The following story first appeared on Bloodhorse.com on Aug. 15, 2004. Once again, the fans flocked to the glitter palace that for a brief moment in time was Philadelphia Park. They came to get one final...
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The following two stories first appeared on Bloodhorse.com on May 5 and May 8, 2004 Hail the Conquering Hero The full moon had all but faded from the morning sky, and a salmon pink sunrise was now illuminating...
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This story appeared in the May 22, 2004 issue of Blood-Horse magazine Get the golden coach ready; we're heading to the ball again. After so many failed attempts, maybe this time Smarty Jones can fit into...
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The following story first appeared in the April 28, 2007 issue of Blood-Horse magazine, with a few additions thrown in. This feature, about Team Smarty and what became of everyone, will kick off our “Smarty...
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Transcript is now available, read below or Download a PDF document here . Thank you for your time! Steve Haskin is an award-winning Turf writer renowned for his Kentucky Derby commentary, with weekly articles...
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Two days before the May 21 Preakness Stakes (gr. I), trainer Dale Romans was standing outside the fence by the grazing area telling Shackleford’s co-owners and breeders Mike Lauffer and Bill Cubbedge how...
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This will be an abbreviated report, as there wasn’t much activity Tuesday morning. There isn’t much happening on the track as we await the all-important post position draw tomorrow. No one on the Churchill...
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Perhaps none of the past weekend’s workouts was more anticipated than the main track work by Animal Kingdom, who has never run on dirt or worked over it all year and who had his first scheduled dirt drill...
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Talk about no respect. First Archarcharch gets dropped from the final Future Wager pool because of a third in the Rebel (gr. II), in which he had a ton of excuses. We expressed all the reasons why we felt...
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Untitled Document 1 Dialed In Nick Zito Mineshaft —Miss Doolittle, by Storm Cat Breezed a half in :49 4/5, but will have only one more five-furlong work before the Derby, relying mostly on long gallops...
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