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Some things kicking around the musty, cobweb-ridden attic of my mind: As we all know, Monmouth and the local horsemen…
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In memory of, or perhaps with apologies to, Dick Francis. I pulled the Jaguar round behind the barns and killed…
February 15 2010, 9:09am | Visit source ›
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In accepting the Rachel Alexandra-earned Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year, Jess Jackson noted that he and Jerry and…
February 11 2010, 12:53pm | Visit source ›
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At last, an obvious question answered
One of the biggest stories in racing these last few weeks -- finally supplanted by the $5 million Rachel-Zenyatta challenge…
February 5 2010, 8:53am | Visit source ›
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Trainers say the darnedest things
In the days after the 2003 Wood Memorial and leading up to the Kentucky Derby, a clear consensus emerged. It…
January 26 2010, 8:02am | Visit source ›
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The 19th running of the Grade 1 DeFrancis Dash takes place at Laurel on October 24. The 2003 winner was…
October 23 2009, 8:03am | Visit source ›
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(Thanks to Virginia Thoroughbred Blog for the tip!) You’d be hard-pressed to find a historical blindness more humorless or tiresome…
October 20 2009, 6:07am | Visit source ›
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Item: The Baltimore Sun reports (here) that Magna Entertainment is seeking a January auction to rid themselves of their Maryland…
October 14 2009, 1:18pm | Visit source ›
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Shell-shock, then relief, at the Yearling Sale
Even in the best of times, the auctioneer’s job is somewhere between begging and cajoling. In a marketplace where the…
October 9 2009, 7:59am | Visit source ›
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The return of former claiming horse, one-time King of the California circuit, and multi-millionaire Lava Man has generated the entirely…
September 25 2009, 7:32am | Visit source ›
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As the dog days of summer give way to the cool mornings and evenings of fall, and the Nationals’ long-since…
September 22 2009, 7:01am | Visit source ›
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Once a race of national prominence, one that counted Kelso and Broad Brush among its champions, the John B. Campbell…
September 8 2009, 8:58am | Visit source ›
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In racing, as in show biz, the show must go on. Which is another way of saying that the show…
September 2 2009, 7:51am | Visit source ›
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Why Rachel should go to Santa Anita
In the moments after Rachel Alexandra’s obliteration of six overmatched rivals in yesterday’s Haskell, majority owner Jess Jackson proclaimed, “We’re…
August 3 2009, 8:41am | Visit source ›
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The turf’ll meet the surf today for the first time this year, and in a week they’ll be off at…
July 22 2009, 9:40am | Visit source ›
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