By Lisa Grimm, Superfectablog With the uproar over Big Brown's retirement, the confirmation that Curlin will be defending his title and the news that both Henrythenavigator and Duke of Marmalade will be...
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Posted by Fran Jurga In a previous entry, this blog provided details about the heel bulb injury that predicated the disappointing retirement of champion three-year-old Thoroughbred Big Brown. This post...
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By Teresa Genaro, Brooklyn Backstretch This Saturday is New York Showcase Day at Belmont; seven New York-bred stakes races will be run for more than a million dollar in purses, and a variety of family...
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By Robert Marks, They’re in the Gate After coming into it's partnership with the Breeders Cup starting in 2006 the Disney owned ESPN/ESPN/ABC Channels promised us the world in it's coverage and promotion...
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By Teresa Genaro Racing faces the daunting task of marketing an identical product to two disparate audiences: the gambler and the fan. Racing can't exist without the former, and it shouldn't exist without...
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By Gene Kershner & Patrick Patten Back in June, Gene mentioned briefly on his EquiSpace blog that it might be time to change the format of the Triple Crown races. Heresy, you say? Well, number one...
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Courtesy of Patrick Patten There are great things being written by more than just me (-modesty). One of my favorite horses Better Talk Now is not retiring, but his good buddy is as Foolish Pleasure notes...
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Courtesy of Patrick Patten I play the lotto not because it is the worst odds imaginable, not because I don't realize it's a "stupid" tax, but it allows me to write these dreams out like I really have a...
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Courtesy of Teresa Genaro The history of racing in this country reveals a curiously ambivalent attitude towards its female equine athletes. The Old Gray (trotting) Mare may have been racing's first equine...
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Let's try and have a good debate, at least one better than the one tonight . Every sport has image problems. The NBA had the Jail blazer s , the NFL still has the Bengals, MLB battles drugs, and the NHL...
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