TIHR’s 14 for 2014: 1
And then there was one. We’re talking about No. 1 here, the big cheese, the king, the head honcho.
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And then there was one. We’re talking about No. 1 here, the big cheese, the king, the head honcho.
Time to lighten things up a bit, especially since we’re only a day away from ringing in the New Year with toasts and revelry.
The third most popular story at This Is Horse Racing in 2014 wasn’t labeled as a second part of a multi-part series, but it easily could have been.
Five days remain in the year and we’re into the top five stories of 2014. The fifth most popular piece at This Is Horse Racing, published March 31 and written by Joe Clancy, was our take on the supposed latest and greatest all-exposing piece of journalism from the New York Times with the help of a radical animal rights group.
Confession time. We mentioned earlier in this series recapping the most popular stories that we eliminated a few to avoid duplication, but we should have thrown in a disclaimer that there might be an exception. The loss of a man of the stature and accomplishment of Tom Voss can have that effect.
The moment caught Nancy Kelly off guard, not surprising considering the quiet way she goes about her daily, weekly and yearly duties for The Jockey Club Safety Net Foundation and Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation.
The moment California Chrome crossed the finish line of the Kentucky Derby everyone with even the slightest interest in racing pegged the colt as the Preakness winner.
Joe Santanna says he waited a long time to learn what it felt like to be on Cloud 9.
A trip to any of the Triple Crown tracks can be quite the odyssey. When it’s the Belmont Stakes and the Triple Crown is on the line, things get ramped up a notch. Or 20 notches. Maybe 100 notches.