Getting on in years (Ok, getting old if you want to be crude about it) has its curses and its blessings. As my world has revolved around horse racing for the past 50-plus years, I will use it to address...
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There are times when you just can’t help root for a horse, a trainer, or an owner. When you look at trainer Carlos Martin about to embark on the Breeders’ Cup trail with the brilliant mare Come Dancing...
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My interview with the late Bobby Frankel today on his former assistant Chad Brown? It would go something like this: SH: So Bobby, what do you make of your boy Chad Brown? Could you have envisioned the...
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This one is personal. Come to think of it, perhaps it shouldn't be. Racing has suffered a major blow this year due to the deaths of a number of horses at Santa Anita, which resulted in the surprising and...
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It was April 2, 1974. It should have been April 1, for what better April Fool’s joke than telling someone that a filly who had just finished second in a four-furlong maiden race at Fonner Park, a five...
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With Saratoga about to open, you can bet there will be new stories added to the lore of this hallowed racetrack that is so steeped in history, dating back to the Civil War. When one looks at the history...
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Thoroughbred racing has changed quite a lot over the years, some for better, some for worse. But one of the ways it definitely has changed for the better is the number of horses who have found new homes...
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Sir Winston Churchill once said, “There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man.” Sir Winston’s equine namesake no doubt proved that statement correct to a number...
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Try to imagine how tough it is to win a Triple Crown race. Then try to imagine winning two of the three legs. Then try to imagine winning two of the three legs with two different horses. In the past half...
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Despite the controversies and horse racing continually working to reinvent itself with modern technology, the sport’s future will remain bright as long as the Thoroughbred can captivate us like no other...
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