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Sponsor deals not smooth as silks
Claire Novak, Special to ESPN.comAn argument that once centered on "the tradition of the turf" is now based on a more practical disagreement -- revenue sharing.
Story | Conversation | December 11, 2009Just getting started
Claire NovakLOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Thanksgiving weekend always brings a sense of closure to the racing season. On Friday, the 1 1/8-mile Clark at Churchill Downs show...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 27, 2009We owe it to them
Claire NovakOne of Bobby Frankel's last requests -- that in lieu of flowers, donations in his memory be sent to Old Friends, The Grayson Jockey Club Research Foun...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 21, 2009Fresh start for historic Hialeah
Claire Novak, Special to ESPN.comThe flamingos remained at Hialeah, nesting in the infield as they had for generations, long after the final horse van pulled out of the stable gate.
Story | Conversation | November 20, 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, 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, 2009No holding back Zensational
Claire Novak, Special to ESPN.comBob Baffert stood on the apron at Santa Anita and watched Zensational haul exercise rider Jorge Alvarez around the California oval.
Story | Conversation | November 05, 2009Wakeup call
Claire NovakARCADIA, Cali. -- Early morning belongs to the racetrack. Even through the hectic swirl of Breeders' Cup week, the hustle and bustle of extra horses a...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 04, 2009Summer Bird back for more?
Claire Novak, Special to ESPN.comIt's been a whirlwind journey for trainer Tim Ice to the Breeders' Cup Classic with Summer Bird. And if Ice has anything to do with it, they'll be back again next year.
Story | Conversation | November 04, 2009These Cup jocks are looking good
Claire Novak, Special to ESPN.comHere they are, the sexiest jockeys riding in the 2009 edition of the Breeders' Cup, as complied through consultation with my fellow members of the press corps.
Story | Conversation | November 03, 2009Goosebumps welcome
Claire NovakARCADIA, CALIF -- Bob Baffert stood in the middle of a media cluster at Clocker's Corner on Tuesday morning and enthusiastically rambled on about a ru...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 03, 2009Peppermints please
Claire NovakARCADIA, CALIF -- Sometimes everything falls into place. You never know when it might happen, but when it does, you breathe a sigh of relief. That's...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 02, 2009Passion
Claire Novak...thinking if I could do this for the rest of my life, I'd be happy. Gradually, horse racing became an actual part of me, and I became a part of it. My idolization of...
Blog Entry | Conversation | November 01, 2009Injured jockeys receive support, hope
Claire Novak, Special to ESPN.comDennis Keehan's check arrives in the mail every month, the number one with three neat figures following in comforting solidity.
Story | Conversation | October 27, 2009Anatomy of a race course
Claire Novak, Special to ESPN.comIt's not as if the idea came to Tim Carey like an inspiration. Night racing had been around for decades.
Story | Conversation | October 13, 2009EXPLORE RELATED TOPICS
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