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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, 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, 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, 2009Bud Moore, American Hero
Ryan McGeeWhen it comes to NASCAR Veterans Day stories, the tale of teenage Bud Moore -- a future NASCAR Hall of Famer if there ever was one -- hitting the beac...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 12, 2009
Back to Basics
Jay Cronley, Special to ESPN.comSometimes it's useful to observe the body language of trainers. Somebody with a chance to win is attentive.
Story | Conversation | November 10, 2009Cup memories begin and end with Z
Jeremy Plonk, Special to ESPN.comAfter 48 hours of reflection, I tried to put the monstrous mare's victory into personal perspective.
Story | Conversation | November 10, 2009Type A positive (and negative)
Buster OlneyFor years, the Elias Sports Bureau rankings that determined what kind of draft-pick compensation would be attached to free agents meant nothing to som...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 10, 2009
Mixed emotions
Garrett Gomez...and two fourths in the Turf Sprint and Sprint with Delta Storm and Gayego. Of all my horses, pretty much the only one that ran way back was Codoy in the Juvenile Turf. So it...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 09, 2009Zenyatta a display of greatness
Claire Novak, Special to ESPN.comIt was what she did and how she did it that will have them talking for ages to come, for Zenyatta annihilated the Classic field.
Story | Conversation | November 07, 2009Horse of the Year? It's still Rachel
Bill Finley, Special to ESPN.comThere will not, of course, be two Horses of the Year or any sharing of the award. There can be only one, and that one is Rachel Alexandra.
Story | Conversation | November 07, 2009Day 2 at the Breeders' Cup
Garrett Gomez...snuck away by six or seven lengths and had really started to fly. A couple of the horses started to kind of give chase a little bit, and I just stayed on the fence. She...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 07, 2009Can't quite win them all
Jay Cronley, Special to ESPN.comHere is what we learned, and had reconfirmed, on female day, Friday, at the Breeders' Cup.
Story | Conversation | November 06, 2009Cheering on the inside
Jay Cronley, Special to ESPN.comWinning should be as much fun as losing is clouded.
Story | Conversation | November 06, 2009Happy Breeders' Cup day!
Garrett Gomez...to do what he did was a great day for him. Ventura has just been a great horse; to have her do it on Breeders' Cup day was just confirmation. She runs well all the...
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