The University of Arizona Race Track Industry Program (RTIP) is a component of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Its program director, Douglas Reed, provided answers to a number of questions about the RTIP. Program director Reed has been a vice president and an official at some of the premier racetracks across America, among others, [...]

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                                                                                          Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corp, Navy Today honors the men and women who serve or have served honorably in the U. S. armed forces.Veterans Day 2009 is especially poignant because of the massacre last week of 13 people and the wounding of 38 more at Fort Hood, Texas. Compounding the tragedy was the fact [...]

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“Raising the Cup” originally appeared in the October 24, 2009 issue of The Blood-Horse (pp. 3818-3820) and is reproduced here by permission. Copyright © 2009 Blood-Horse Publications. By William L. Shanklin Nearly two decades ago, D. G. Van Clief Jr., then the executive director of the Breeders’ Cup, spoke candidly with Stan Isaacs of Newsday [...]

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