If you’ve ever been fortunate enough to attend the races at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, N.J., you know that a trip there has the feel of a mini-vacation. This year’s William Hill Haskell Invitational Stakes...
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As American Pharoah prepares for his assault on Monmouth Park in the Haskell Invitational, and with a record crowd projected, there will be electricity in the air unlike anything felt at the Jersey Shore...
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Well, so much for Thomas Wolfe. No, I'm not returning home, but as Emerson said, "The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it." And I didn't find out the number of friends who frequented my...
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For 37 years, the gates to racing’s pantheon have remained shut, rusted with time, leaving a number of fallen heroes strewn along its steps. But this time, there were no heartbreaking nose defeats, no...
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Nothing reveals how hard people work to achieve success in horse racing like walking through the barn area of a racetrack. Hundreds of people gather daily for the ritual of caring for these athletes in...
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By J. Keeler Johnson ("Keelerman") @J_Keelerman "American Pharoah is finally the one! American Pharoah has won The Triple Crown!! " Larry Colmus’ call of the Belmont Stakes (gr. I) ( VIDEO ) is still resonating...
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As I said before the Preakness, you really don’t think I’m going against American Pharoah now after having him ranked No. 1 since February and stating then he had superstar potential and looked to be something...
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Although his name is American Pharoah, he has been more like Moses leading the Jews out of Egypt, as masses of humanity follow him everywhere, from the moment he leaves his barn to the last drops of water...
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A key to Saturday's Belmont Stakes Presented by DraftKings (gr. I) will be American Pharoah's efforts to carry his brilliance through a 1 1/2-mile race, a distance his breeding suggests will not be to...
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By TimeformUS Analyst Mike Beer When American Pharoah enters the starting gate for Saturday's Belmont Stakes, it will mark the 13th time since Affirmed's heart-stopping win over Alydar in 1978 that a 3yo...
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