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19Sep

Penny Chenery responds to GOP candidate using Secreariat as code name

By Clairenmike  |  September 19th, 2015  |  Horse Racing, Jockeys, Penny Chenery, Triple Crown  |  Carly Fiorina, horse racing, jockey, Kentucky, Paris, Penny Chenery, Ron Turcotte, Secret Service code name, Secretariat, Secretariat Festival, thoroughbred, Triple Crown  |  No Comments

When asked during Wednesday’s Republican debate, primary candidate Carly Fiorina told a national audience her Secret Service code name would […]

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17Sep

2015 Bourbon County Secretariat Festival

By Clairenmike  |  September 17th, 2015  |  Darley America, Jockeys, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Derby Tours, Penny Chenery, Secretariat, Triple Crown  |  Adena Springs Farm Tours, Bill Nack, Billy Turner, Bourbon County Secretariat Festival, Claiborne Farm, Jean Cruguet, jockey, Kentucky, Kentucky Derby Museum, Meadow Stable, Paris, Penny Chenery, Ron Turcotte, Triple Crown  |  No Comments

The weekend of September 18-20 lends a picture-perfect autumn backdrop to the 8th Annual Bourbon County Secretariat Festival in historic […]

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14Sep

Secretariat’s horseshoe replica to set Guiness record September 20th

By Clairenmike  |  September 14th, 2015  |  Belmont Stakes, Horse Racing, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Derby Museum, Secretariat  |  1973 Triple Crown, 2015 Secretariat Festival, Belmont Stakes, Billy Turner, Charlie Davis, Guinness World Record, Jacinto Vasquez, Jean Cruguet, jockey, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Derby Museum, Pat Day, Penny Chenery, Ron Turcotte, Secretariat, Secretariat.com, World's Largest Horseshoe  |  No Comments

The Kentucky Derby Museum together with the 2015 Secretariat Festival and Secretariat.com have formally applied to Guinness World Records for […]

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09Sep

American Pharoah team to be honored by NTWAB

By Clairenmike  |  September 9th, 2015  |  American Pharoah, Breeders' Cup, Eclipse Awards, Jockeys, National Turfwriters, NBC, Triple Crown  |  Ahmed Zayat, American Pharoah, Bill Mooney, Bob Baffert, Cathy Schenck, Eclipse Award, jockey, Keeneland Library, KY, Lexington, National Turf Writers and Broadcasters, NBC, Sports Illustrated, Tim Layden, Tom Hammond, Triple Crown, Victor Espinoza  |  No Comments

The National Turf Writers and Broadcasters will salute American Pharoah and the team that molded him into the first Triple […]

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28Aug

Not your usual Travers Stakes Day

By Clairenmike  |  August 28th, 2015  |  American Pharoah, Horse Racing, NBC, Saratoga Race Course, The Travers Satakes, Triple Crown  |  2015 Travers Stakes, American Pharoah, August 29th, NBC, New York Racing Association, nyra, Saratoga Race Course, Saratoga Springs, sold out, Travers Stakes, Triple Crown, West Point United States Military Academy’s Black Knights  |  No Comments

August 29th will not be your usual Travers Stakes Day. Having a Triple Crown winner entered in the Travers changes […]

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27Aug

American Pharoah arrives in Saratoga

By Clairenmike  |  August 27th, 2015  |  American Pharoah, Churchill Downs, Horse Racing, Kentucky Derby, Saratoga Race Course, Triple Crown  |  American Pharoah, Bob Baffert, Churchill Downs, Eduardo Luna, George Alvarez, Hall of Fame, horse racing, Jimmy Barnes, John Terranova, Kentucky Derby, New York, nyra, Pioneerof the Nile, Saratoga, Saratoga Race Course, Travers Stakes, Triple Crown, Zayat Stables  |  No Comments

Triple Crown winner American Pharoah has landed in Saratoga, New York and is getting ready for the Travers Stakes this […]

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26Aug

2015 Travers Stakes post positions set

By Clairenmike  |  August 26th, 2015  |  American Pharoah, Belmont Stakes, Horse Racing, Jockeys, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Derby Tours, NBC, Preakness Stakes, Saratoga Race Course, Television, Triple Crown  |  Ahmed Zayat, American Pharoah, Bob Baffert, Dale Romans, Dallas Stewart, Frammento, Frosted, Gary Stevens, graveyard of favorites, Irad Ortiz Jr, Javier Castellano, Joel Rosario, John Shirreffs, John Velazquez, Jose Ortiz, Julien Leparoux, Keen Ice, Keith Desormeaux, Ken McPeek, Kent Desormeaux, Kentucky Derby, Kiaran McLaughlin, King of New York, Manny Franco, Mid Ocean, NBC, Nick Zito, Saratoga, Smart Transition, Tale of Verve, Texas Red, the Travers Stakes, trainer, Triple Crown, Upstart, Victor Espinoza, Zenyatta  |  No Comments

Saratoga has been called ‘the graveyard of favorites’. But this Saturday, Saratoga Race Course will have a different crowd, most […]

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27Jul

What happens after a Triple Crown Win?

By Clairenmike  |  July 27th, 2015  |  2015 Kentucky Derby, American Pharoah, Belmont Stakes, Horse Racing, Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, Triple Crown  |  Affirmed, Ahmed Zayat, American Pharoah, Assault, Belmont Stakes, Bob Baffert, Citation, Count Fleet, Del Mar Race Course, Gallant Fox, Haskell, horses, Kentucky Derby, Monmouth Park, Omaha, Preakness Stakes, Seattle Slew, Secretariat, Sir Barton, Swaps, Triple Crown, Triple Crown winners, War Admiral, Whirlaway  |  No Comments

It had been 37 years since anyone has asked what happens after a horse wins the Triple Crown.  The last […]

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22Jul

Saratoga Race Course will have all new Walk of Fame beginning July 24

By Clairenmike  |  July 22nd, 2015  |  Belmont Stakes, Horse Racing, John Velazquez, Kentucky Derby, Saratoga Race Course, Thoroughbred  |  Allen Jerkens, Angel Cordero, Belmont Stakes, Jerry Bailey, jockeys, John Hendrickson, John Velazquez, Marylou Whitney Travers, Mine That Bird, New York Racing Association, Ogden Mills “Dinny” Phipps, owners, Saratoga Race Course, Saratoga Walk of Fame, Summer Bird, The Jockey Club, thoroughbred racing, Tom Durkin, trainers, Travers, Wayne Lukas  |  No Comments

The New York Racing Association, Inc. today announced a new attraction for the 2015 meet that will honor and showcase […]

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02Jun

Only 4 days to the 2015 Belmont Stakes

By Clairenmike  |  June 2nd, 2015  |  2015 Kentucky Derby, Belmont Stakes, Churchill Downs, Horse Racing, Jockeys, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Derby Tours, NBC, Preakness Stakes, Television, Triple Crown, Uncategorized  |  American Pharoah, Bob Baffert, Churchill Downs, Dale Romans, Dallas Stewart, Edgar Prado, Frammento, Frosted, Gary Stevens, Hall of Fame, Irad Ortiz Jr, Joel Rosario, Keen Ice, Kenny McPeek, Kent Desormeaux, Kentucky Derby, Kiaran McLaughlin, Materiality, Mike de Kock, Mike Smith, Mubtaahij, Nick Zito, Preakness Stakes, r Madefromlucky, Tale of Verve, The Truth or Else, Todd Pletcher, Victor Espinoza  |  No Comments

Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner American Pharoah galloped 1 1/2 miles over the Churchill Downs main track Sunday morning […]

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