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Why Limit Super Pairings to Horses?

To Daniel Okrent -- whose identity as the inventor of rotisserie baseball is the one I'll use for this space -- the greatest baseball player ever was, unsurprisingly, Babe Ruth. It was Okrent's reasoning, which he conveyed in Ken Burns' epic television documentary "Baseball," that was refreshingly noteworthy. "He (Ruth)...

Hopes, Dreams Riding on Mine That Bird

NEW YORK -- Chip Woolley sometimes looks like he wants to dart out of a room as fast as he can. He fidgets with his welterweight-sized belt buckle, adjusts his 10-gallon black hat, scuffs his cowboy boats on the marble floor and nervously smoothes the mustache that frames his mouth like parentheses. Put the cowboy on the...

Boy Meets Girl, Girl Beats Boy

BALTIMORE -- When it was all over and the fantastic filly Rachel Alexandra did what everyone thought she'd do and won the Preakness, a gaggle of us hemmed in rider Mike Smith of Jockeys' TV show fame, as well as horse racing Hall of Fame fame, and asked him about the winner of the Triple Crown's middle jewel. After all, no...

Rachel Alexandra Wins Preakness

The incredible filly Rachel Alexandra won the 134th running of the Preakness Stakes Saturday at Pimlico, becoming the first female horse to win the Preakness since 1924.Rachel Alexandra, who didn't enter the Kentucky Derby but won the Kentucky Oaks, entered the Preakness as the betting favorite and delivered just the way...

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What Would You Name Your Derby Champion Filly?

Much to the dismay of HuffPost Women, we've learned that there are no fillies among the 138 horses running in the 137th Kentuck Derby's Run for the Roses at Louisville's Churchill Downs this Saturday.

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05/31/12 The Rail: A Youthful Visit at Stonestreet Farm Source: The New York Times - New York NY There is a certain kind of glee one experiences when the heavy cast iron gates of Stonestreet Farm in Lexington swing open.
05/15/12 Mother's Day special: Zenyatta and Rachel Alexandra Source: Lexington Herald-Leader - Lexington KY Whats Mothers Day without something sweet?
05/04/12 What Would You Name Your Derby Champion Filly? Source: The Huffington Post Much to the dismay of HuffPost Women, we've learned that there are no fillies among the 138 horses running in the 137th Kentuck Derby's Run for the Roses at Louisville's Churchill Downs this Saturday.