. This is the day everyone in Charlie LoPresti's barn has been waiting for. The day begins as any other, but there is a sense of excitement and anticipation in the air....
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Wise Dan's career is what it is, and now that he is about to embark on a comeback at age 7 from colic surgery, he should be appreciated for what he does and what he's accomplished and forget about what he could have or should have done over the past two years....
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I was watching American Idol and another hair-brained analogy for a column popped into my head....
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There isn't a horse in the world he can't catch and there isn't a horse in the world that can catch him. You can't get things any simpler and easier than that....
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Steve offers some early thoughts on the Breeders' Cup. ...
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Every horse, no matter how great, can be beaten, whether it be due to an off day, a fluke pace, too much of a weight concession, or a surface not to his or her liking. Somewhere, someplace, sometime, there is always the chance a horse is going to run into a better horse on a given day. ...
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Let's not forget the Dan No. 2 waiting to charge through Door No. 2....
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If you're not going to attempt to join the all-time greats, you might as well attempt to be great at what you do....
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Both have made it to the steps of the pantheon. But there is a big difference between sitting on the steps and actually being allowed to pass through the hallowed gates....
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At 1:30 in the afternoon, the final shipment of horses arrived...finally, having escaped from New York....
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Steve tells the tale of Shanghai Bobby. ...
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The grade I Woodward Stakes, one of the most prestigious races in the country, is an enticing lure for Wise Dan, and has history backing it up....
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