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It’s been 17 years since Funny Cide took Sackatoga Stable, trainer Barclay Tagg, assistant Robin Smullen on a ride of their lives, winning the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and nearly the Triple Crown. The team is back with another chance to get to the Kentucky Derby with Tiz The Law, favorite for Saturday’s Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park.

Rosie Margarson jokes that her parents bred her in the hopes of “free labor” and the plan appears to have worked out well for George and Gaye Margarson with their daughter involved in racing from a young age.

How did it suddenly become almost seven years since Orb provided a legend with a coveted Kentucky Derby victory?

American steeplechasing fans rejoiced at the news that top European runner Footpad is joining the Jack Fisher barn.

Every owner has that horse is full of frustratingly bad luck. For me, until last Tuesday that horse was Munaajaat.

Bob Baffert hit another milestone in his Hall of Fame career last Saturday with his 3,000th North American Thoroughbred victory. Fittingly the milestone win came on the Triple Crown trail in the Grade 3 Robert B. Lewis at Santa Anita Park, a stakes named for a man who helped provide Baffert some of his finest moments as a trainer, including his first Triple Crown attempt with Silver Charm.

Ralph Evans returned to his Connecticut home a few days removed from a trip to Gulfstream Park in South Florida five years ago “over the moon.”

Smart money and general consensus – not to mention an unblemished race record replete with five Grade 1 victories – figures to yield the 2019 Horse of the Year title to Bricks And Mortar when the trophies are handed out at the 49th annual Eclipse Awards Dinner Thursday night at Gulfstream Park.

After the Kansas City Chiefs dispatched the Tennessee Titans Sunday to grab a spot in Super Bowl LIV, Thoroughbred trainer Graham Motion sent a text to congratulate Chiefs coach Andy Reid.

And, like he always does, Reid responded with a thank you.

Gabby Gaudet made history Wednesday at Keeneland. She broke the Internet in the process – thankfully not completely – when becoming the first female to announce at a major Thoroughbred auction in North America.