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The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

POSTED: July 6, 2020

Would Shortening the Belmont Stakes Lead to more Triple Crown Winners? In the wake of the drama and glory of this year’s shortened Belmont Stakes,...

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The 2020 Investec Derby – O’Brien’s Stranglehold on UK Classics

POSTED: June 29, 2020

When Santiago crossed the finish line first in the Irish Derby (G1), he led a sweep of the first four spots for trainer Aidan O’Brien,...

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The rise and untimely fall of Fred ‘the Tin Man’ Archer

POSTED: June 29, 2020

By Abbeigh Harris Emma Hayward and William Archer welcomed their second son, Fred Archer into the world on the 11th January 1857. Born in Cheltenham,...

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It's Not Too Late to Own a Piece of Secretariat

POSTED: June 27, 2020

Yes you read that correctly. It is not too late to own a piece of arguably one of the greatest horses of all time, and...

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Donna Brothers, A Candid Conversation

POSTED: June 26, 2020

I was fortunate to set up a phone interview with Donna Barton Brothers that I had looked forward to for a long time. I hoped...

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Gate To Wire Podcast Season 1 Episode 1

POSTED: June 26, 2020

Thank you for checking out the very first edition of the Gate To Wire Podcast with our hosts Jonathan Stettin and Michael Vale. Tune in...

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Levamisole Metabolizes To Appear As A Performance Enhancer, Is It? What Does It Do?

POSTED: June 25, 2020

By: Leila Elliott It was in early February that news of horse trainer Joe Sharp having eight of his winning equine charges disqualified to last...

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A Triple Crown With An Asterisk?

POSTED: June 24, 2020

Tiz the Law captured a much-shortened Belmont Stakes with ease on June 20, starting talk of a unique Triple Crown in which the first race...

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Roses Bloom Even in the Gray: Hoop. Jr. and the Delayed Derby

POSTED: June 21, 2020

When the skies opened up during the week before the 1945 Kentucky Derby, the rain was perhaps a fitting commentary on the shortened Triple Crown...

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