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The Hollywood crew that’s responsible for the upcoming “Seabiscuit” film apparently got bit by the racing bug in the process and have negotiated a deal to buy part of a Kentucky Derby contender…

The throng of 148,530 Thoroughbred racing aficionados packed into Churchill Downs on Saturday, witnessed the dreams of six high school buddies become reality, when Sakatoga Stable’s New York-bred gelding Funny Cide…

You say the saga of Funny Cide has inspired you and your friends to think about buying a thoroughbred racehorse? Well, there are plenty of people at the Fort Erie Race Track who can offer advice and encouragement…

A packed house of 101,864 racing aficionados, sports enthusiasts and well-wishers gathered at noon on a “haze gray” day in Elmont, New York hoping to see Funny Cide win the 135th running of the Belmont Stakes and capture the first Triple Crown in 25 years. As usual, if it looks too good to be true, it probably is…

Saratoga versus Del Mar, the debate reigns supreme. Saratoga certainly has the finest horses on the continent competing on a daily basis, but man does not live by horses alone…

Billed as “Africa’s greatest horse,” Ipi Tombe, foaled in 1998, is an attractive daughter of South African sire Manshood, an unraced son of Mr. Prospector, who stands at Gary Player Stud, owned by the golfing legend of the same name…

By Jude T. Feld “Every action generates a force of energy that returns to us in like kind…what we sow is what we reap. When we choose actions that bring success and happiness to others, the fruit of our karma is happiness and success.”–Deepak Chopra on “The Law of Karma” I was enlightened to the […]

Buddy New was playing baseball for the University of Texas in 1959 when he met classmate Bill Heiligbrodt, a Longhorn football player. The two athletes became associates in the banking business after graduation and are friends for life…

Keeneland’s 2002 fall race meeting is fast approaching. It will begin on Friday, October 4 and conclude on Saturday, October 26, with no racing on Mondays or Tuesdays. Over the course of the 17-day meeting, nearly $10 million in purses will be distributed…

A name gives virtually everything–people, pets, groups and objects–its own identity. Racehorse owners for the most part, are quite picky about what they call their often-expensive equine athletes and their racing stable…