Affairs of honor–ones that involve a different kind of pacing and seconds–will once again take center stage at the all-grass venue known as Kentucky Downs. Literally the former site where various levels of 'code duello' unfolded some two centuries back–hence the track's early name 'Dueling Grounds'–the European-style course on the Tennessee line has evolved over

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Trippi (End Sweep–Jealous Appeal, by Valid Appeal), a Grade I-winning sprinter in America who became one of the most influential stallions in South Africa for Gaynor Rupert's Drakenstein Stud, has passed away aged 29. A product of the Florida breeding operation of Harry T. Mangurian, Jr., Trippi was purchased by the late Cot Campbell's Dogwood

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By their successful track records in Equine Assisted Services (EAS), Thoroughbreds may have created their own solution to one of the most nagging aftercare questions: what is a sustainable model for providing care to the many Thoroughbreds that cannot go on to be riding horses or breeding stock (and what happens to the mares when

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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Fans of the 1960s TV show “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” have their horse in Saturday's 157th running of the $1.25-million GI Travers Stakes. The lead character in the campy spy show was an agent named Napoleon Solo. His four-legged namesake, a grey blur of a 3-year-old horse, is running in the

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Freshman sire Jackie's Warrior (by Maclean's Music) got his first stakes winner Thursday when Wood Island (Jackie's Warrior) wired the 5 1/2-furlong Skidmore Stakes for trainer George Weaver. Meant for the turf but rained onto the main track for his debut win at Saratoga July 21, the 2-1 shot finally got onto his preferred surface

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