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Why has the name Seabiscuit endured for so many years and why did his story become a best selling book and popular motion picture? When people discuss the greatest horses of all time, you rarely hear Seabiscuit's name mentioned. Other than his victory over War Admiral in a match race and perhaps the Santa Anita Handicap, how many of his stakes ...

Thoroughbred ownership has changed mightily through the years. In the not-so-distant past the sport was dominated by scions of industry that nearly exclusively raced homebreds, matching generations of bloodlines one against the other. That blood has thinned considerably, now divested among greater numbers of breeders, and today, save for a ...

There is no need for an alarm clock when you're in Saratoga, especially when you're staying with your close friends Avi and Rhoda Freedberg, whose home on Fifth Avenue backs right onto the Oklahoma training track. It is just starting to get light out, and the sounds of horses hooves outside your window are all the stimuli you need to hop out ...

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As always I am focusing on longshots and value and who might sneak into the exotics at a big price. So let's cut right to chase. JUVENILE FILLIES TURF - It's going to take a big effort to knock off both Aidan O'Brien fillies, especially Happily, as well as Euros Juliet Capulet and longshot Madeline, and Chad Brown's pair of Rushing Fall and ...

There are different weapons horses use to win a race, and the key is to get a chance to use those weapons. But sometimes the battlefield is not conducive to a particular weapon. In the case of Gunnevera, he has one main weapon, and that is a wicked turn of foot and an explosive move on the far turn. As powerful a weapon as that can be, it is ...

You know it's been a tough time in Thoroughbred racing when the best news heard all week is that a big-name horse has been suffering from stomach ulcers. With the tragic and unexpected deaths of Effinex and Irap and the retirement of last year's 2-year-old champion Classic Empire, racing needed some good news as we approach the Breeders' ...

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