Opinion: Racing’s time for choosing
Protests, and the nation’s reckoning with race and racism, arrived at racing’s front door this week. The sport will need to make some choices.
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Tag: Barclay Tagg
Kentucky Derby: Tiz the Law made strong favorite
Eighteen horses are scheduled to run in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby, with Belmont winner Tiz the Law, 3-5, the shortest morning line favorite since 1989.
Read More Tiz the Law gallops in Travers romp
TIZ THE LAW GALLOPS IN TRAVERS ROMP Tiz the Law was much the best in the Travers Stakes at...
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Belmont winner Tiz the Law atop NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll
No surprise here: Belmont winner Tiz the Law tops the latest NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll for 3-year-olds.
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Tiz the Law sweeps to Belmont triumph
In the strangest of all years for the Triple Crown, Saturday’s running of the Belmont Stakes provided an utterly formful outcome as Tiz the Law romped.
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Sole Volante leads Belmont Stakes challengers
Tiz the Law is the Belmont Stakes headliner, but Sole Volante and several others, including two Todd Pletcher trainees, have upset on their minds.
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Tiz the Law favored in Saturday’s Belmont Stakes
Tiz the Law tops a field of 10 for Saturday’s Belmont Stakes, which kicks off the Triple Crown. He’s 6-5 on the morning line.
Read More Tiz the Law “strong” in pre-Belmont move
Triple Crown hopeful Tiz the Law worked five furlongs Monday at Belmont and will have one more breeze before the June 20 Belmont Stakes.
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Preakness Past: Funny Cide and his merry band
Our Ghosts of Preakness Past series celebrates past editions of the Middle Jewel. Today: 2003, when Funny Cide and his blue-collar owners captured the heart of a nation.
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Happy homecoming for Barclay Tagg in Safely Kept
Trainer Barclay Tagg, who began his career “with a rope shank and a borrowed horse” at Pimlico, returned to Maryland today to win the Safely Kept Stakes at Laurel Park.
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Buyers balance factors at Fasig-Tipton 2 year-old sale
Is it pedigree, speed, conformation, or something else buyers at Monday’s Fasig-Tipton 2 year-old sale will seek? The answer is: Yes.
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On racing: Claim to fame
Most people view claiming races as a necessary evil. George Rowand, on the other hand, used them to launch the careers of two graded stakes horses.
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