A drama that started heating up last year between the two top female horses in the country, the three year old filly Rachel Alexandra and unbeaten six year old mare Zenyatta, is taking on even more excitement.
Rachel Alexandra, who won the Preakness and was undefeated in eight starts last year, won Horse of the Year honors [...]
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Think winter sports and this year’s setting in Vancouver, Canada seemed to ensure a “hometown” advantage in some key areas-
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including hockey and alpine skiing. After all, our neighbors to the frigid North seem to have these winter sports and lots more in their DNA. I know – I grew up in Michigan with a Canadian-born [...] -
As the world continues to reel over the magnitude of the on-going earthquake trauma in Haiti, a ray of hope for eventual healing emerged in an unexpected place — New Orleans — and in an unexpected arena — the Super Bowl. It has been five years since the world watched as Hurricane Katrina overwhelmed the [...]
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You know something’s afoot in thoroughbred horse racing when the two top contenders for Horse of the Year honors are fillies – and one of them has beaten the top colts in the land, including this year’s Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes winners, Mine that Bird and Summer Bird. I wrote this spring about the [...]
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I remember the day Ruffian died. She was a huge black filly with unbelievable spirit and beauty. It was July 6, 1975 and she was locked in a duel with the Kentucky Derby winner, Foolish Pleasure, a small chestnut, in a highly publicized match race at Belmont Park. Then as dark clouds gathered, Ruffian stumbled and went down. The roaring fans in the grand stand gasped collectively. My friends and I were in shock and then the tears came. The gallant filly had broken her leg. She was later euthanized. It was as though the heavens weeped as a thunder shower moved in that day.
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