(Originally published in the July 2, 2011 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine . Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column. ) Growing up on the sidewalks of New York, Peter...
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Originally published in the June 18, 2011 issue of The Blood-Horse magazine . Feel free to share your own thoughts and opinions at the bottom of the column. By Evan Hammonds A soggy Belmont Stakes (gr...
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Jeff Rosen of East Meadow, NY said “the lines for the tee-shirts were six furlongs long.” NYRA should go into the apparel business, if the deal for the Aqueduct casino doesn’t happen. An editorial in The...
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Jess Jackson has made his first decision: No Alabama for Rachel Alexandra. So what, you might say. That wasn't the place to run her anyway. Well, I believe that's just where she should have run. Yes, I...
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There have been numerous comments in the media this week vilifying Jeff Mullins, and how the detention barn incident caused a black eye for racing right before the sport’s biggest day. If this indeed was...
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When Delaware North announced it was ending its partnership with the New York Racing Association to install video lottery terminals at Aqueduct racecourse, the executive director of the New York Thoroughbred...
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By Steve Zorn The Breeders' Cup is over. So let's get on to the important stuff. Which is that racing returns to Aqueduct on Wednesday. Well, OK, perhaps Aqueduct isn't the center of the racing world any...
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After many years in the same profession, it is not uncommon to feel the need for a new and greater challenge. Charlie Hayward fit that bill, so in November 2004, following a lengthy career in publishing...
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Driving over the Verrazano Bridge into Brooklyn on the morning of Sept. 15, it was apparent why the New York Racing Association decided at the last minute to cancel racing until Sept. 19. Any thoughts...
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