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Santa Anita-Based ‘Free Animal Doctor’ Continues To Help Financially-Challenged Pet Owners With Much Needed Services

POSTED: December 13, 2021

On-Site Facility Provides Spay/Neuter Services & Much More ARCADIA, Calif. – Now entering its second year, Santa Anita-based Free Animal Doctor, a non-profit that provides...

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Is Spectacular Bid One of the Greatest Ever?

POSTED: December 13, 2021

Next up on Past The Wire’s “Author’s Corner” is Peter Lee’s fabulous book about Hall of Famer Spectacular Bid. The Bid won two-thirds of the...

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R Adios Jersey and Shivaree Score Florida Stallion Stakes

POSTED: December 12, 2021

Filly stays undefeated and veteran campaigner wins consecutive editions of the FTBOA Marion County FSS. By Ben Baugh OLDSMAR, Fla.—You would have to go back...

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War Hero: Whirlaway and the War-Relief Effort

POSTED: December 11, 2021

By Andrew Hanna On December 7th, 1941, Japan unleashed a series of surprise attacks on islands across the Pacific– most notably the infamous bombing of...

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Surprising Discoveries: Sometimes Small Things Beget Bigger Moments

POSTED: December 10, 2021

Welcome to Past The Wire’s Holiday “Author’s Corner” Book Guide. We offer you stories by the authors of six amazing and diverse books for gift-giving...

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No room for doubt as Dwyer reaches for more Vase glory

POSTED: December 7, 2021

Martin Dwyer wins the 2004 Hong Kong Vase aboard Phoenix Reach. By Graham Cunningham Sunday, December 12th, 2004: A nervous young jockey from Liverpool gazes...

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A FOND LOOK BACK AT THE WOR-TV RACING SHOW

POSTED: December 6, 2021

For almost a decade it was my family’s Saturday ritual – dinner at five p.m. and at six, the world stopped. We took the phone...

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Soaring to New Heights

POSTED: December 6, 2021

Strategic Bird demonstrates resolve in Sandpiper Stakes victory By BEN BAUGH OLDSMAR, Fla.­­—Collected, poised, spirited and determined, all of those words could be used to...

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McGaughey Assistant Schultz Hoping to Launch Solo Career at Oaklawn

POSTED: December 5, 2021

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Roughly 20 months after Reeve McGaughey recorded his first career training victory at Oaklawn, another former assistant under Hall of Fame...

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