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The Sire Lists on the TDN site are all the more useful because they can be sorted in so many...

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The win by Chicquita (Montjeu) in last Saturday's G1 Irish Oaks marked the last of the European Classics bar the...

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Not for the first time, the Coolmore/Ashford axis was in splendid form in the weekend's big events, with Majestic Warrior,...

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It had been since 2009, when their July sale was a two-day yearling event, that Fasig-Tipton grossed over $20-million at...

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According to the old saying, Atall oaks from little acorns grow,@ and it is surely this hope that motivates the...

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The sale in Japan looks good--and why shouldn't it, considering the mares the Yoshida family have been scooping up to...

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It was another of those weeks when choosing a topic for this column was far from straightforward. Contenders from three...

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A picnic at Royal Ascot is the equivalent of tailgating at an American football game, with a few significant differences--it's...

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During Fidel Castro's long time in power, excellence in the field of sport was considered the perfect way to advertise...

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Here's why people call it the best week of racing in the world: over five days, six races a day,...

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For nearly 30 years Royal Ascot's top events have played their part in kindling Europe's love of Danzig and his...

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It is the best week of racing anywhere in the world. There are a lot of great horse racing events--weekends...

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