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The Agony and Ecstasy of Defeat

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- There is a scene late in the movie Secretariat where the horse's eventual biographer, the great turf writer Bill Nack, who then was a Newsday reporter, is portrayed leaping up and down cheering for the horse from the press tribune as Secretariat thunders to Triple Crown victory. One of the cardinal...

Tears and Blame for Zenyatta's Jockey Mike Smith

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Mike Smith held the tears back until the fifth question asked of him. Which was a monumental feat, because he had begun taking responsibility for Zenyatta's first loss, in the most brutally competitive race she'd run, after the first question. But the jockey who had ridden her for all but three of her...

Zenyatta Comes Up Short in Breeders' Cup Classic

Zenyatta came within a head of finishing a perfect career. Horse racing's biggest star closed from dead last on Saturday, only for Blame to hold off the 6-year-old mare and win the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic under the lights Churchill Downs.

Blame Wins Breeders' Cup Classic as Zenyatta Comes Up Just Short

Mike Smith and Zenyatta had 20/20 vision in their sights. Instead, the brilliant 6-year-old mare came up a head short to Blame in the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic Saturday at Churchill Downs. Zenyatta rallied from dead last -- nearly 20 lengths behind the pacesetters -- and threaded her way to the outside under...

Morning-Line Favorite Workforce Scratched from Breeders' Cup Turf

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- After a discussion Saturday morning between trainer Sir Michael Stoute and Prince Khalid Abdullah, it has been decided to withdraw Workforce, the 7-5 morning-line favorite, from the Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Turf. "The ground has not gone our way. There has been no rain and the ground is firmer...