Letter to the Editor: The Industry Needs to Unite

Our existing industry “members,” for lack of a better encompassing term, need to come together and agree on a unifying mission statement. This could happen around The Jockey Club Chairman Everett Dobson's “big table”. Why not a mission statement similar to the Breeders' Cup for our industry, like this: “To provide safe, healthy, fair, and [...]

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Letter to the Editor: Stu Story #4, Live Like You Were Dying

Over 20 years ago, when my wife Jacqueline and I first started dating, she gave me Tim McGraw's new CD, “Live Like You Were Dying.” In my mid-forties then, I wasn't able to wrap my mind around or put my heart into that concept. I'd not been around anyone who lived like they were dying, [...]

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