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Sword Dancer contender Point of Entry at Saratoga (Photos: C. Novak) SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY - I stopped by Shug McGaughey's barn at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 11 not to visit Point of Entry, but to take pictures of our old friend Hymn Book, the Donn Handicap (gr. I) winner and subject of my first Novak at the Track blog. Hymn Book's stall is a ...

Alabama contender Grace Hall with trainer Tony Dutrow in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (C. Novak)SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Grace Hall rolled off the horse van Aug. 13 and headed out to graze on the backside of Saratoga Race Course with trainer Tony Dutrow keeping a capable hand on the shank. The bay filly who won the Spinaway Stakes (gr. I) here in 2011 ...

Caleb's Posse transitions from track life to stud duty at Three Chimneys Farm LEXINGTON, KY - The best thing about viewing a stallion at the launch of his stud career is also what's best about breeding Thoroughbreds in general: anticipation. Take a star horse off the racetrack and the characteristics he displayed in competition could pass down ...

2012 James Marvin starter Jackson Bend (photo: Kim Brewer) ''If Seabiscuit were picking runners, he'd say, 'Hey, Jackson, I want you on my team,''' one Nicholas P. Zito remarked on a Wednesday afternoon, two days before he was to send Jackson Bend postward in the $100,000 James Marvin Stakes (gr. III) at Saratoga Race Course. It has ...

His first introduction was made via a whiskered muzzle snuffling for peppermints, and by curious ears pricked at the hubbub outside Barn 20 at Belmont Park. There was 2009 Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird rolling off a Brookledge van, trainer Chip Woolley hobbling down the ramp on crutches, a media throng gathered to observe… ...