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Let’s start off by saying that from a historical standpoint, the Louisiana Derby (G2) and the Fair Grounds road to the Kentucky Derby (G1) have not been a successful one. Only one Louisiana Derby winner has gone on to capture the roses in the past 96 years, and that horse, Grindstone, came back to run in the Arkansas Derby (G2). (Black Gold won ...

Surveyors Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon were called on in the 1760s to resolve a border dispute involving Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. Little did they know the impact they would have on American history, politics, and culture. A century later the Mason-Dixon Line informally became the border between the North and South during our ...

1 Tiz the Law Barclay Tagg Constitution—Tizfiz, by Tiznow Cicadas are those loud insects that come out every 17 years. You can say the same thing about Barclay Tagg and Sackatoga Stables, which come out every 17 years and make loud noise on the Derby trail with a New York-bred. Unlike the often fiery Funny Cide, Tiz the Law is the ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') Twitter: @J_Keelerman A pair of accomplished 3-year-olds from New York will try their luck in the $250,000 Sam F. Davis Stakes (G3) on Saturday at Tampa Bay Downs, but there's no guarantee their proven class will win the day. Joining the fray is a speedy, undefeated colt with the potential to give them a ...

After reading the names of 19 groups or people who had submitted letters offering opinions on the Horseracing Integrity Act of 2019 to the subcommittee she chairs, Rep. Janice Schakowsky paused to catch her breath and noted, “There’s a lot of interest in this.” Schakowsky, an Illinois Democrat who chairs the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection ...

1 Tiz the Law Barclay Tagg Constitution—Tizfiz, by Tiznow We said in the first two Dozens to ignore the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (G2), he could be the best of the lot and a big effort in the Holy Bull Stakes (G3) could land him the No. 1 spot. Well, this certainly was a big effort, as he returned to his Champagne (G1) dominance and ...