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By Keith McCalmont, Triple Dead Heat Great things can happen when a community comes together. Over the weekend, I was witness to an efficient, generous and well-intentioned quest carried forth by one horse rescuer, one bed-and-breakfast proprietor, one charitable horse owner for one lucky turfer by the name of Boule d'Or.On July 6th, I wrote a ...

It comes as no surprise that legislators around the country are looking at racing's share of gaming revenue to balance budgets. The latest developments are in Pennsylvania, where breeders and horsemen have issued a call to action to protect the Race Horse Development Fund they say could be raided to support other programs in the ...

Racing fans of today embrace a different breed of hero than their predecessors back in the days when horses raced often and were rarely retired at 3. Sometimes, you have to wonder, what if some of those horses raced in today’s cyber world and accomplished the same feats they did back in their day. How would they be perceived? Most people ...

It sounds like something Yogi Berra would say, but in this recessionary economic time, many companies were in healthy financial shape until they weren’t. It is hard to imagine a company or business anywhere in the world that hasn’t been forced to make major decisions over the past 18 months due to the numerous factors that have impacted global ...

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Welcome to Breeders' Cup Chat and the second half of the Thoroughbred racing season. The Breeders' Cup Challenge ''Win and You're In'' races are well underway and Del Mar and Saratoga are right around the corner. Because of the various divisions and these premier racing meets, in many ways I look forward to the Breeders' Cup more than the Triple ...

Courtesy of Becky Johnston  Vic Stauffer was a hit at Indiana Academy (high school) this spring.  I forwarded his great call of a race and a remarkable recovery by a filly to a friend's daughter.  She showed it to many or her classmates who first asked ''Why are you watching horse racing?''  Afterwards, they all had ...

Not to be a killjoy, but the fact is some of the best horses in the country likely will not be showing up at the Breeders' Cup this year. The following are those horses who have either been ruled out by their owners or have run so terribly on a synthetic surface it would be seem unlikely they will show up at Santa Anita. Before getting too ...

Relaunch -- the most prominent conduit of In Reality's sire line in 2009 -- was well-represented in the pedigrees of weekend stakes winners. These days, Relaunch might be best known as the grandsire of Tiznow (SRO) and Put It Back (SRO) and great-grandsire of Officer (SRO) -- but the 1979 Del Mar Derby (gr. IIIT) winner has really left his ...

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