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 (Originally published in the April 30, 2011 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.)    Some sports feats are nearly impossible to attain, such as pitching a no-hitter, sinking a hole in one, or breaking Wilt Chamberlain’s 1960 record 100 ...

(Originally published in the April 30, 2011 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine. Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column.)  By Eric Mitchell - @EJMitchellKy on Twitter Thoroughbred racing took a major hit last week with the passing of Jess Jackson, as provocative and energetic an owner as ...

[image url=''http://cdn.bloodhorse.com/images/content/tdurkin_large.jpg'']Tom Durkin[/image] Chicago native Tom Durkin got started in his career of choice by calling races at county fairs throughout Wisconsin during the early 1970s. From there, he progressed from ''call taker'' for the Daily Racing Form to track announcer (and sometime line maker ...