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Herb McCauley: A Comeback Story of Will and Perseverance

Sports fans love a great comeback story. In recent years, they were captivated by the story of Washington Football Team (now the Commanders) quarterback Alex Smith, who recovered from a badly broken leg to play professional football again after two years on the sidelines.

Personal Ensign: An Undefeated Athlete Who Retired After the Perfect Win

Perfection is often chased but rarely attained, in any aspect of life.

Blessed are those who can experience it, even if it’s for only a short while.

But for an entire career? At the highest level of your profession?

It can be a futile quest, one worthy of Don Quixote.

‘The Big Cat’: Cougar II an Unheralded Chilean-Bred Superstar of the 1970s

Ownership of a top-class racehorse surely must be an exciting thing to experience. It’s also something that rarely happens. For most owners, it never happens. As luck would have it, Florsheim Shoe heiress Mary F.

Zenyatta wins the 2010 Clement L. Hirsch at Del Mar.

Famous Horses Who Never Won a Triple Crown Race

The Triple Crown series is made up of the biggest three races in the country and some of the most important races in the world. It comes as no surprise, then, that many of America’s best racehorses have won one or more of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, or Belmont Stakes. But there are also plenty of fantastic Thoroughbreds that either lost those races or never got a chance to run in them. Brush up on your horse racing history and get the rundown on some of them below, in reverse chronological order.

Hall of Famer Velazquez: Talent, Work Ethic, and Class

One of the great obstacles John Velazquez faced presented itself long before his first mount.

His mother, Margarita, viewed her son as a potential attorney or something along those lines. She vehemently objected when he told her of his desire to become a jockey, aware as she was of the inherent risks. And she was a force to be reckoned with.

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