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When Orb won the Kentucky Derby, it certainly was not a rags-to-riches feel-good story like Smarty Jones or Funny Cide. But in many ways it was just as popular because it brought racing back to a better time and place when sportsmen ruled the sport – people like the Phippses and the Janneys and the Galbreaths and Vanderbilts and ...

Erin Mckenna Flannery was the runner-up in the Thoroughbred Charities of America's inaugural Youth Essay Contest, which was open to writers 18 years or younger who have been volunteers, supporters, or benefited from the services of an organization that received a grant from TCA in 2013. Contestants were asked to submit an essay between ...

Saturday Aqueduct, Race 6, Local Post Time 2:45 pm ETThe Summer Secretary S., 1 and 1/16 Miles, 3YO Fillies, TurfBy Douglas SalvatoreThe $100,000 Summer Secretary has attracted a strong field of 13 three-year-old fillies, and the TimeformUS Pace Projector indicates that it will be run at a fast and contested early pace. • TimeformUS PPs for the ...

The Breeders’ Cup, especially this year’s edition, is so difficult on the wallet, especially mine, which is never exactly bulging with cash. But I finally discovered a way to come out ahead, which I mentioned in my Friday column. It was so simple even a brainless handicapper like myself can figure it out in just four little words – Wise ...

Paris, KY, November 5, 2013- GLC Direct- Makers of Actistatin® want to congratulate “Comeback Kid” Gary Stevens on his incredible performance in this year’s 2013 Breeders Cup! Gary Stevens made history this weekend by overcoming degenerative knee problems and winning both featured races on the two-day Santa Anita card. The stage was set on Friday ...

The second day of the Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Santa Anita Park turned into an afternoon for returning winners. In a span of six Breeders’ Cup races, four previous winners—Groupie Doll, Mizdirection, Secret Circle, and Wise Dan—made well-deserved repeat trips to the winner’s enclosure and were well-received by the 58,795 on hand in ...

By Nicole Sauer With the sterling rebound of the yearling market, as exhibited by gains across the board in yearling sales statistics this year, one would naturally expect the breeding stock sales to rebound similarly. However, the broodmare and weanling markets have been considerably slower to regain their footing than has the yearling ...

The following recap is an expanded version of the original that appears in the November 9, 2013 issue of The Blood-Horse.It couldn’t have ended any other way. There simply was too much magic at work. And everyone who was at Santa Anita on Nov. 2 could feel that magic. The fairy tale journey of Mucho Macho Man and trainer Kathy Ritvo began five ...