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Breeders’ Cup Fantastic Finishes: Epic Rally for Perfection

The quest for perfection in professional sports is fraught with peril. An elite pitcher can be absolutely flawless for eight innings and lose a perfect game if he misses his spot by an inch and allows a bloop single, or an NFL team like the New England Patriots in 2007 can win every game in the regular season and breeze into the Super Bowl only to lose the big game in a monumental upset.

A True Legend of Horse Racing: John Nerud, the Maestro of Tartan Farms

In any sport, there are legends of varying degree. In Thoroughbred racing, there are legends like Gallant Fox, and then there are legends like Secretariat.

Nick Zito started his career as a hotwalker but the trainer has since won the Kentucky Derby twice and is enshrined in the Hall of Fame.

Nick Zito: A Humble Hall of Famer

Hall of Fame trainer Nick Zito was seated at a table beside his barn at Saratoga Race Course, telling stories as he is wont to do.

This one involved a man he met who learned that he trained Thoroughbreds.

“Did you ever win the Kentucky Derby?” the man asked.

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A Tribute to One of Racing’s Great Families: The History of the Whitney Stakes

Stakes races like the Belmont or the Woodward stand as tributes to those who make significant contributions to horse racing, their names reflective of what those Pillars of the Turf have given the sport.

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Fourstardave’s Memory Lives on at Saratoga

Of all the horses that have made their mark at Saratoga over the course of the racetrack’s 150-plus years of horse racing, one horse became synonymous with the historic upstate New York venue more than any other.

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