On a recent visit to Thistledown racetrack, a particular race on the card put me to thinking about the many risk takers in the sport and industry of racing and breeding; these folks are like wildcatters on steroids. It also made me reflect on Breeders’ Cup day 2010 and just how fortunate a person is to [...]

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Secretariat was foaled in Virginia, but has two important connections to Virginia’s next door neighbor, Maryland. First, Secretariat won the second jewel of the Triple Crown, the Preakness Stakes, at Pimlico racetrack. Although his official time was not a Preakness record, other clockers had him breaking the record. Second, Mark Ciardi, producer of the movie [...]

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ESPN’s recent online poll concerning the popularity of various sports had horse racing finishing in seventh position out of twenty. The unscientific methodology used would ordinarily call into question the findings, except in this case they are consistent with what the National Thoroughbred Racing Association found in its own surveys. This is an outstanding showing [...]

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