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    <title>Celebrating&#45;the&#45;Horse</title>
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    <description>Celebrating the Horse by HorseRaceInsider.com contributing writer, Maryjean Wall</description>
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    <dc:creator>Maryjean Wall</dc:creator>
    <dc:rights>Copyright 2009</dc:rights>
    <dc:date>2009-01-30T23:12:01-05:00</dc:date>
   
    

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      <title>Breeding By Candlelight</title>
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 <![CDATA[Most of the major farms use generators to provide alternative lighting: lessons learned from the big ice storm here in 2003. Not far from my place, WinStar Farm must have been caught by surprise, as most of us were, when the power went out in the middle of the night Tuesday. I read in the Lexington Herald&#45;Leader that WinStar’s foaling crew helped a mare give birth Tuesday night – by car light. Hill ‘n’ Dale Farm manager Joe Ramsey told &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/Celebrating_the_Horse'>MORE...</a>]]>
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<![CDATA[Most of the major farms use generators to provide alternative lighting: lessons learned from the big ice storm here in 2003. Not far from my place, WinStar Farm must have been caught by surprise, as most of us were, when the power went out in the middle of the night Tuesday. I read in the Lexington Herald&#45;Leader that WinStar’s foaling crew helped a mare give birth Tuesday night – by car light. Hill ‘n’ Dale Farm manager Joe Ramsey told &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/West-Coast-Wash'>MORE...</a>]]>
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 <dc:date>2009-01-30T22:12:01-05:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Timeless New Beginnings</title>
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 <![CDATA[My assignment was routine: to photograph the first foals of first&#45;year stallions. But if I have learned one thing in 25 years as a photographer in the horse business, no routine assignment comes without surprises. That’s why I love photography. A surprise always awaits. On this occasion, the foal I was to photograph was not available. This happens sometimes, for various reasons. The photographer has made the appointment but arrives to find that for some reason, the foal cannot be &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/Celebrating_the_Horse'>MORE...</a>]]>
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<![CDATA[My assignment was routine: to photograph the first foals of first&#45;year stallions. But if I have learned one thing in 25 years as a photographer in the horse business, no routine assignment comes without surprises. That’s why I love photography. A surprise always awaits. On this occasion, the foal I was to photograph was not available. This happens sometimes, for various reasons. The photographer has made the appointment but arrives to find that for some reason, the foal cannot be &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/West-Coast-Wash'>MORE...</a>]]>
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 <dc:date>2009-01-19T12:52:00-05:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Featured Farm: Airdrie Stud</title>
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 <![CDATA[Alexander took what had been a hobby of the antebellum gentry class into the new realm of the business world, organizing his stud farm on a model of efficiency. Alexander understood record&#45;keeping and marketing concepts when others had not. He played a key role in saving Kentucky’s claim as the nation’s horse&#45;breeding capital at a time when this notion no longer rested secure. In modern times, it is no small accident of history that the present owners of Airdrie, former &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/Celebrating_the_Horse'>MORE...</a>]]>
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<![CDATA[Alexander took what had been a hobby of the antebellum gentry class into the new realm of the business world, organizing his stud farm on a model of efficiency. Alexander understood record&#45;keeping and marketing concepts when others had not. He played a key role in saving Kentucky’s claim as the nation’s horse&#45;breeding capital at a time when this notion no longer rested secure. In modern times, it is no small accident of history that the present owners of Airdrie, former &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/West-Coast-Wash'>MORE...</a>]]>
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 <dc:date>2008-12-02T21:12:00-05:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Alyshebas Arrival</title>
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 <![CDATA[Bush reportedly replied, “Everybody knows Alysheba.” The King then began to realize how important this horse was to Americans. He decided to return the horse to the United States as a gift. King Abdullah quite correctly realized that Americans love Alysheba. Upwards of 400 persons attended the welcome home ceremony Friday at the Horse Park. McCarron, along with Alysheba’s trainer, Jack Van Berg, and Preston Madden, co&#45;breeder with his wife, Anita Madden, were among those who shared their memories of &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/Celebrating_the_Horse'>MORE...</a>]]>
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<![CDATA[Bush reportedly replied, “Everybody knows Alysheba.” The King then began to realize how important this horse was to Americans. He decided to return the horse to the United States as a gift. King Abdullah quite correctly realized that Americans love Alysheba. Upwards of 400 persons attended the welcome home ceremony Friday at the Horse Park. McCarron, along with Alysheba’s trainer, Jack Van Berg, and Preston Madden, co&#45;breeder with his wife, Anita Madden, were among those who shared their memories of &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/West-Coast-Wash'>MORE...</a>]]>
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 <dc:date>2008-11-09T05:01:01-05:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Featured Farm: Stonewall Farm</title>
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 <![CDATA[A lake, multiple fountains, and barns finished in brick are among the new features. The stallion complex includes such architectural details as a stained glass transom depicting the young stallion, Medaglio d’Oro, and his jockey. Immediately inside the barn, to each side of this entrance, lie two resting places that reveal an interior designer’s touch. Inside the stalls, stallions stand in bright yellow straw that is elbow&#45;deep. A drop&#45;down viewing screen inside the barn can be activated for the showing &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/Celebrating_the_Horse'>MORE...</a>]]>
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<![CDATA[A lake, multiple fountains, and barns finished in brick are among the new features. The stallion complex includes such architectural details as a stained glass transom depicting the young stallion, Medaglio d’Oro, and his jockey. Immediately inside the barn, to each side of this entrance, lie two resting places that reveal an interior designer’s touch. Inside the stalls, stallions stand in bright yellow straw that is elbow&#45;deep. A drop&#45;down viewing screen inside the barn can be activated for the showing &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/West-Coast-Wash'>MORE...</a>]]>
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 <dc:date>2008-11-08T13:50:00-05:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Claiborne, Where History Lives</title>
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 <![CDATA[Those privileged to visit him at Claiborne recall how he loved to race across his paddock, flashing that blazing speed that had been his signature on the race track. They tell how Secretariat seemed to laugh at the world as he reached the fence, stopping on a dime from a full gallop. He never overshot his mark. Secretariat did not make Claiborne Farm. Long before Secretariat retired here at age 3 in the autumn of 1973, these thousands of historic &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/Celebrating_the_Horse'>MORE...</a>]]>
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<![CDATA[Those privileged to visit him at Claiborne recall how he loved to race across his paddock, flashing that blazing speed that had been his signature on the race track. They tell how Secretariat seemed to laugh at the world as he reached the fence, stopping on a dime from a full gallop. He never overshot his mark. Secretariat did not make Claiborne Farm. Long before Secretariat retired here at age 3 in the autumn of 1973, these thousands of historic &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/West-Coast-Wash'>MORE...</a>]]>
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 <dc:date>2008-10-20T12:43:01-05:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Yo Mama, Curlin</title>
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 <![CDATA[Cigar (whiffling through big soft nostrils, relaxed): Been there. Done that. Say, you don’t happen to have any peppermints? Me (stepping up the pressure): No, but I do have a camera. Here, let me take a shot. (Snap). Now, admit it. Aren’t you a bit jealous of Curlin, knowing he’s getting all the attention? Cigar (snorting; blowing through nostrils): Are you kidding? He has to get up early and train in the mornings. You pay a price for everything. Continue &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/Celebrating_the_Horse'>MORE...</a>]]>
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<![CDATA[Cigar (whiffling through big soft nostrils, relaxed): Been there. Done that. Say, you don’t happen to have any peppermints? Me (stepping up the pressure): No, but I do have a camera. Here, let me take a shot. (Snap). Now, admit it. Aren’t you a bit jealous of Curlin, knowing he’s getting all the attention? Cigar (snorting; blowing through nostrils): Are you kidding? He has to get up early and train in the mornings. You pay a price for everything. Continue &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/West-Coast-Wash'>MORE...</a>]]>
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 <dc:date>2008-09-26T15:21:01-05:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Sighting Secretariat</title>
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 <![CDATA[With the irony of some mystical force at work, it turned out the winner had the genes of the Great One coursing through his bloodlines. His grand&#45;sire, Gone West, was out of a Secretariat mare named Secrettame. “The blood runs through him,” said his owner, Angela Walker of Smithfield, Ky. One perk for the winner: Walker received congratulations from Secretariat’s owner, Penny Chenery. Chenery had watched the judging from a gazebo at the center of the competition ring at the &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/Celebrating_the_Horse'>MORE...</a>]]>
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<![CDATA[With the irony of some mystical force at work, it turned out the winner had the genes of the Great One coursing through his bloodlines. His grand&#45;sire, Gone West, was out of a Secretariat mare named Secrettame. “The blood runs through him,” said his owner, Angela Walker of Smithfield, Ky. One perk for the winner: Walker received congratulations from Secretariat’s owner, Penny Chenery. Chenery had watched the judging from a gazebo at the center of the competition ring at the &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/West-Coast-Wash'>MORE...</a>]]>
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 <dc:date>2008-09-23T13:58:00-05:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Featured Farm: Pin Oak Stud</title>
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 <![CDATA[Pin Oak is a well&#45;established stud but not an historic landmark as are some Bluegrass horse farms. The owner, Josephine Abercrombie, purchased the initial parcel of land only in 1988. She oversaw a remarkable transformation of the original 750 acres from a jungle of weeds into a picturesque Thoroughbred nursery and stallion farm. Abercrombie actually was moving her operation from across the road on U. S. 60, from property that her father, James S. Abercrombie, purchased in 1949. He had &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/Celebrating_the_Horse'>MORE...</a>]]>
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<![CDATA[Pin Oak is a well&#45;established stud but not an historic landmark as are some Bluegrass horse farms. The owner, Josephine Abercrombie, purchased the initial parcel of land only in 1988. She oversaw a remarkable transformation of the original 750 acres from a jungle of weeds into a picturesque Thoroughbred nursery and stallion farm. Abercrombie actually was moving her operation from across the road on U. S. 60, from property that her father, James S. Abercrombie, purchased in 1949. He had &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/West-Coast-Wash'>MORE...</a>]]>
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 <dc:date>2008-09-20T12:29:00-05:00</dc:date>
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      <title>Where Memories Dwell</title>
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 <![CDATA[The result is that a near century&#45;old horse cemetery which the public couldn’t get to for at least a generation is soon to become a public park on its new site. Visitors will find stone tables situated throughout the park for use in picnics or for taking a rest. “I would like t have some equine&#45;related events here,” said Anita Madden, who has overseen the design and development of the new site. Her hope is that this new site for &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/Celebrating_the_Horse'>MORE...</a>]]>
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<![CDATA[The result is that a near century&#45;old horse cemetery which the public couldn’t get to for at least a generation is soon to become a public park on its new site. Visitors will find stone tables situated throughout the park for use in picnics or for taking a rest. “I would like t have some equine&#45;related events here,” said Anita Madden, who has overseen the design and development of the new site. Her hope is that this new site for &#8230;<br/><br/><a href='http://www.horseraceinsider.com/West-Coast-Wash'>MORE...</a>]]>
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 <dc:date>2008-09-12T12:17:00-05:00</dc:date>
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