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I Saw This Coming. I Just Didn't Know It Would Look Like This. Irad and Jose Ortiz

POSTED: May 3, 2026

Ten years ago I wrote that the Ortiz brothers would rule American racing. What happened Saturday at Churchill Downs was something I — or anyone...

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Eight O'Clock Was the Time. The Post Parade Was Not.

POSTED: April 14, 2026

The White Abarrio lawsuit is about one horse and one scratch. The questions underneath it are about an entire system — and the institution that...

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The Untouchables: Why the Racing Media Chokes on the Ortiz Scandal but Swallows Kevin Bond Whole

POSTED: February 16, 2026

Low Hanging Fruit Often Tastes Bad "It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it."...

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The Ethics Gap: Paco Lopez, Cockfighting, and the Selective Outrage of Horse Racing

POSTED: February 6, 2026

PETA 2 HORSE RACING 0 Almost everyone in the horseracing industry loves to bash PETA. I am not advocating for them here, but many will...

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It's All About the Horse but What About the Cock

POSTED: November 24, 2025

Whips, Cockfights, and Racing’s Selective Outrage I have always enjoyed, poor choice of words here, starting an article with a quote or two I like....

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Branching Out On His Own: Nick Tomlinson Possesses the Right Qualities to Succeed in the Competitive World of Thoroughbred Racing

POSTED: November 10, 2025

Irad Ortiz and Nick Tomlinson, Photo Courtesy of Ben Baugh Ben Baugh It’s hard to believe that Thoroughbred trainer Nick Tomlinson is only 31-year-old, his...

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Breeders' Cup

Ortiz Jr. Wins Sixth Shoemaker Award 

POSTED: November 1, 2025

Shisospicy and Irad Ortiz, Jr., couldn't be caught in the BC Turf Sprint. (Jenny Doyle/Past The Wire) 23rd Bill Shoemaker Award Breeders’ Cup Release DEL...

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Breeders' Cup

Shisospicy Unstoppable In BC Turf Sprint 

POSTED: November 1, 2025

Shisospicy can’t be caught. (Jenny Doyle/Past The Wire) Classic Saturday: Prevagen Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1) Breeders’ Cup Release UPDATED 11/1/2025 4:48 PM ET DEL...

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Record Keeneland Fall Meet Wraps

POSTED: October 26, 2025

The field for the Hagyard Fayette Stakes Keeneland gate on the last day of the meet. (Courtney Snow/Past The Wire) Record $217 Million in All-Sources Wagering...

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