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April is Triple Crown Buzz Month
Triple Crown Champions Gallant Fox, Omaha, War Admiral, Whirlaway, Assault, and Affirmed won April races. Carry Back and Sunday Silence surprised, others ran rivalries.
whirlaway • assault • affirmed • gallant fox • omaha

Barbaro to Win the Triple Crown?
The sport of kings has longed for a Triple Crown Winner for nearly three decades. With a victory at the Kentucky Derby, Barbaro is the newest hope to join an elite group.
barbaro • kentucky derby • triple crown • derby • preakness

Does Smarty Jones Have a Date With Destiny?
Smarty Joes will try to accomplish who no horse has done in nearly three decades: Win the triple crown and remain unfeated.
horses • jockeys • trainers • triple crown • kentucky derby

Affirmed, Alydar Race, 1977-1978
Although Affirmed beat Alydar three times in as many tries in the 1978 Triple Crown races, Alydar did best the champ twice in 1977. Alydar was the bigger, favored colt.
affirmed • alydar • 1977 horseracing season • 1978 triple crown season • john velasquez

Afleet Alex Heavily Favored to Take Belmont
The 137th Belmont Stakes features Giacomo, Afleet Alex and all newcomers except one on Saturday in the grueling 1 ½ miles Test of Champions.
belmont stakes • preakness • triple crown • horses • jockeys

Battle of the Belmont Pits Two Game Winners
The 137th Belmont Stakes pits winners of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, both Cinderella horses for different reasons, in the first showdown for 3-year-old supremacy.
belmont • preakness • kentucky derby • triple crown • peter pan

Dubai Hosts Triple Crown Winner
UAE's first Triple Crown winner is Asiatic Boy, victorious in the Dubai Derby by nine lengths. Vengeance of Rain scores for Hong Kong in the Dubai Sheema Classic.
2007 dubai derby • asiatic boy captures uae derby • 2007 dubai sheema classic • vengeance of rain wins dubai sheema • trainer mike de kock

Giacomo Tries to Win Some Respect, Preakness
Giacomo is attempting on Saturday to become the seventh Kentucky Derby winner in nine years to capture the Preakness.
horses • jockeys • tracks • trainers • preakness

Kentucky Derby Runners Do Well in the Preakness
Smarty Jones and five other 3-year-olds who chased him at Louisville stand the best chance of winning Saturday's Preakness at Pimlico.
horses • jockeys • trainers • tracks • triple crown

Last Triple Crown Winner Affirmed
From Sir Barton in 1919 to Affirmed in 1978, thoroughbred racing has seen just 11 Triple Crown winners. Can a 2007 three-year-old step into TC horse shoes?
affirmed • seattle slew • secretariat • citation • assault

Nine Challenge Read the Footnotes in Florida Derby
The 53rd Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park is attracted 10 horses hoping to continue down the Road to the Roses.
horse • horses • florida derby • kentucky derby • triple crown

Remember Those High Flying Great Jockeys
When you list the great jockeys, several standouts immediately come to mind, including "The Master."
jockeys • horses • trainers • shoemaker • pincay

Roman Ruler Favored to Capture Haskell Invitational
Roman Ruler, trained by Bob Baffert and ridden by Jerry Bailey, was installed as the early 9-5 favorite in an eight-horse field to capture the $1 million Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park on Sunday.
hsskell invitational • monmouth park • horses • stakes • handicaps

Seabiscuit's Triple Crown
During the Depression the great race horse Seabiscuit conquered other race horses while capturing the nation's heart. In the twenty-first century his chroniclers have conquered the media and helped Seabiscuit to once again capture the nation's heart.
seabiscuit • horse racing • movies • documentaries • books

Seattle Slew's 1977 Triple Crown
Front running 1977 Triple Crown Champion Seattle Slew equaled Secretariat's Preakness speed and romped through the classics to claim the 10th historical triple title.
seattle slew • 1977 triple crown • kentucky derby • preakness stakes • belmont stakes

Seattle Slew's Top Awards, Foals
An Eclipse Award winner, Seattle Slew became a big daddy, siring such greats as Swale, Slew O' Gold, and A.P. Indy. His daughter, Solar Slew, foaled the champion, Cigar.
seattle slew's awards • seattle slew's offspring • seatte slew stud career • solar slew • cigar

Smarty Jones Goes for the Gold
The race is on Sarturday for Smarty Jones, who seeks the Tiple Crown and the record earnings title in North America.
horses • jockeys • triple crown • kentucky derby • preakness

The Triple Crown That Should Have Been
Winning the Triple Crown is no easy feat as the 28 year drought testifies but it seems a shame when a magnificent horse like Afleet Alex loses to a twist of fate.
afleet alex • kentucky derby • belmont stakes • preakness • triple crown

7 Top Ten Colts waiting for Derby
Nobiz Like Shobiz, Scat Daddy, Circular Quay, Any Given Saturday, Cowtown Cat, Notional, and Tiago are finished with prep races. They are getting ready for Derby 133.
edgar prado • john velazquez • scat daddy • corey nakatani • birdbirdistheword

Surprise Starter Boosts Travers Field to 7
The 136th Travers, America's oldest stakes race for 3-year-olds, has attracted seven horses going 1 1/4 miles at Saratoga on Saturday.
travers • stakes • 3-year-olds • horses • saratoga

Tale of Ekati, Colonel John Preps
Tale of Ekati, by Sunday Silence mare Silence Beauty, and Colonel John, by Tiznow, win late in Wood Memorial and Santa Anita Derby under Edgar Prado and Corey Nakatani.
top derby contenders races • tale of ekati • colonel john • top derby prep races times • edgar prado tale of ekati

The 10 Best Hitting Seasons Ever
With so many great seasons by so many great MLB players to choose from, it's hard to narrow the best seasons ever down to just ten. Here's a shot, though.
best mlb hitters • top mlb hitters • great offensive years • best hitting years • best hitting seasons

To the Breeders' Cup Championships
While older horses, Lawyer Ron and Lava Man, will also run, the Triple Crown and summer season's duels are likely to re-fire at Monmouth's Breeders' Cup show.
breeders' cup world championships 2007 • curlin • lawyer ron • tiago • any given saturday

Purge Favored to Win Travers
The $1 million Travers, the oldest stakes race for 3-year-olds in America, is up for grabs with quite a few also-rans going for the gold.
horse • horses • triple crown • travers stakes • preakness

Road to Louisville Filled With Potholes
The Run to the Roses has been far from the Yellowbrick Road. Early contenders have flopped in the preps, so, far so the next three are real important.
horses • preps • triple crown • kemtucky derby • blue grass stakes

Run for the Roses: Beware of the No No's
There are trends involving the Run for the Roses that can't be dismissed when handicapping America's Race.
horses • jockeys kentucky derby • triple crown • 3-year-olds • tracks

Santa Anita Derby Should Answer Some Questions
April preps for the Kentucky Derby should help separate the contenders from the pretenders.
horses • tracks • trainers • triple crown • san anita derby

Smarty Jones - Yes!
It’s not just his record, but his style, that convinces me this horse will be tough to beat in the Belmont Stakes on June 5th.
triple crown • preakness • belmont stakes • horse racing • smarty jones

Who Might Steal The Kentucky Derby
Who will rise at Churchill Downs? Can Giant Moon, or Yankee Bravo, or Texas Wildcatter, or Isabull squeeze into the field and snatch the bouquet of roses?
kentucky derby second twenty • yankee bravo • giant moon • ez dreamer • other possible derby qualifiers

Nobiz Does Belmont by Jamaica Turf
When trainer Barclay Tagg first laid eyes on Nobiz Like Shobiz, he told owner Elizabeth Valando that the colt was a potential Triple Crowner. Now he's a turf star.
2007 jamaica handicap • nobiz like shobiz likes turf • trainer barclay tagg • jockey javier castellano • dwyer stakes

Nobiz, Barclay Tagg Git 'R Done
Focus was not a question as Nobiz Like Shobiz fought hard to win the Wood Memorial. Battling Any Given Saturday, then Sightseeing, Nobiz upped the Derby ante.
2007 wood memorial • nobiz like shobiz • barclay tagg • sightseeing • phipps stable

Street Sense Remains Derby Pick
Cobalt Blue and Chelokee moved into the Derby Top Ten List, while Street Sense continues as the No.1 pick. Scat Daddy, Notional, Circular Quay are headed for Kentucky.
2007 top ten derby list • street sense • notional • todd pletcher • circular quay

Tiago, new Derby Boy, at $450,000
While Any Given Saturday remains just on pace in graded stakes earnings, Cowtown Cat also moves into contention for Pletcher. Tiago, a new Derby hope, has credentials.
any given saturday • street sense • great hunter • sightseeing • tiago

War Pass Likely Juvenile Champion
In 4 starts, War Pass is perfect. Nick Zito's Mr. Prospector colt last won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile. He wired the field of two-year-olds to become 2008's hot ticket.
war pass juvenile champion prospects • leading 2008 3-year-old war pass • bc juvenile winner war pass • war pass trainer • war pass champagne stakes

Smarty Jones gets Philly Classic
In 2004 the Smarty (Jones) Party grew to a record crowd at Belmont Park for the third leg of the Triple Crown. Smarty now will be Philly's most honored horse.
smarty jones • 2007 smarty jones classic • philadelphia park casino & racetrack • presque isle downs • penn national race course

Curlin Captures Dubai Cup At Will
The UAE threw its best contenders at Curlin in the Dubai World Cup. The Preakness champ shrugged off all, including UAE Triple Crown champion Asiatic Boy.
curlin dubai world cup • uae triple crown champ asiatic boy • curlin post position dubai cup • curlin time dubai cup • curlin margin of victory dubai cup

Graded Stakes & No.1=Street Sense
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Champ Street Sense is headed to the Kentucky Derby ahead in graded stakes earnings and ranked No.1 by the NTRA. Can he break the juvenile jinx?
street sense • cowtown cat • nobiz like shobiz • 2007 kentucky derby • circular quay

Gulfstream Park: Racing Against Time
Gulfstream Park is in the midst of a massive renovation, but the expanded racing surfaces should be ready by opening day on Jan. 3.
horses • 3-year-olds • gulfstream park • florida derby • sunshine millions

Hard Spun Gets Street Sense
The third time was the charm for Hard Spun. He finished twice behind Street Sense in the Triple Crown races, but bested the champ in the Kentucky Cup Classic.
hard spun bests street sense • larry jones • mario pino • kentucky cup classic stakes • turfway park

Industry Problems
In this issue I will give discuss the problems facing the racing industry and possible solutions. I will also discuss what I perceive as the track of the future.
harness racing • harness • racing • horse • thoroughbred

No Pan Intended tripled in 2003
The only harness horse to win the Pacing Triple Crown, No Pan Intended also took Breeders Crown honors. His trainer was Deshler, Ohio's Ivan Sugg. He knew Pan well.
no pan intended • ivan sugg • peter pan stables • bob glazer • ohio harness hall of fame

Swingers
For over a quarter of a century, most batters have been “aggressive” and view a base on balls as little more than a wasted opportunity to get a hit, but many years ago, before the era of the three run home run and leadoff batters who walk twenty three times in over seven hundred plate appearances (Alfonso Soriano in 2002), there were players whose primary purpose was to draw a walk. They were the “table setters” or the rally starters and they were not concerned with driving in runs. They were concerned with scoring runs.
mickey mantle • jackie robinson • triple crown • walk • base on balls

The Tin Man Not Too Old
Trainer Richard Mandella thinks more horses would run well in their later years if owners extended their racing careers. The Tin Man is proof, not a freak of nature.
the tin man • richard mandella • 2007 clement l. hirsch stakes • artiste royal • victor espinoza

Tiago Reels In Goodwood Handicap
As Tiago triumphed at the Goodwood Handicap September 29, jockey Mike Smith claimed the best is yet to come; perhaps in the Breeders' Cup Classic.
tiago • 2007 breeders' cup classic • mike smith • goodwood handicap • swaps breeders' cup stakes

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