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Entries from November 2010

PRESS RELEASE: MINOR RACING BIDS FOR HORSE RACING ASSETS OF MI DEVELOPMENTS

November 9th, 2010 · 2 Comments

  All-Cash Offer Maximizes Shareholder Value and Sets Stage for Revolution in Thoroughbred Horse Racing SAN FRANCISCO (Nov. 9, 2010) – Minor Racing LLC today offered to purchase substantially all of the horse racing assets of MI Developments Inc. – including some of the nation’s best-known racetracks – with the intent of leveraging technology to [...]

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PEYTON MANNING, NATIVE DANCER, AND ZENYATTA

November 8th, 2010 · 26 Comments

The debate over Horse of the Year is already underway with the connections and fans of both Blame and Zenyatta starting to make their cases. This is a rerun of last year when there was so much argumentation over Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta. The voters from the three organizations that determine HOTY will soon have [...]

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MY FAVORITE BREEDERS’ CUP CLASSIC

November 6th, 2010 · No Comments

By the time that Sunday Silence and Easy Goer entered the starting gate for the 1989 Breeders’ Cup Classic, darkness was descending on Gulfstream Park in southeastern Florida.  This race would decide Horse of the Year and how these talented and gallant colts would rank in history.  One announcer described the atmosphere as being similar to a [...]

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