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Pedigree fun facts: Midnight Bourbon Jan 25, 2021 Kellie Reilly/Brisnet.com The Man o’ War sire line hasn’t come up with a Kentucky Derby (G1) winner since Triple Crown sweeper War Admiral (1937), a factoid that current contender Midnight Bourbon hopes to erase. Midnight Bourbon’s sire, Hall of Famer Tiznow, has helped carry the torch for Man o’ War. Over the past century, his male line has been in danger of becoming more of a flicker than a flame at times, but it has persevered. While Man o’ War’s greatest son, War Admiral, left his legacy as a broodmare sire, another son,...

Massacre on the Washita: The U.S. Army's 'Total War' on Native Americans In the fall of 1868, Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer commenced a controversial military operation against the Cheyenne. Here's What You Need to Know: Washita was a ringing affirmation of Sheridan’s overall strategy of total war. The conclusion of the Civil War saw the painfully reunited nation resume its westward surge. Complicating that surge was the Indian question: how best to remove the Native American peoples from the paths of white expansion. The United States Army, imbued with impatient confidence after defeat...

Sponsored by: Midnight Bourbon and Joe Talamo hold off Proxy and Mandaloun to win the Lecomte Stakes at Fair Grounds From one of the last crops by the now-pensioned Tiznow (by Cee's Tizzy), Midnight Bourbon became his sire's 81st stakes winner with a victory in the Grade 3 Lecomte Stakes at the Fair Grounds in New Orleans on Jan. 16. Last year, Midnight Bourbon had shown high-class form. The bay had finished second to Sittin On Go (Brody's Cause) in the G3 Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes at Churchill Downs on Sept. 5 and had been third to Jackie's Warrior and Reinvestment Risk in the G1...

Triple Crown Weekend Prep Report Card: Midnight Bourbon Aging Well Sponsored by: One Kentucky Derby qualifying points race was held over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend, but there were a couple of other races worth looking at. The points race was the Grade 3 Lecomte Stakes from Fair Grounds in New Orleans, La., a 1 1/16-mile contest offering 17 Derby points to the top four finishers (10-4-2-1). While no winners of the Lecomte have gone on to capture the G1 Kentucky Derby, there are some notable successes in the not-too-distant past, including G1 Preakness winners War of W...

If I Had COVID-19, Should I Still Get Vaccinated? Refinery29 15/01/2021 Molly Longman © Provided by Refinery29 DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY – JANUARY 14: A health worker receives CoronaVac vaccine against coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic after the vaccine was issued “Emergency Use Authorization” in Diyarbakir, Turkey on January 14, 2021. (Photo by Bestami Bodruk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) The Moderna and Pfizer vaccines are slowly continuing to become more widely available nationwide, and it looks like the Johnson & Johnson vaccine may be on the way as well. Most people a...