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If you are writing horse stories for nine-year-olds, you place in your first paragraph that thoroughbred trainer Kathy Ritvo and her pupil Mucho Macho Man were meant to be together. This article is exclusive, use Cleeng to view it in full. The rest of this article is exclusive, use Cleeng again to view it. The [...]
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The athletic stride of the photogenic thoroughbred Flat Out is the striking bay’s most useful weapon. He’s long and he’s going to win in any race that’s going to be decided in the final 75 yards of flank-to-flank combat. This article is exclusive, use Cleeng to view it in full. The rest of this article [...]
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At least one talented state-bred with serious aspirations of joining a Breeders’ Cup field some day ventured to nearby Laurel Park for a minor stakes. This article is exclusive, use Cleeng to view it in full. The rest of this article is exclusive, use Cleeng again to view it. The rest of this article is [...]
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As the Breeders’ Cup weekend comes closer, one of the stars whose background and future will draw the heaviest focus is the precocious Groupie Doll. This article is exclusive, use Cleeng to view it in full. The rest of this article is exclusive, use Cleeng again to view it. The rest of this article is [...]
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CHARLES TOWN — On a mild Saturday, Charles Town hosted the latest edition of the $1.4 million West Virginia Breeders Classics, topped by the $500,000 West Virginia Classic and the $250,000 Cavada. This article is exclusive, use Cleeng to view it in full. The rest of this article is exclusive, use Cleeng again to view [...]
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Ordinarily, none of Speightstown’s sons or daughters lags behind in any race. Those thoroughbreds are sprinters. They were bred to be sprinters. Few of them can be found being tried in any race that calls for going more than one mile. Speightstown was the 2004 Breeders’ Cup Sprint winner at the six-furlong distance. His progeny [...]
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Any of the sheltered-from-the-weather patrons that witnessed the running of the million-dollar, Grade III Charles Town Classic last year would never have foretold that one of that race’s also-rans would win all of his next seven races. This article is exclusive, use Cleeng to view it in full. The rest of this article is exclusive, [...]
Continue reading …Little Mike had always been considered a sprinter. The bay five-year-old had done his best work at no more than nine furlongs and usually at a mile. This article is exclusive, use Cleeng to view it in full. The rest of this article is exclusive, use Cleeng again to view it. The rest of this [...]
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Commentator spending retirement at Old Friends
November 14, 2012 No CommentIt’s the ones that can hold together long enough to have lengthy careers that are most remembered. Most of those with large followings have gained the respect and affection of the public because they campaigned for five or six years. This article is exclusive, use Cleeng to view it in full. The rest of this [...]
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