While dashing through the mall in an attempt to wrap up the holiday shopping, we witnessed the changing dynamic in American shopping habits. It appears that the concept behind the big department store...
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With the Derby trail in full swing, the highlight of the week did not take place on the racetrack, but on the internet, and had nothing to do with this year's perplexing Kentucky Derby picture. But it...
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Features editor Lenny Shulman came by my office several weeks ago holding a smallish envelope that contained faded clippings of newspapers, magazines, and other miscellaneous materials. With Bob Baffert...
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He is north of 50 now, an age where you’d think the only horses he should be riding are going up and down around a carousel. But Mike Smith, in the second half of a clearly delineated career, remains today...
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In Hollywood’s film industry, studios seek to develop a franchise—such as “Star Wars” or “Indiana Jones”—that’s so successful they become tent poles that ensure the well-being of the company and, by extension...
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If the recent Eclipse Awards signaled the end to what was the best year of Thoroughbred racing this century, that curtain was pulled down even tighter with the deaths in the past fortnight of a string...
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Fred and Linda Alexander bring exciting sires to New Mexico by Lenny Shulman SometimeS it’S the Simple thingS that matter the most. Following the wishes of his ailing father a dozen years ago, Fred alexander...
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Iowa's Dennis Albaugh collects Chevys, racehorses by Lenny Shulman Dennis Albaugh tends to do things big once he gets involved in something. So his entrance nine years ago into the world of Thoroughbreds...
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Frost Giant is paying off for Andrew Cohen by Lenny Shulman Andrew Cohen, 57, is an amiable man, quick with a quip even if the punch line is inf licted upon himself. He has carved out a big career on Wall...
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Morrisville State College prepares students for racing jobs by Lenny Shulman Nestled in a sleepy town along Route 20 in Central New York 30 miles southeast of Syracuse University and no more than 10 from...
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