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Royal Ascot: ‘He was an absolutely overwhelming horse at the top of his game’ – Jerry Bailey on Dubai Millennium
In the third instalment of our series, the US riding legend talks to Steve Dennis about the day he deputised for Frankie Dettori on a Godolphin great at the royal meeting ...
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‘Beauty is truth … that is all ye need to know’: Ode on the Belmont Stakes – and the American Frankel, Maximus and the Spaniard
Ahead of a potentially titanic showdown in the final leg of the Triple Crown, Patrick Lawrence Gilligan has fallen in love ...
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‘He’s just a brilliant racehorse’ – Triple Crown hero Voyage Bubble makes it three in the world top five for Hong Kong
Triple Crown hero: Voyage Bubble (James McDonald) wins the Champions & Chater Cup at Sha Tin. Photo: Hong Kong Jockey Club Voyage Bubble earned major headlines when becoming the first horse for 31 ...
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What’s been happening: Journalism and Belmont Stakes, Junior Alvarado appeal, Royal Ascot latest, shock cocaine positive and more
USA: A decision has yet to be made on whether sensational Preakness Stakes winner Journalism will contest the Belmont Stakes, thereby setting up a ‘decider’ with his Kentucky Derby conqueror ...
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‘I hate to use the term impossible, but it was impossible what he did’ – Journalism writes incredible Preakness story
Let no one suggest Journalism’s path through the Triple Crown has been smooth. A beaten favorite in the Kentucky Derby undone by the slop at Churchill Downs, the star three-year-old finally got his ...
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TRC Global Sires Overall Rankings
TRC Global Rankings are a principled hierarchy of the leading Horses, Sires, Jockeys, Owners and Trainers in the world using statistical learning techniques and TRC Computer Race Ratings.Updated every ...
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‘And down the stretch they come!’ – the story of Dave Johnson and racing’s most famous catch phrase
Dave Johnson: called the Triple Crown for decades in one role or another on track, radio or television. Photo supplied FROM THE ARCHIVE: Legendary race caller Dave Johnson tells Amanda Duckworth how ...
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‘Shergar, Shergar, where are you?’ When one of racing’s most disturbing mysteries hit the silver screen
“Wants me to tell him something pretty,” said Al Swearingen as he scrubbed a bloodstain from his whorehouse floor in the final episode of the HBO series Deadwood. Preceding events were too ugly to ...
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‘Mine That Bird has won the Kentucky Derby … an impossible result here!’ Reliving the tale of one man and his stetson
In the third instalment of his series celebrating the 150th anniversary of America’s greatest race, Steve Dennis recalls one of the most unlikely outcomes in a storied history If you want to get ahead ...
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‘Saving this sport is going to need some long-term strategizing and serious thinking outside the box’
Our series considering US racing’s key questions concludes as Daniel Ross interviews Ed Martin, a senior regulatory figure in his role as president and CEO of the Association of Racing Commissioners ...
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State of the nation: major interview with NTRA president Tom Rooney – with Trump’s tariffs high on a crowded agenda
It’s good to talk: NTRA president Tom Rooney in interview mode; there’s no shortage of topics for him to consider, that’s for sure. Photo: NTRA Tom Rooney, president and CEO of the National ...