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17Aug

Fox Sports 1 and Fox Deportes to air major horse races in 2014

By Clairenmike  |  August 17th, 2013  |  Horse Racing, Television, Triple Crown  |  Del Mar, Donn Handicap, FOX Deportes, FOX Sports, FOX Sports 1, Gulfstream Park, Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap, horse racings, Keeneland, New York Racing Association, Ogden Mills Phipps, racetrack, Santa Anita Park, sports network, stakes races, The Jockey Club, thoroughbred racing, Triple Crown races, Woodbine  |  No Comments

America’s new sports network, FOX Sports and The Jockey Club announced today a multi-year agreement to air prominent graded stakes […]

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14Aug

Churchill Downs releases new 34 race schedule 2013-14 ‘Road to the Kentucky Derby’ series

By Clairenmike  |  August 14th, 2013  |  2014 Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs, Horse Racing, Kentucky Derby, Triple Crown  |  140th running of the Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs, Keeneland, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Derby Championship Series, Lexington, Road to the Kentucky Derby, Road to the Kentucky Oaks, the first Saturday in May, Triple Crown  |  No Comments

Churchill Downs Racetrack officials in a press release announced that 34 races will be included in the 2013-14 “Road to […]

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11Aug

Some favorite horse movies – Part Two

By Clairenmike  |  August 11th, 2013  |  Horse Racing, Kentucky Derby  |  Belmont Park, Broadway Bill, Charlie Chan at the Racetrack, D.H. Lawrence, Dick Francis: Twice Shy, first Saturday in May, Foolish Pleasure, Frank Capra, Hot to Trot, International Velvet, jockey, Kentucky Derby, On The Nose, Ruffian, The Black Stallion, The Rocking Horse Winner  |  No Comments

Here is part 2 of the list we recently saw of horse movies and thought we would share. Not sure […]

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08Aug

Some favorite horse movies

By Clairenmike  |  August 8th, 2013  |  Horse Racing, Kentucky Derby, Penny Chenery, Secretariat, Triple Crown  |  1973 Kentucky Derby, Black Gold, Bob Champion, Champions, Elizabeth Taylor, Grand National, Hidalgo, horse movies, Ian Holm, jockey, Kentucky Derby, Let It Ride, Marx Brothers, Melbourne Cup, Mickey Rooney, Mickey Rourke, National Velvet, Penny Chenery, Phar Lap, race horse owner, Richard Dreyfuss, Seabiscuit, Secretariat, Shergar, Triple Crown, two Oscars  |  No Comments

We recently saw a list of horse movies and thought we would share the top 10. Not sure we agree […]

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04Aug

Longines and Horse Racing – a great partnership!

By Clairenmike  |  August 4th, 2013  |  Belmont Stakes, Breeders' Cup, Churchill Downs, Dubai World Cup, Horse Racing, Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, Santa Anita Park, Triple Crown  |  animal kingdom, Belmont Park, Belmont Stakes, Black Caviar, Breeders' Cup, breeding farms, Churchill Downs, Dubai World Cup, Game on Dude, horse racing, Jockey Club Cup, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Oaks, Longines, Pimlico, Preakness Stakes, racetracks, Santa Anita Park, Triple Crown, Wise Dan, World’s Best Racehorses Rankings  |  No Comments

One definitely noticed the Longines timepieces in the infield at the Kentucky Derby. We saw them again at the Preakness […]

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30Jul

Churchill Downs seeks to add seating for Kentucky Derby

By Clairenmike  |  July 30th, 2013  |  Churchill Downs, Kentucky Derby, Triple Crown  |  Churchill Downs, concessions, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Oaks, Louisville, Rooftop Garden. betting windows, Run for the Roses, The Mansion, Triple Crown  |  No Comments

In a press release, Churchill Downs, owner of the Kentucky Derby’s home is planning another round of track renovations that […]

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27Jul

Secretariat Reborn – a 2013 novel about a Secretariat Clone

By Clairenmike  |  July 27th, 2013  |  Horse Racing, Kentucky Derby, Secretariat  |  horse racing, Ocala horse trainer, Secretariat, Secretariat Reborn, Susan Klaus, thoroughbred horses  |  No Comments

Secretariat Reborn is about Christian Roberts, a easy-going sailor of twenty-five, lives aboard his sloop on Sarasota Bay and makes […]

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24Jul

Saratoga honors 30 horses in Walk of Fame outside Clubhouse

By Clairenmike  |  July 24th, 2013  |  Uncategorized  |  breeder, clubhouse, dam, Hall of Fame Nominating Committee, Historic Review Committee, Hoofprints Walk of Fame, jockey, Marylou Whitney, Michael Veitch, National Museum of Racing, New York Racing Association, owner, Saratoga, Saratoga Race Course, Saratogian, sire, thoroughbreds, trainer, turf writer  |  No Comments

The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) and the Saratoga 150 Committee today unveiled a new attraction designed to pay […]

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20Jul

National Museum of Racing celebrates 150 years of Sartaga

By Clairenmike  |  July 20th, 2013  |  Horse Racing  |  1874 Travers Stakes, Civil War, Curlin, Easy Goer, Man o' War, National Museum of Racing, National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, racetrack, Rachel Alexandra, Saratoga Race Course, Saratoga Springs  |  No Comments

To know about the 150 years of history included in the Saratoga Race Course exhibit at the National Museum of […]

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17Jul

150 years of Saratoga Race Course – they open July 19

By Clairenmike  |  July 17th, 2013  |  Horse Racing, Triple Crown  |  Alabama Stakes, Graveyard of Champions, Hopeful Stakes, Kentucky Derby, Man o' War, Saratoga Race Course, Saratoga Springs, Secretariat, the House of Upsets, The Jockey Club, The Spa, thoroughbred races, Travers Stakes, Triple Crown, twilight racing, Whitney Handicap  |  No Comments

Saratoga Springs was the site of standardbred racing as early as 1847. The first thoroughbred races at Saratoga Springs took […]

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