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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — For many racing fans of a certain age, it is impossible to make it through the Triple Crown without reflecting on the glory days of the 1970s. Secretariat, Seattle Slew, Affirmed, and Spectacular Bid were extraordinary horses who would have excelled had they competed in any other decade, before or since. Although bad luck in the Belmont prevented Spectacular Bid from joining the other three in sweeping the Triple Crown, trainer Bud Delp wasn’t the only one who came to believe that the Bid was “the greatest horse ever to look through a bridle.” The four [&hellip...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — Nine racehorses, six trainers, and two jockeys account for the 17 finalists that will comprise the National Museum of Racing’s 2024 Hall of Fame ballot, as chosen by the Museum’s Hall of Fame Nominating Committee. The finalists are racehorses Blind Luck, Game On Dude, Gio Ponti, Gun Runner, Havre de Grace, Justify, Kona Gold, Lady Eli, and Rags to Riches; trainers Christophe Clement, Kiaran P. McLaughlin, H. Graham Motion, Doug F. O’Neill, John W. Sadler, and John A. Shirreffs; and jockeys Jorge F. Chavez and Joel Rosario. Gun Runner, Justify, and Rosario are f...

Beaten by several champions in the United States over the past four years, Senor Buscador made amends in 10 million ways on Saturday night…

The 41-year-old Maldonado, unseated during a morning workout on Jan. 6 when his mount stumbled while galloping on the main track, plans to return to riding on Saturday after missing two weeks because of a shoulder injury.