Belle Gallantey, surprising everyone, connections included
Her connections claimed Belle Gallantey to win winter races at Aqueduct. They had no clue that a few months later, they’d win the Grade 1 Delaware Handicap.
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Author: Frank Vespe
MHBA Yearling Show keeps ’em coming back
Yesterday’s 80th MHBA Yearling Show provided a first chance to see the latest crop of yearlings, and everyone’s hoping for a home run. Words and pix.
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I went to a fight, and a horse race broke out?
Rodney Dangerfield said that he went to a fight and a hockey game broke out. Replace “hockey game” with “horse race,” and you have the week in horse racing.
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In (sort of) defense of Steve Coburn
We loved “brash” Steve Coburn when California Chrome was winning. In defeat, he became a sore loser. That change says more about us than about Coburn.
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Horsemen take nuanced view of Triple Crown change
Five Maryland horsemen who’ve run in the Triple Crown gave us five different, varying perspectives on lengthening the time from Derby to Preakness to Belmont..
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