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Tuesday, January 6th, 2004Edge La Penta

Robert La Penta may be a relative newcomer to the horse racing industry, but already he is sitting on the cusp of competing in America’s most prestigious race, the Kentucky Derby, with morning line favorite The Cliff’s Edge…

Monday, January 5th, 2004The Toscanos

For hundreds of years Thoroughbred racing has been called the “sport of kings.” When the sport first began, only kings and princes could afford to own racing stables. Gradually, with the passing of time, the faces and bank accounts of racing’s participants have changed…

Sunday, January 4th, 2004The Horse Who Cheated Death

Outside, the rain comes down in sheets, crashing off the tin roof in a deafening roar. Inside, Jim Orr can’t hear the other horses in the long rows of stalls at Reber Ranch. All he can hear is his horse’s labored breathing. He tugs gently at the halter. “C’mon Norm, let’s get turned around. Let’s go home”…

Saturday, January 3rd, 2004Ferdinand Family Line to Continue Through Purchase of Mares

The Ferdinand family line will live on thanks to U.S. Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-Ky) who has purchased three daughters of the late Kentucky Derby (G1) winner and champion. Ferdinand died sometime in 2002, most likely in a slaughterhouse in Japan, following an unsuccessful career at stud…

Friday, January 2nd, 2004Superbowl QB Knows The “Shovel” Pass

On the first Sunday of February, before Beyonce belts out the national anthem, Jake Delhomme will take to the field in Houston’s Reliant Stadium for Superbowl XXXVIII. Star quarterback for the Carolina Panthers, Delhomme got to the Superbowl the old-fashioned way – he earned it…

Thursday, January 1st, 2004Introduction to Racehorse Ownership For The Small Investor Offered At Hofstra U.

A new course at Hofstra University examines in detail the benefits and risks of racehorse ownership as an alternative investment vehicle…

Friday, January 10th, 2003Got Koko Makes History

Texas breeder Eileen Hartis, always on the lookout to improve her broodmare band, took a liking to mare in foal to Signal Tap that Fred Seitz had consigned for Rojan Mack Farms in the 1998 Keeneland November Breeding Stock sale…

Thursday, January 9th, 2003That’s Eddie D.

I opened an e-mail from jockey agent Vince DeGregory on Tuesday morning. It said, “Eddie has officially retired today. You are the first to know.”…

Wednesday, January 8th, 2003Little Change for Threewitt in 70 Years of Training

Noble Threewitt arises at 2 a.m., shaves, showers and gulps coffee. By 4 a.m., he’s at a local shop buying doughnuts for his stable help and heading to Barn 14 on the Santa Anita backstretch…

Tuesday, January 7th, 2003Pocket Dynamo

Little Lady Tak…a pocket dynamo…takes the Fair Grounds Oaks by three!” exclaimed track announcer Michael Wrona, as she cruised towards the finish line. Her fifth straight victory, without ever tasting defeat…

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