Speed, beauty, dominance, and brilliance. These four words are all it takes to sum up the 2009 Haskell Invitational and its champion....
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Curlin has become a papa. Yes, on Tuesday the big red horse became the proud sire of his first offspring, a filly from the mare Zophie....
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I recently rated Spectacular Bid as the fourth best race horse ever to step on an American track. Fact be told, I may have underestimated him....
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Just six weeks removed from her fall on October 30 at Keeneland, Julia Brimo is walking and inspiring fellow inpatients at Toronto Rehab's Lyndhurst Centre with her positive spirit and determination....
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A quick glance down the Asmussen shedrow at New Orleans' Fair Grounds Race Course reveals an even bigger star than Drew Brees, Who dat? None other than the Ragin Cajun, The Queen of Bourbon Street, the Grand Mistress of Mardi Gras...Rachel Alexandra....
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So as the anticipation builds (are you holding your breath?) for the Breeders' Cup Committee to release their rotation plan for the next few Cups (or maybe more), I am putting out there my dream rotation and in-depth reasons why....
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The 19th running of the Grade I De Francis Dash takes place at Laurel on October 24. The 2003 winner was A Huevo, whose victory is remembered here....
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The new star of the "World Thoroughbred Championship" weekend...it's locally based LOOKIN AT LUCKY!...
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The Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championships will have a wealth of talented horses even if Rachel is a no-show.
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While the US racing world waits for news of where Rachel Alexandra will appear next after another effortless bullet work, European racing fans got a chance to see their all-conquering hero again today when Sea the Stars set a track record at York in the Juddmonte International....
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It's typically an extremely rare occurrence when my worlds collide - oddly, this is the second time it has happened this year....
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It seems like every journalist on earth is now asking Chip Woolley, "Why West Virginia?" An underlying tone in much of the Mine That Bird coverage seems to imply that running in a G-2 at a racino with slots-inflated purses is not really racing.
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The breed thrives thanks to two gallant horses, two outstanding horsemen, and one 'classic' race.
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Great things can happen when a community comes together. Over the weekend, I was witness to an efficient, generous and well-intentioned quest carried forth by one horse rescuer, one bed-and-breakfast proprietor, one charitable horse owner for one lucky turfer by the name of Boule d'Or....
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It has taken racing about 74 years to discover--and, surely, that's the wrong word--that scheduling races at a time convenient to fans is a way to encourage more of them to come out....
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While checking out some of John Daly's funky golf pants the other day, I started thinking about the Skins Game, a made-for-TV golf event, usually held around Thanksgiving which would bring together that year's hottest names in golf. ...
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Charitable Man won't give away the final Triple Crown race of 2009....
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While the eyes of the horse racing world are turned to the Triple Crown, there are other races to be run and less hallowed tracks than Churchill, Pimlico and Belmont have their meets just beginning. ...
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Rob Fundter asks you to base your opinions on fact, rather than sentiment. ...
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Magic Weisner was as unlikely as any Preakness contender could be, a scion of a modest local family with modest hopes....
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Courtesy of Rob Fundter, The Amateur Capper AN EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES: PART 2 – THE UNDERSTUDIES I'm writing this on early Tuesday a.m. Eastern. The defection of G.1 Florida Derby winner QUALITY ROAD is known, narrowing my top prospect list from Part 1 to three: FRIESAN FIRE, I WANT REVENGE , and PIONEEROF THE NILE . Two of these three are the most accomplished with three graded stakes wins in 2009...
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Courtesy of Lisa Grimm, Superfectablog.com The Courier-Journal notes that all sixteen 'prominent' horses should make the Derby field this time around; it's a bit ironic that in a year which seems to have a much stronger group of three-year-olds than we have likely seen for some time, we may not hit the maximum field of twenty. It's become something of an annual tradition at Casa Superfecta to question...
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Courtesy of Susan Dalebroux, Post Parade The grooms call him ‘Superpony'. Less than year ago, 2001 Texas Horse of the Year, Lights On Broadway, was purchased off the back of a slaughter truck for $200. And after a few lackluster cheap claiming races, he was acquired by a group of energized horse lovers and shipped off to begin a new career as an off-the-track Thoroughbred, or OTTB, under the excellent...
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A look at some of the top contenders in this year's Kentucky Derby. ...
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Fans came out in droves Sunday April 5th for the 9 race card a Golden Gate. 11,462 in paid attendance availed themselves to the popular dollar day promotion, which constituted the biggest on hand crowd since at least 1995 when 11,087 fans took in the presidents day program....
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