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Mavericks are essential members of any community. They don’t shy from controversy and jump right into the messiest of situations, stirring the witches’ brew to a frothing boil. The bold and brash can do their share of damage, but they’re enemies of the status quo—mold-breakers who force to the surface issues that most in authority would rather ...

1 California Chrome Art Sherman Lucky Pulpit—Love the Chase, by Not For Love Now that the preps are over, we can go over some of the questions pertaining to each horse and what they have to do and prove on May 3. With him, it’s whether he is as effective outside California, especially not having a work over the Churchill Downs track, and how ...

Minnesota owner and attorney Stefan Tolin saw stallion potential in his precocious homebred colt Choosing Choice.When injury sidelined the racing career of the son of Unreal Zeal, several industry advisers pointed Tolin toward Louisiana as the place to launch Choosing Choice’s stud career. Louisiana was attractive because the colt had raced ...

1 California Chrome Art Sherman Lucky Pulpit—Love the Chase, by Not For Love Yes, his speed and overall brilliance has been established, but his mind plays a huge part in his success. He has a wonderful relationship with people and knows exactly what he has to do, whether racing or training. Part of that is due to the amount of contact he had ...

With California Chrome’s trainer Art Sherman being thrust into the Kentucky Derby spotlight at age 77, so too will the great Swaps, whose meteoric career has been and will continue to be resurrected by Sherman, who was the immortal Cal-bred’s regular work rider and who accompanied the colt cross-country by train to Louisville, Ky. for the Derby, ...

The Thoroughbred racing community in Florida has been something of a whipping boy lately.Undoubtedly the Sunshine State has its problems, including a weak state pari-mutuel regulatory agency overseeing an anarchic racing dates system that has allowed two racetracks less than a dozen miles apart to run overlapping live meetings for a year. But a ...

1 California Chrome Art Sherman Lucky Pulpit—Love the Chase, by Not For Love There is absolutely nothing more to say about this horse that I haven’t already said over the past two months. He is simply one of the most special young horses I’ve seen in years, and if the Triple Crown drought is ever to end, this is the kind of horse who will end ...