The Texas horse industry lives and dies by odd-numbered years. The Lone Star State is one of the few states whose legislatures only meet biennially, and when lawmakers do come together in Austin, it’s...
- Mar 30 2011
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The year was 2003, and Charles “Buck” Woodson Jr. finally had had just about enough. For more than 30 years the tough-as-nails Woodson, a no-nonsense horseman known for his colorful personality, had been...
- Mar 15 2011
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Sometimes it pays to be contrarian. While other operations have contracted over the past few years, Tom Simon’s Vinery has gotten aggressive. It has supported its young stallions More Than Ready and Congrats...
- Mar 08 2011
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When a horse finds its best stride and is good enough to knock down a couple of grade I races, it’s rarely a case of being an overnight sensation. Behind every “big horse” is usually a breeder or owner...
- Mar 01 2011
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New Jersey-born owner, trainer, and breeder Edwin Broome obviously relishes the mountaintops in racing much more than the inevitable valleys, but like every other horseman he knows both extremes are part...
- Feb 23 2011
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Not too many people campaign two millionaires in their lifetime. Don Van Kempen took it further and found his seven-figure earners via the claim box. For $25,000 in 2003, he claimed Moscow Burning. She...
- Feb 15 2011
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Ellen Caines hasn’t changed a bit when it comes to horses. “I remember when I was a little girl, my mom and dad would say that wherever we went I could find a horse within a five-mile radius,” she said...
- Feb 15 2011
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Retirement is a dirty word to Harold Queen. The 75-year-old Florida resident said he works “seven days a week” and doesn’t plan to stop “until I’m dead.” While many men his age in the Sunshine State are...
- Feb 08 2011
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Tarry Bratton is standing outside the stallion barn on a sun-splashed late October morning when his cell phone trills. Scanning the caller ID, his eyebrows arch. After a brief conversation a huge smile...
- Feb 01 2011
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Even given the global recession and resultant downturn of business in the Thoroughbred industry, pockets of progressive commerce exist, particularly in places such as New Mexico, Pennsylvania, and now...
- Feb 01 2011
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