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Zenyatta or Not, Horse Racing Faces Unstable Future

By David SteeleNov 4th 2010 – 2:57PM

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The question never goes away, even at moments of the sport's greatest triumph and visibility. So it was asked again, this time of Zenyatta's trainer, two days before the latest super-horse shoots for career win No. 20 out of 20 tries in the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic at Churchill Downs: How do you...

Hopes, Dreams Riding on Mine That Bird

By Lisa OlsonJun 5th 2009 – 12:15AM

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...

Background on belmont

The Belmont Stakes is an American Grade I stakes Thoroughbred horse race held every June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York.

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