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Breeders' CupBreeders' Cup | Nov. 6-7, 2009 | Santa Anita, Calif.Includes the latest news, expert commentary, schedule, video clips and more on the Breeders' Cup World Championships. |
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Three to be thankful for
Jeremy Plonk, Special to ESPN.comThanksgiving means much more than getting out a nail punch from the tool shed and expanding your leather belt by a notch. It's a time to reflect and appreciate as much as anything; and those of us who work in, and enjoy, the horse racing industry truly have been blessed in 2009.
Story | Conversation | November 23, 2009Acoma wins stretch battle
Marty McGee, Daily Racing FormAcoma probably earned herself another year of racetrack life when she bounced back from two last-place finishes to post a hard-fought victory Saturday in the 36th running of the Grade 3, $111,700 Cardinal Handicap at Churchill Downs.
Story | Conversation | November 21, 2009That's why it's Horse of YEAR
Bill Finley, Special to ESPN.comThe divisive debate over Horse of the Year honors is not entirely about Rachel Alexandra versus Zenyatta, who the better horse is, or East versus West.
Story | Conversation | November 20, 2009Outtakes with O.J. Mayo
Kenny Mayne, ESPN The MagazineKenny Mayne chats with Grizzlies guard O.J. Mayo about NCAA regulations, shooting free throws underhand and taking in the sport of kings.
Story | Conversation | November 20, 2009
Zenyatta team garners award
Matt Hegarty, Daily Racing FormThe Turf Publicists of America has named the human connections of 2009 Breeders' Cup Classic winner Zenyatta as the recipients of the organization's Big Sport of Turfdom Award, the organization announced on Thursday.
Story | Conversation | November 19, 2009Frankel's final starter wins
Jay Privman, Daily Racing FormBobby Frankel went out a winner.
Story | Conversation | November 19, 2009American Lion ready to step up
Jay Privman, Daily Racing FormGone Astray will seek his third straight stakes win in Saturday's Grade 3, $100,000 Discovery Handicap for 3-year-olds at Aqueduct. In his last two starts, Gone Astray has won the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby and the $150,000 Ohio Derby.
Story | Conversation | November 19, 2009Change hits the Derby trail
Jeremy Plonk, Special to ESPN.comFor me, the annual end of the Breeders' Cup season marks the beginning of the Triple Crown pursuit.
Story | Conversation | November 18, 2009Meals on big wheels
Jay Cronley, Special to ESPN.comThe doorbell rang a couple of days back to signal the delivery of a meal on wheels, a feast on airline wheels, game birds doused in winy herbs.
Story | Conversation | November 16, 2009Zenyatta, 'Rachel' square off
Paul Moran, Special to ESPN.comIf the very soul of racing is difference of opinion, 2009 will be remembered among the best of years.
Story | Conversation | November 16, 2009Missing Bobby
Claire Novak, Special to ESPN.comIt was quiet this summer on the Oklahoma Oval, and no throngs of horsemen gathered outside Barn 72. This used to be a meeting place, one of the first stops a Turf writer would make in the Saratoga mornings.
Story | Conversation | November 16, 2009Remembering Colonel John
Garrett GomezARCADIA, Calif. -- It's always a little bittersweet for a jock to see a horse he's done well with go to stud. You know you'll never ride him again an...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 16, 2009Bobby Frankel dies at 68
Jay Privman, Daily Racing FormBobby Frankel, who rose from the streets of Brooklyn to become one of the most successful and respected trainers in the history of Thoroughbred racing, died early Monday morning at his home in Pacific Palisades, Calif., from complications of lymphoma.
Story | Conversation | November 16, 2009Too Many Toyz too hot to stop
Mike Welsch, Daily Racing FormWhen you're hot you're hot and when you're not you're not. The old adage certainly applied to the Carl G. Rose Classic after Too Many Toyz registered his fourth straight victory with a thrilling one-length decision over the 3-5 favorite It's a Bird.
Story | Conversation | November 14, 2009Quality Road would rather take highway
David Grening, Daily Racing FormTrainer Todd Pletcher has not ruled out running Quality Road in the Grade 1 Cigar Mile here Nov. 28, but there is a lot of work that needs to be done to make that goal a reality.
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