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Hello, 1913!

It was tough to work up the enthusiasm for a year in review of racing for 2012.  It was supposed to be the year in which New York racing finally put a decade of drama behind it, a decade of … Continue reading

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Seeking Saratoga’s Racing History

Beginning in May 2013, the Saratoga 150 celebration will mark the sesquicentennial of the Thoroughbred racing in my hometown.  The four-day program in 1863, inaugurated by John Morrissey, was such a success that he and his partners, among them William … Continue reading

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