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Issue 6 • June 11, 2007 |
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| View From A Broad No. 5 |
| Many of you have a dream. Maybe you want to become a trainer or jockey. Perhaps standing with your horse in the winner's circle at the Kentucky Derby is your dream. Or building a breeding farm. Maybe your dream is to become the world's best handicapper, or most knowledgeable, go-to horsewoman, bloodstock agent or farm manager. You might be an inventor, or a scientist who wants to find the cure for laminitis. Continue |
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| Read All About it: Rags to Riches Takes the Belmont!!! |
| And you wonder why racing's administrators think they need casinos and splashwater kingdoms to bring people to America's racetracks. They still haven't caught on that keeping actual horses—Champion Thoroughbreds, like this herd—racing, and thrilling their fans—is the only thing that will help keep this Sport alive. Continue |
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| Marty's World |
| Looking at the pedigree for Marty's World, a beautiful Bay filly, I notice some interesting things: Worldwide, her sire, is an Irish fellow. And we know about the spectacular Irish horses. Continue |
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| Secretariat’s Lasting Legacy is not a Horse |
| Even if you’re not a horseracing fan, you know the name. The world’s greatest Throroughbred, virtually unmatched in the history of horseracing. The Big Red Horse. Continue |
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| Human: LeRoy Jolley. |
| He trained one of the greatest fillies of all time, Genuine Risk. He took her to victory in the 1980 Kentucky Derby. Continue |
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Alpha Mare Media is The world's first and only website and only radio show by, for and about women in Thoroughbred racing. |
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| Racing 101 - Lesson Four |
| What's In A Name? and How to Read a Program . Link |
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| Women: Join our community! |
We hope to create a community of women who love Thoroughbred racing, and share our desire to see this glorious sport from a new vantage point. Join our community today |
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Filly Captain Blodget . Photo by Gay Forstbauer, owner/breeder, Spring Creek Ranch, in Fort Steele, British Columbia, CANADA.
© 2007 Gay Forstbauer |
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"I don’t think the question needs to be genderized. It would feel great to anyone. But whether you’re a girl or a boy or a Martian, you still have to go out and prove yourself again every day." -- Hall of Fame Jockey, Julie Krone |
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| UPCOMING EVENTS |
| Stay tuned... |
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| RECENT RELEASES |
| Listen online or download: |
| View From a Broad Podcast |
| Interview with Empire Racing executive vice president Dennis Brida Pt. I (MP3) |
| Interview with Marshall Cassidy (MP3) |
| Interview with Jeremy Edge (MP3) |
| Voices from the Crowd at Siro's on Derby Day (MP3) |
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Photo of Azeri © Joe Gleason |
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| RACING, SALES, AND WORTHY CAUSES TO FILL YOUR SOCIAL CALENDAR! |
July 22, 2007
Women in Racing Prayer Gathering. Saratoga Race Course backstretch (at the "lemonade stand"). Saratoga Springs, New York. Three days before the beginning of the Saratoga meet. This will be the first-ever Women in Racing Prayer Gathering at the Rail. For any female who wants to convene with other women and girls to commit the meet to God; pray for health and safety for our equine athletes and those who work with them; and to ask God's blessings on every being in town for the races. Chaplain Humberto Chavez from the Race Track Chaplaincy will be on-hand to welcome everyone at the rail. Please contact Marion Altieri (518 581 8303) to secure a backstretch visitors' pass if you need, or to ask questions or directions.
July 25, 2007
Opening Day, Saratoga
The most magnificent six weeks in racing begins the last Wednesday of July: come to Saratoga, and see what all the fuss is about!
July 27-28, 2007
Hats Off Festival, downtown Saratoga Springs. Saratoga Springs, New York (USA) throws an annual party—an enormous street festival—on the first Friday and Saturday nights of the meet. Hurl yourself into the throng of revelers, and par-tay!
July 28, 2007
The Diana, the Whitney and the Jim Dandy, Saratoga Race Course. Three of the most prestigious events in racing take place on the same day this year, covered live by ABC. Hint: last year, the Jim Dandy was won by the brilliant Bernardini. Get up-close and personal with some of North America's greatest Thoroughbred stars, and go home with memories to last a lifetime.
August 4, 2007
The Darley Test, Saratoga Race Course
Allen Jerkens' Swap Fliparoo took home the prize in 2006; who'll pass Sheikh Mohammed's challenge this year?
August 6-7, 2007
Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sales: Selected Yearlings, Fasig-Tipton Pavilion, Saratoga Springs. What's a Fasig-Tipton? What's a "Selected" Yearling? What's a Yearling?
Fasig-Tipton is a renowned auction house; Yearlings are one-year-old Thoroughbreds. If you've never attended a Yearling Sale—you haven't experienced thrills beyond words. The atmosphere is electric; the participants and observers, eclectic. After a day at the races—this is the only place we'll be at night…perched at a patio table with an industrial-sized Coke; an unusually great cheeseburger and our catalogue chock-full of next year's potential two-year-old Champions. |
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