As part of the Blood-Horse 's 100th anniversary issue on Aug. 6, I have been asked to list (with links) my 15 favorite Hangin With Haskin blogs. This was an extremely difficult task, as it's like choosing...
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Sometimes I like to devote this space to the racing fans who pour so much passion into the sport or a particular horse. With the Belmont Stakes coming up, there will be a mother and her young daughter...
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When I first heard the idea behind the new $12 million Pegasus World Cup, the brainchild of Frank Stronach, I thought it was one of the worst ideas ever. After all, who would put up $1 million to run in...
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With Uncle Mo taking the Kentucky Derby trail by storm this year, it’s only natural for Mike Repole to want a piece of the action. After all, it was Repole who first struck the mother lode with Uncle Mo...
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I am reprinting the following two columns to celebrate Penny Chenery’s 94th birthday today. This first one was reprinted three years ago, and originally published in Blood-Horse magazine in 2002, and many...
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If there is one element of Thoroughbred racing that has always held true it is that the tides of fortune change very quickly. It is the one sport where you can idolize a Babe Ruth as a fan one day and...
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Well, all the Breeders' Cup preps are over, and now comes the waiting; first for the pre-entries, then the entries to determine the starting fields. The biggest interest in the makeup of the Classic field...
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The 3-year-old showdown of the year will take place in the grade I Travers Stakes. This time American Pharoah has made another cross-country trip to take on Texas Red and Frosted, and several others, on...
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With the announcement June 15 of Steve's resignation from Blood-Horse to pursue other opportunities, I found the first column he did for the magazine. In this "Final Turn" column from the Dec. 26, 1998...
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Mubtaahij , runaway winner of the UAE Derby, was scheduled to fly to the United States tonight, April 15 (early Thursday morning Dubai time), with a stopover in Amsterdam, and will spend two days in quarantine...
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