Touring Normandy in Style

Traveling the roads of the Normandy countryside breathing in the fresh open air and exquisite scenery I had to pinch myself to remember how I got there–specifically in the sidecar of a motorcycle like Batman's sidekick…if Batman's sidekick were a 55-year-old woman wearing a heart rate monitor, that is. Our second annual European Thoroughbred Daily [...]

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On-Track Report from the Palio (And I Do Mean On-Track)

Editor's note: Today, August 16, marks the running of the twice-annual Palio, the oldest horse race on record, which takes place around the central piazza, or town square, in Siena, Italy. A group of TDN staffers covered the July 2 Palio for the September edition of the TDN Weekend. They included our videographer, Patty Wolfe. [...]

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Q&A: Bob Edwards

Bob Edwards and his family have experienced the ride of a lifetime in their initial foray into the racing industry, capturing an unprecedented three Breeders' Cup events in two years. A pharmaceutical executive whose involvement in racing began as a casual fan, Edwards and his e Five Racing stable enter new territory Saturday as champion [...]

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