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Filly champs at four: Busher and Twilight Tear
On Saturday, Rachel Alexandra will launch her 4-year-old season at the Fairgrounds in New Orleans. In 2009...
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Count Turf wins the Kentucky Derby, 1951
Last week, I did an article that started with the 1952 Kentucky Derby. Coincidentally, this week, I have a post…
March 2 2010, 4:28pm | Visit source ›
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Measuring the Major Kentucky Derby Preps, 1952 – 2009
Like many race fans at this time of year, I am beginning to show symptoms of Derby fever. Unfortunately, we are still…
February 25 2010, 4:55pm | Visit source ›
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Seabiscuit-War Admiral Race Announced, 1938
The recent announcement that the Rachel Alexandra-Zenyatta race was back on at Oaklawn Park got me thinking about another highly…
February 18 2010, 4:00am | Visit source ›
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Race Fans Rally to Save Historic Race Archive, 2010
Some of you might have been following the continuing saga around the possible loss of the historical race archive on…
February 8 2010, 6:00pm | Visit source ›
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The most anticipated race in 2010 isn’t the Kentucky Derby but the possible match-up between Horse of the Year Rachel…
February 3 2010, 5:58pm | Visit source ›
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Winter Racing at New Jersey’s Guttenberg Race Track, 1885-1893
Has anyone ever heard of the Guttenberg Race Track? I hadn’t. I came across a description of the track in…
January 28 2010, 4:10am | Visit source ›
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Racing Needs a Commissioner, 1927
I spent the past weekend in the D.C. area for my real job and was able to spend an afternoon…
January 21 2010, 5:41am | Visit source ›
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La Prevoyante or Secretariat, Horse of the Year 1972
On Monday night, the much anticipated 2009 Horse of the Year winner will be revealed. Whatever the result, people will…
January 13 2010, 5:30am | Visit source ›
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Parimutuel Wagering Grows Up, 1932
I wanted to do a follow up this week on the post about parimutuel wagering from a few weeks ago.…
January 6 2010, 5:34am | Visit source ›
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Happy New Year and Hello Race Fans
I didn’t have the time to put togther a history post this week but wanted to alert everyone to a…
December 30 2009, 7:14pm | Visit source ›
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Horse Players Riot at Suffolk Downs, 1945
One of the real joys in writing for this site is doing the research. It is amazing the historical trails…
December 22 2009, 3:19pm | Visit source ›
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