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The worst of 2008
Bill Finley, Special to ESPN.comThe year 2008 can't end soon enough and I wish to send it on its way with a truly appropriate column, The Worst of 2008.
Story | Conversation | December 19, 2008Time for racing to take integrity problems seriously
Bill Finley, Special to ESPN.comThe thoroughbred industry can start by taking a page from the playbook of harness racing, which does a much better job policing itself. For virtually every major stakes race held in that game, horses have to go to a detention barn beforehand.
Story | Conversation | December 12, 2008Old Fashioned
Bill Finley, Special to ESPN.comRight Old Fashioned is the one to beat May 2 at Churchill Downs.
Story | Conversation | December 05, 2008Almost famous: 2008's unsung heroes
Bill Finley, Special to ESPN.comYou won't find any of these names when the Eclipse Awards are announced early next year, but each one had an outstanding year, whether anyone noticed or not.
Story | Conversation | November 24, 2008Where to find an iron horse? In Australia
Bill Finley, Special to ESPN.comWe've been conditioned to believe that the modern thoroughbred is fragile and delicate and must be treated as such.
Story | Conversation | November 14, 2008Sheikh Mohammed loading up for Derby
Bill Finley, Special to ESPN.comSheikh Mohammed hasn't quite figured out yet how to win the Kentucky Derby, but he apparently has a new strategy: tackle the race with the largest and strongest arsenal of talent imaginable. He's not going to go down quietly in 2009.
Story | Conversation | November 06, 2008Curlin still best horse this year
Bill Finley, Special to ESPN.comZenyatta picked the wrong year to be good. Zenyatta is not the Horse of the Year. Curlin is.
Story | Conversation | October 29, 2008Breeders' Cup picks
Bill Finley, Special to ESPN.comESPN.com contributor Bill Finley has an answer for all 14 divisions of the 25th Breeders' Cup World Championships at Santa Anita.
Story | Conversation | October 23, 2008Curlin in a romp?
Bill Finley, Special to ESPN.comSomething tells ESPN.com contributor Bill Finley that Curlin is going to run the best race of his life Saturday.
Story | Conversation | October 21, 2008On the surface
Bill Finley, Special to ESPN.comNo one is quite sure how the new Pro-Ride synthetic surface will affect this year's Breeders' Cup, but, 10 days into the Oak Tree meet, some answers are starting to emerge.
Story | Conversation | October 08, 2008Skip Away, not Curlin, should hold earnings record
Bill Finley, Special to ESPN.comShouldn't the top earner in North American racing history be the horse who has earned the most in North American racing?
Story | Conversation | September 29, 2008Who's the best horse in the country?
Bill Finley, Special to ESPN.comWho's the best horse in the country? The debate has raged over the last few months, with the field including Big Brown, Curlin and no one else. It seems, though, that there's another horse that needs to be thrown into the mix.
Story | Conversation | September 22, 2008Curlin's connections need horse sense
Bill Finley, Special to ESPN.comFor a smart guy, Jess Jackson sure is being dumb about the Breeders' Cup. For the sport, for his horse, for Jess Jackson's wallet, this is the easiest decision anyone has ever had to make: run the horse in the Classic.
Story | Conversation | September 15, 2008Like father, like daughter
Bill Finley, Special to ESPN.comIn his 24 years in the profession, Robbie Davis experienced more than his fair share of pain, physical and otherwise.
Story | Conversation | September 04, 2008Dirt and synthetic results not so wildly different
Bill Finley, Special to ESPN.comThere were a lot of people who didn't think Colonel John could win the Travers because all of his best prior races had come on synthetic tracks. They were, of course, wrong.
Story | Conversation | August 28, 2008EXPLORE RELATED TOPICS
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