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Triple Crown Champs to Run for Charity, Virtually

POSTED: April 23, 2020

Churchill Downs will Host Nationwide Virtual ‘Kentucky Derby at Home’ Party and Match up to $1 Million in Fan Donations to Celebrate the Traditional Derby...

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Run Dusty Run: Remembering Second Place

POSTED: April 2, 2020

Do you know who Ralph Metcalfe is? He finished second to Jesse Owens in 100 meters at the 1936 Olympics. What about Christopher Chataway? He...

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Maximum Security – Three year-old Champion’s Speed Revealed

POSTED: January 31, 2020

As the year 2019 fades into the rearview of history, the American racing industry breathes a sigh of relief and welcomes a new decade full...

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An Interview with Dawn LeFevre, Author of BACKSTRETCH GIRLS

POSTED: December 13, 2019

What is BACKSTRETCH GIRLS about? Backstretch Girls is set at Atlantic City Racecourse in the 1980’s and tells the story of a friendship between a...

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Keeneland Fall 2019 Yearling Sale Book 1

POSTED: September 8, 2019

The Keeneland Fall 2019 Yearling Sale: Book 1 By Kaitlin Free The annual Keeneland September Yearling Sale is finally once again upon us. Arguably the...

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Exceller and The Exceller Fund

POSTED: July 21, 2019

Winston Churchill once wisely observed, “There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man.” Truly, humans...

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The End of Horse Racing?

POSTED: March 18, 2019

By Charles "Chuck" Simon “This is the end, Beautiful friend This is the end, My only friend, the end” Modern American horse racing surely wasn’t...

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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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Second Place is the First: Triple Crown Runner Ups

POSTED: January 24, 2019

We've heard the cliches before. Runner ups. Second fiddle. Second best. Bridesmaid. Second place is the first loser. In the Sport of Kings, and The...

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