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Tom Law 
“Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, RAGE against the dying of the light.”
– Dylan Thomas
Those who do not know and understand history, are destined to repeat its mistakes. There are lessons to be learned from the past, and I am not referring to an unmitigated glorification of the past, but rather an acknowledgement and examination of both the good and bad.
The observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day across the country not only means the closure of schools, government offices and some businesses but a larger than usual number of racetracks open for business on a Monday.
One of the most anticipated comebacks in the world of sport is expected to go down when Sprinter Sacre faces the starter for the first time in more than a year Saturday at Ascot.
Writing about something someone else is writing about and writing about the Eclipse Award ballots and/or the process of selecting Horse of the Year are two things that will rarely be seen under this byline.
The latest and greatest thing in the world of sports played out just outside Dallas when Ohio State and Oregon played for the national college football championship.
Racing is off to its usual fast start to January and the New Year with early buzz for the 3-year-old division, optimism that last year’s sophomores will return to form in 2015 and anticipation for the 2014 Eclipse Awards this weekend at Gulfstream Park.
Winter is back in the Northeast. Actually it never left, with temperatures down into the single-digits some nights and a consistent layer of snow covering the ground since just after the New Year.
The title of this piece might work for a $3 romance to be found in the literature section of, say, the local Walmart, but it’s not like that at all. Still, it is a love story, of sorts.
A pair of promising young stallions were represented by their first stakes winners last weekend, while some veteran sires continued their 2014 success into the New Year.
This Is Horse Racing’s Joe Clancy has won the 2014 Eclipse Award for writing for an article about the 2014 Preakness Stakes which appeared in the July edition of Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred magazine.
