Accelerate's connections are just focusing for now on winning the Breeders' Cup Classic. But the truth is the 5-year-old is embroiled in a hot rivalry with a horse he has never faced and never will. We...
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Major league sports—and the way we experience them—have changed dramatically since the inception of the Breeders’ Cup in 1984. Larger stadiums have given way to smaller venues. What was once a game is...
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How does a horse establish a legacy in six starts, only four of them stakes? It’s not easy taking such a dramatic shortcut into history, but you have to give Justify credit. So far, he's done a great job...
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There are few secrets in the Thoroughbred game anymore. Regarding Triple Crown winner Justify, rumors swirled several weeks ago about his standing at stud somewhere other than WinStar Farm…and that we...
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With all the stories regarding Justify's latest status and the pessimism that is building regarding his future, people ask me what I think. Will he ever race again? So to answer everyone at once, I don...
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Have we seen the last of Justify? That was a burning question during the week following the July 10 announcement that this year’s unbeaten Triple Crown winner would be “evaluated after some filling in...
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A little more than a month ago we watched the replay of the Pennine Ridge Stakes (G3T) from Belmont Park over and over, trying to figure out how Catholic Boy re-rallied to snatch the victory from Analyze...
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I won’t keep you in suspense, other than to say the premise of this column is a bit offbeat. The greatest horse of all time, if I may take the liberty, is Bob Baffert. Or to put it in equine terms, the...
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Has any breeder had a better fortnight than John Gunther? On June 9, he was in the box seats at Belmont Park with his daughter Tanya and lifelong friend Steve Irwin watching Justify win the Triple Crown...
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When you’ve been involved in anything for half a century, especially something that encompasses your life, you have a tendency to fall back on history when dealing with the present and looking ahead to...
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