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It goes without saying that it takes an exceptional individual to win Eclipse Awards in three successive years. Among fillies and mares, the feat has only been achieved twice, by Zenyatta (2008-10) and Azeri (2002-04), although Susan's Girl was champion 3-year-old filly of 1972 and then champion older mare in 1973 and 1975. Looking back to the ...

Racing fans over the past several years have held extended vigils, some lasting for months, for stricken horses such as Barbaro, Paynter, and most recently Rachel Alexandra. During those times, the internet was inundated with prayers for these courageous equine heroes who fought for life as hard as they fought for victory on the ...

While Redoute's Choice (AUS) (TrueNicks,SRO) has rapidly stamped himself as a sire of sires, his fellow Danehill son and erstwhile stud companion Flying Spur has been awaiting an heir. It now appears as if one may arrived in the shape of Casino Prince (AUS) (TrueNicks), who heads the Australia second-season sires list. He already has a star in the ...

(Originally published in the September 7, 2013 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.) By Eric Mitchell - @BH_EMitchell on Twitter As Saratoga Race Course wrapped up a successful 40-day meet, residents of this upstate New York community began questioning ...

by Vic ZastIf anyone had doubts about what kind of racing surface awaited the 129 horses listed in the overnights for Saratoga’s final day, those doubts were obliterated at 6:25 AM Monday. A morning storm passed through the region in an hour and a half, but all hell broke loose in the first 15 minutes.  The rain fell so hard it created the ...

by Vic ZastHow will Saratoga’s 150th year of Thoroughbred horse racing be remembered?  Probably not by the cumulative effects of the many minor events that were organized.  But by the few standout days on which something out of the ordinary happened.No doubt this was the summer of Marylou Whitney.  She established her rightful place ...

by Vic ZastOnce upon a time, a little racecourse with brown wooden stands, a white linen table-clothed dining room and a winner’s circle drawn in chalk stood among the cooling pines of a quaint Victorian city at the edge of the Adirondacks. The racetrack's red and white trim was added recently, perhaps only 50 years ago.Gentlemen wore suits to ...

The Grade 1 Spinaway Stakes, Sunday, Saratoga, Two-Year Olds, Main Track, Seven FurlongsScheduled Post Time: 5:45 PM EDT Get free PP's for the Spinaway Five different horses in today's Spinaway have scored wire-to-wire victories at sprint distances shorter than today's seven furlong distance. The ''speed of the speed'' is unquestionably ...

You can turn on your TV as early as 9:00 AM to begin hearing tips from the handicappers.  There are several shows on Channel 12 with two hosts who rarely agree on selections.  Depending on how many horses they choose – three or four, each show is different – you are most likely to collect six or seven names to bet, which is like ...