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Been quite the miserable week for racing at Belmont. Thus far, through Saturday's races, not a single fast track race…
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emory a hamilton discusses verrazzano and developing the family of too chic
Reblogged from bloodstock in the bluegrass: The following article first appeared earlier this week at Paulick Report. One advantage that…
May 12 2013, 11:13am | Visit source ›
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Don’t look now, but American racing has officially entered a state of Malibu Moon Mania. If Orb’s powerful win in…
May 12 2013, 9:13am | Visit source ›
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WHY SETH HANCOCK IS GOING AGAINST HIS OWN BEST BUSINESS INTERESTS
Consider the long association between the Hancock family of Claiborne Farm in Paris, Kentucky, and the Phipps/Janney families. Mrs. Gladys…
May 12 2013, 6:41am | Visit source ›
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Stakes Season Is Fast Approaching & Other Notes
When the second week of May happens around in harness racing there's a different feel in the air. Sophomore pacers…
May 12 2013, 5:37am | Visit source ›
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This is the third update on Miss Fifty since the publication of her story on BloodHorse.com. I will continue to…
May 12 2013, 4:30am | Visit source ›
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Two nice displays by 2-year-olds on Saturday, with Maura's Purse (Hal's Image) winning at Calder, and Yankee Gambler (Yankee Gentleman)…
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This is the second update on Miss Fifty since the publication of her story on BloodHorse.com. I will continue to…
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Privman: Preakness Stakes: Workout for Itsmyluckyday postponed
Plesa immediately sent Itsmyluckyday to Monmouth Park, where Plesa – who is based in south Florida – keeps a string of runners for the summer. It was there on Saturday…
May 11 2013, 11:01am | Visit source ›
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Questions of aggregation and my role in it
Jessica Chapel, a one-time news aggregator, takes Ray Paulick’s popular Paulick Report, the king of racing news aggregation, to task in this…
May 11 2013, 9:56am | Visit source ›
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It's been a week since Derby Day and I'm just getting around to posting some Derby pictures from my spot…
May 11 2013, 9:52am | Visit source ›
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The Consensus and the Contrarian
A week before the Preakness Stakes, the Baltimore Sun considers the question of why modern-day contenders in Triple Crown races…
May 11 2013, 9:25am | Visit source ›
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Dwyre: Hollywood Park's ghost of a chance casts pall on Southland racing
They raced at the Inglewood track Friday, but it wasn't business as usual. Nor will it be the rest of this meeting and the track's final one, which ends Dec.…
May 11 2013, 9:05am | Visit source ›
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Monmouth Park, Battleship, and countdown to the Preakness
Happy opening day to Monmouth Park – one of our favorite tracks here at the home office. I came across…
May 11 2013, 8:55am | Visit source ›
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Orb: Continuing Ruffian's Legacy
Some paragraphs drawn from "Orb: A Classic Kentucky Derby Victory"“…Ruffian was more than just another transient champion passing through. She…
May 11 2013, 4:30am | Visit source ›
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Orb, Revolutionary, and Bold Ruler
“Orb and Revolutionary have something else in common. Something about their pedigrees that the other 17 starters yesterday did NOT…
May 11 2013, 1:57am | Visit source ›
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Peter Pan to Belmont for Incognito?
The Kentucky Derby madness is over. Now it’s on to Triple Crown mania, and with Orb winning in Louisville impressively, the…
May 11 2013, 12:32am | Visit source ›
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Behind the Scenes: Kentucky Derby 139
Will Take Charge and D. Wayne Lukas Todd Pletcher in a rare moment of solace Vyjack gets a…
May 10 2013, 7:37pm | Visit source ›
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ORB's Kentucky Derby is odds-on to be my all-time favorite Run for the Roses. I grew up revering the red-and-white…
May 10 2013, 7:14pm | Visit source ›
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Gun Roar (Bernstein) got up late for victory at Churchill Downs. For Saturday, 2 two-year-old races, one at Calder and…
May 10 2013, 6:41pm | Visit source ›
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Tie Break And Me, And A Long Road To Akindale Farm
It all started at Aqueduct, on a Saturday afternoon in January of 2005. It was the day of the Sunshine…
May 10 2013, 9:53am | Visit source ›
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Breeders’ Cup Reaches Critical Juncture
With recent resignations of two of the 13 members from the board of directors over policy and philosophical differences, it’s…
May 10 2013, 8:39am | Visit source ›
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Follow Friday & Remembering Everyone Shares A Love for Horses, And Horse Racing
Social media has changed the world, and horse racing is no exception. How we talk, communicate and relate, has never…
May 10 2013, 8:02am | Visit source ›
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HAVE YOUR COPY of CANADIAN THOROUGHBRED May 2013 yet? Most bookstores sell it or get a subscription now! Thank you…
May 10 2013, 7:40am | Visit source ›
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Famed economist John Maynard Keynes’ notion of “animal spirits” is regularly invoked to explain the emotions that imbue entrepreneurs and…
May 10 2013, 7:30am | Visit source ›
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McGraw: Love Affair With Swale Extends Well Beyond His Death
In 1984, I was in the seventh grade, and I fell in love with Swale, who looked very much, I thought, like the picture of the Black Stallion on my…
May 10 2013, 6:59am | Visit source ›
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Part two of the six-part series on drugs in racing by Ryan Goldberg for the TDN considers the current, not-so-pretty…
May 10 2013, 5:57am | Visit source ›
