In light of the recent announcement that Wise Dan has been elected to the Hall of Fame, this seems a good time to revisit my list of the Top 100 Racehorses of the 20th and 21st Centuries to have raced in North America. Wise Dan is on the list. My Top 100, which is updated […]
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“Look at Mrs. Tweedy! She is having the time of her life!” Chic Anderson said that to a vast CBS television audience as viewers watched an exuberant Penny Tweedy waving her arms wildly in celebration moments after Secretariat’s 31-length victory in the 1973 Belmont Stakes, a spectacular triumph that brought an end to a 25-year […]
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In his fifth decade in the sport, this writer gratefully lists some of sport’s most dedicated, talented and accomplished as friends, associates and acquaintances–trainers, jockeys, owners, breeders, grooms, exercise riders, agents, ushers and hot dog sellers. Unfortunately, many of them are no longer with us. And I miss them. Saturday, we lost Penny Chenery—crowned queen […]
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Below is the Pick 4 ticket for Arlington Million Day at Arlington Park on August 13th. As always, the ticket is $20 or less. Race 6: Clondaw Warrior (#8, 9-2) beat 20 horses while carrying 159 pounds in his last start. Any horse that can pull that off is a runner, and this nine-year-old pro is as […]
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