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The great John Henry’s 39th and final career victory came in the Ballantine Scotch Classic in the fall of 1984, cementing his Horse of the Year honors. Early in 1985, I had the pleasure of dining with Hall of Fame trainer Ron McAnally…

Friday, Blood-Horse reported retired Hall of Fame jockey Chris McCarron had announced that he would be leaving his position as vice president for industry relations at Magna Entertainment this spring, and begin preparations to open a jockey school in Lexington, Kentucky…

“Attention Shoppers! New York-bred on the Kentucky Derby shopping list”…

Breeders’ Cup 2004. It was a day to remember…

Obviously at this time of year, the Breeders’ Cup World Thoroughbred Championships are the talk of the track. Everyone is walkin’ around askin’, “Whodoyalike?” Here’s what a few famous and not so famous folks have to say about Saturday’s races at Lone Star…

It’s been said, if you are too big to ride, not smart enough to train or too broke to own a horse, you can always become a clocker…

One of the nicest things about being a turf scribe is the chance to eat lunch with top class people in turf clubs around the globe…

It’s a difference of opinion that makes horse racing…

Racing’s greatness is grounded in the fact that it spans the gamut of emotion from the much-advertised “thrill of victory to the agony of defeat”…

Looking at the handsome Smarty Jones today, it’s hard to believe he once was so disfigured he was known as Quasimodo around the New Jersey Equine Clinic, where he had been brought after smashing up his head and face in a starting gate incident last spring…