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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...

The University of Arizona has chosen Craig T. Nelson, an Emmy-Award-winning actor, writer, director and producer, to deliver the university’s commencement address on May 10.

Banned from this year’s Kentucky Derby, Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert says he is not transferring his horses, as he has done previously.

Michael Blowen’s love for horses stretched far beyond the racetrack and spurred him into starting a mid-life career as founder of a retirement farm in Kentucky, where older thoroughbreds could spend their remaining years in dignity and security.