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The Conscience of Thoroughbred Racing
Edited SA Release —With strong rains predicted to hit Southern California over the next several days, Santa Anita Park has made the decision to proactively
Edited Santa Anita Release — A dazzling 9 ½ length maiden winner in his first start, Bob Baffert’s Life Is Good will no doubt be a short
Breeders’ Cup pre-entries will be released Wednesday morning and for the second all-time leading Breeders’ Cup trainer with 15 victories, along with two Triple Crown
Lane’s End Farm announced earlier today that Honor A. P. suffered an injury while finishing fourth in the Kentucky Derby and has been retired. The
When the 2020 season began to heat up in South Florida this winter, Covid-19 was prepping for wrecking havoc, Angel Cordero was booking mounts for
By Keith Pettyjohn — Since the Kentucky Derby has gone to the points system no horse has won the Derby without posting a Class-Based Performance
If Saturday’s Belmont Stakes weren’t a classic, part of Triple Crown lore, and “just” another Grade 1 race for three-year-olds not named Kentucky Derby, most
So, how was your Belmont Day? Mine was fine, thank you. I was safe and warm, wasn’t even in LA, and happy not to be
It’s a familiar refrain these days but there are too many races and so little time to devote to all of them. With the racing
Even if it is a classic, who might have the courage to show up in the first leg of 2020’s Asterisk Triple Crown to challenge
Authentic, Charlatan and Nadal: with apologies to Alexandre Dumas, call them The Three Bafferteers. Each horse is trained by two-time Triple Crown winner Bob Baffert,
As we know, all politics stop at the waters edge, but anything in between is fair game. So let’s begin at the top, with the
Never mind the wheels of justice. Even investigations grind slowly. Last Monday’s FBI bust of 27 individuals who derive their living from the Thoroughbred racing
By Gary West — This is challenging. Bob Baffert is responsible for some of the most valuable horses in the world, entrusted with nurturing their
HALLANDALE BEACH, FL — How can a sports fan not love this time of year, especially Saturday, the first day of playoffs for America’s favorite
