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Winston Churchill once said, “There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man.” No one can really put into words the centuries-long bond between horses and humans, especially the emotional and sometimes mystical attachment we have had with these magnificent creatures throughout history. But there are times ...

As long as the New England Patriots keep winning Super Bowls, and doing it in such dramatic fashion, I will keep telling this story, which first appeared in a much shorter version in 2001 and has been expanded since. What better time to re-tell it yet again,16 years after it all began. This time the story shifts to a wild and crazy night in ...

Remember all the fun dissecting the chart of the Travers Stakes and finding all those unique statistical gems that when strung together resulted in one of the most remarkable performances we had ever seen, with stats that boggled the mind? Remember how the fun continued analyzing the chart of the Breeders’ Cup Classic, as we attempted to ...

As the 6-year-old Beholder prepares for arguably the biggest test of her illustrious career, in which she will attempt to knock off the brilliant undefeated 3-year-old Songbird and also try to avenge her two narrow defeats at the hands of last year’s 3-year-old filly champion Stellar Wind, the question arises whether or not she has lost a step and ...

Few people, if any, reading this column will have any clue who Lucky Spell is and can only wonder what is behind the bizarre headline above.After all, how is a California-bred filly, who died in 2005, the star of the 2016 Breeders’ Cup Classic?As a racehorse, Lucky Spell was a tough, hard-knocking filly who won or placed in 15 stakes, with ...