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1995 Thunder Gulch

POSTED: April 21, 2019

Here is the latest installment in Nick Costa's and Mary Dixon Reynolds' series on "the other horse" in the Kentucky Derby. Under blue skies with...

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Mike Smith Opts for Omaha Beach over Roadster

POSTED: April 17, 2019

In what jockey Mike Smith described as the toughest decision of his career, he opted to ride Omaha Beach in the upcoming Kentucky Derby. This...

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2019 Arkansas Derby Analysis

POSTED: April 12, 2019

The $1,000,000.00 Grade 1 2019 Arkansas Derby Oaklawn Park Race # 11 A Mile & 1/8th Saturday April 13th, 2019 Estimated post Time: 6:41PM EST...

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Cannonade vs. Judger

POSTED: April 11, 2019

By Nick Costa and Mary Dixon Reynolds Secretariat fever must have lingered in everyone’s consciousness as a record crowd of 163,628 gathered at Churchill Downs...

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The Road to Glory: The Triple Crown Trail in 1919

POSTED: April 10, 2019

The road to the Kentucky Derby is paved with points: if you want to make it into the gate, your horse must win the right...

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1919 - Sir Barton vs. Billy Kelly

POSTED: March 23, 2019

1919 – Sir Barton – Billy Kelly By Nick Costa and Mary Dixon Reynolds Much like the first Kentucky Derby in 1875, an owner’s pre-race...

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2019 Fountain of Youth

POSTED: March 1, 2019

Geo Sette 400,000 Grade 2 Fountain Of Youth Stakes,  Gulfstream Park Race # 13,   Mile & 1/16th EST Post Time 5:32 pm I have always...

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Great Too Early: 5 2-Year-Olds Who Failed as 3-Year-Olds

POSTED: February 24, 2019

Great Too Early: By: Peter Lee In the book American Pharoah, author Joe Drape recounts an incident in which Vinery Farm manager Frances Relihan, impressed...

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Sunday Silence and Easy Goer: A Jewel of a Duel

POSTED: February 24, 2019

By Nick Costa This is not the first time Past the Wire featured what was perhaps the best running of the Preakness, and one of...

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