Today in Racing History: The Valentine’s Day Massacre
Our occasional racing history features takes a different tack today: the story of the day the jocks allegedly fixed a race.
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Author: Richard Hackerman
Today in Racing History: The Bid
We debut a new (occasional) feature, Today in Racing History, with this tidbit on The Bid.
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Once almost a movie star, retired Thoroughbred learns a new trade
Rock N’ Bid nearly played Secretariat on the big screen. These days, says his former owner, the retired Thoroughbred is a star of a different sort.
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Owner’s-eye view: Cooling out after Baltimore’s Preakness weekend
Maryland-based owner Richard Hackerman attended the Preakness and Black-Eyed Susan, as he does every year. Here are his post-mortem observations of the weekend.
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Back to the Winners’ Circle for this retired Thoroughbred
Plenty of good racing news doesn’t make it into the public eye. But one group in Maryland is doing what it can to promote the retraining of Thoroughbreds for other disciplines, and Richard Hackerman reports that they’re making a difference — they did to him.
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