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Tom Law 
The Kentucky Derby Museum in Louisville is celebrating Black History Month and Sunday hosted former professional football player and current Emory University assistant professor of African American Studies Pellom McDaniels III for a signing of his book “The Prince of Jockeys: The Life of Isaac Burns Murphy.”
It’s been about five months since Darley’s exceptional homebred Street Cry succumbed to a neurological condition and left big shoes to fill. A pair of his Darley-based sons, Street Sense and Street Boss, are staking claim as his heir and furthered that cases last weekend by collectively siring a trio of new 3-year-old stakes winners.
It’s been a busy week as usual for our friends and allies at Horse Racing Radio Network. Not only did Mike Penna and his crew put together another set of strong episodes, they finalized a deal to partner with NBC Sports Group to provide live radio coverage of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes for the first time on NBC Sports Radio. Last week’s interviews on HRRN‘s various programs included one from the Equine Forum with Ron Moquett, trainer of Southwest Stakes contender Far Right.
Valentine’s Day is over and done, Laurel Park got its President’s Day weekend stakes programs in, Kentucky got buried under a blanket of snow and Mardi Gras kicked into full effect down in New Orleans and everywhere else they celebrate the holiday.
Sadler’s Wells and A.P. Indy are two of the more important stallions in modern Thoroughbred history and the influences of both were greatly evident in North American stakes races last weekend.
During a time when racing seemingly faces no shortage of slam pieces in the mainstream media, veteran CBS correspondent Bob Simon worked on a few projects in recent years that showcased some of the game’s best and most popular names.
Ah winter. What more can we say about this winter that hasn’t already been said, grumbled, barked or maybe even screamed?
A few weeks back as winter was already well settled in for the long haul in upstate New York, champion and dual classic winner Big Brown was the hot attraction on a day when temperatures barely cracked 15 degrees despite bright sunshine and only a light breeze.
The San Antonio lived up to the hype just as the Super Bowl lived up to its overblown billing. If the old adage about things happening in threes – although maybe that’s usually designated for bad things, oh well – then what’s next? The guess is something other than the commercially driven holiday that is Valentine’s Day.
Winter showed its ugly face again this week in much of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic with cold and snow leading many to daydream about warm afternoons on steeplechase courses or at racetracks in Florida and California.
