This is not really a blog, but a preview of what will appear in this space over the next couple of weeks. Rather than simply take a few weeks off from the blog, every two or three days I will reprint the...
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Courtesy of Rob Fundter, The Amateur Capper TOP STALLIONS THROUGH MID-2009 WERE CONDITIONED BY FAMOUS AIDAN O'BRIEN AND UNDERRATED JAY ROBBINS TO FINISH A NECK APART IN 2000 BC CLASSIC GIANT'S CAUSEWAY...
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Thoroughbred racing has always been confined to its own small world, safe and protected from the tumultuous events that surround it. There have been individual stars that have transcended the sport and...
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A look at the leading North American sires list shows Tiznow ranked No. 2 and Giant’s Causeway No. 3. What else is new? They wouldn’t have it any other way. The two horses have been pretty much joined...
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Driving over the Verrazano Bridge into Brooklyn on the morning of Sept. 15, it was apparent why the New York Racing Association decided at the last minute to cancel racing until Sept. 19. Any thoughts...
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Bill Casner had been out of racing for 18 years when the Texas native was invited to a suite to celebrate the opening night of racing at Lone Star Park, just north of Dallas. He spotted a man across the...
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