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As a sunny day of racing gets underway at Pimlico, both horses and humans are enjoying Preakness day festives. Eclipse Sportswire is there to bring you all of the images from around the track as we wait to see if California Chrome can win the second leg of the Triple Crown.

Sherman Diary: Holding My Breath

Photo by America's Best Racing/Penelope P. Miller

Art Sherman was 18 years old when he accompanied Swaps in a boxcar from California to Louisville to win the 1955 Kentucky Derby. He returned to Churchill Downs at age 77 and became the oldest trainer to smell the roses when California Chrome prevailed by 1 ¾ lengths on May 3.

Get the Inside Scoop with Monmouth Handicapper Thomas

Being a public handicapper, especially one who is on TV, requires thick skin.

Think about it: when the analysts predicting races on TV are right, most people think, “that’s what they’re paid to do, get it right!” And when they’re wrong? Oh, you can only imagine the kind of emails, Tweets and other messages some handicappers have to deal with from unhappy bettors.

Somehow, in 35 years as a TV analyst and handicapper, mostly at Monmouth Park, Brad Thomas has managed to stay above the fray.

Derby Proves Racing Still Alive and Well

Photos by Eclipse Sportswire.

It has often been said in all-knowing tone by some experts that horse racing is a dying sport. Its fan base, they claim, mirrors AARP and its primary sponsors should be funeral homes.

Really?

Try telling the 164,906 fans who turned out at the Kentucky Derby on Saturday that they spent the day at a burial.

And while you’re at, let the 113,071 who attended the Kentucky Oaks on a Friday afternoon know that Halloween is in October and shame on them for masquerading as so many young, vibrant people.

Creative Uses Horse People Found for 16 Everyday Items

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Have you ever wondered why a horse person seems to love something like cornstarch or cotton? These are just two items on a long list of things horse people have learned to utilize creatively. From knowing what the perfect solution is to keeping a horse’s wound clean to the best way to clean tack, there’s no doubt people in the equine industry have learned to be crafty with items you use around the house every day.

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