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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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Hidden Scroll on Target for Possible Derby Run

POSTED: February 19, 2019

Many of us were particularly taken with the debut performance of Bill Mott’s Hidden Scroll on the Pegasus World Cup undercard at Gulfstream Park in...

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With Heart and Determination Victor Espinoza Returns by Kaitlin Free

POSTED: February 18, 2019

The human soul is an entity that cannot sit idle while business remains unfinished. It has nothing left to prove to anyone, except to one’s...

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A Stamp of Greatness: Citation

POSTED: February 11, 2019

A Stamp of Greatness: Citation By Nick Costa In 1978, when Affirmed crossed the finish line by a head in front of Alydar in the...

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The Ghost Triple Crown Trophy

POSTED: January 31, 2019

By: Nick D’Agostino It had come to my attention that one of the 13 Triple Crown trophies had shown up in of all places, a...

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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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It's Official - Justify Retired

POSTED: July 26, 2018

The announcement that was pretty much inevitable almost immediately following the Belmont Stakes has finally been made. Justify has been officially retired, unofficially probably since...

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Second Place Finishers to Triple Crown Winners

POSTED: March 11, 2018

American Pharoah at Coolmore I hope you all enjoy this first column for Past the Wire by Nick Costa. Nick is a long time student...

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