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New York-bred Legacies in the Belmont Stakes

May 31, 2013 by Teresa

Tomorrow at Belmont Park, graded stakes step aside to make way for a day of New York-bred racing. Seven stakes races offering combined purses of $850,000 will be headlined by the first running of the $150,000 Commentator, named in honor … Continue reading →

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The Barbarous Battalion in the Alabama

August 22, 2009 by Teresa

The breeding of Thoroughbred race horses is hardly an exact science; how, after all, can the same pedigree produce both Barbaro and Nicanor? Why did the talent of Secretariat and Chris Evert skip their offspring Six Crowns and re-appear a … Continue reading →

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Ruthless

January 4, 2009 by Teresa

Back in Brooklyn, after an excellent nine-day road trip, and how good of NYRA to be running the Ruthless on my re-entry day, the Ruthless, named after the excellent nineteenth century filly who won both the Travers and the Belmont … Continue reading →

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It’s a filly in the…Travers

August 22, 2008 by Teresa

Ruthless (Eclipse – Barbarity) Photo credit to the National Museum of RacingThose of us who favor the distaff side have had quite the year and a half. Fillies and mares have stolen the headlines pretty regularly since last summer: Rags … Continue reading →

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