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Dorothy Ours @horseygort.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

If you're wishing for 318 square feet in the former Riddle "cottage" catty-corner from Saratoga Race Course, this one's for you! Complete with murphy bed. 😊 🏇

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Dorothy Ours @horseygort.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Puts you right there at the Spaaaa.... 🏇

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Dorothy Ours @horseygort.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Congratulations, Hall of Fame class of 2025! I'm especially glad about trainer George H. Conway, shown here at Saratoga on Aug. 14, 1937 (Travers) during a special exhibition with triple crown champion War Admiral. (Morgan Photo Services - courtesy of The BloodHorse archive)

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Dorothy Ours @horseygort.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

I know Lukas works horses fast but my goodness, his work was blazing-fast!

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Dorothy Ours @horseygort.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Thank you, Jennifer! Red led me on wonderful adventures, seeking him and those who knew him best. P.S. - For more on Man o' War's great rival, check out "Sir Barton and The Making of the Triple Crown." And meet 2nd & 3rd Triple Crown champs, Gallant Fox and his son Omaha, in "The Foxes of Belair."

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Dorothy Ours @horseygort.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Excited to see how this develops! 🏇

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Teresa Genaro @tgenaro.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

“The woman, who had been grooming horses in NY for 21 years, texted the trainer’s deputy to ask for a few dollars to cover expenses. She showed me the man’s reply: He insulted her and threatened to send her and her family back to Guatemala.” A grim look at the sport www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...

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Opinion | Dead Athletes. Empty Stands. Billions to Keep Horse Racing Alive. (Gift Article)

Let the sport of kings stand on its own.

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Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Imagine you were the richest man in the world. You could have anything you wanted, go anywhere you wished, do whatever took you fancy. How would you spend your weekend? Depriving the poorest people in the world of food and healthcare and boasting about it?

Elon Musk tweet: We spent the wekend feeding USAID

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Dorothy Ours @horseygort.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

So pretty! and fuzzy horse makes it A+

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Dorothy Ours @horseygort.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Wishing good healing to Sierra Leone.

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Dorothy Ours @horseygort.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Better for judges to completely disregard what any horse does with his or her tail while showing, than to artificially alter a horse's tail carriage.

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Dorothy Ours @horseygort.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

In case any of y'all are nearby and interested.

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Jennifer S. Kelly @thesirbarton.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Continuing with the Sir Barton theme this Black History Month, I'd like to recognize the gentleman at Sir Barton's head, his devoted groom Warren "Toots" Thompson. As J.K.M. Ross shared in Boots and Saddles, this horseman was one of the few humans that the first Triple Crown winner liked.

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FanDuel Racing @fanduelracing.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

"RIVER THAMES ($3.40) has a gear the others don't have" - Announcer Pete Aiello Todd Pletcher trains the Maclean's Music colt for owners WinStar Farm. John Velazquez was in the saddle of the undefeated three-year-old.

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Dorothy Ours @horseygort.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Love this. "The Eddie Truman Library will be based in a backstretch recreation center and will include books donated by Truman. The library will include titles in English and Spanish... "The track is accepting book donations at the security booth at gate 8, off Baldwin Ave." 🏇

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Dorothy Ours @horseygort.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

July 18, 1991—a wicked hot day at Rockingham Park, figuratively and literally. My photography wasn't great ... but here's gorgeous Marquetry, who won the New England Classic that sweltering afternoon. The American Championship Racing Series (ACRS) for older horses sure was fun while it lasted!

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Dorothy Ours @horseygort.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Sigh. I miss when the best U.S. dirt fillies and mares raced 10 furlongs and more. 🏇

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Dorothy Ours @horseygort.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Sometimes a horse just catches your eye. This was 3-year-old Green Fee (Green Dancer-Raska, by Rahy) at Saratoga before running 6th in an August 22, 1999 inner turf allowance. Three years later, he won the Grade 2 Kelso at Belmont and ran 5th in the Breeders’ Cup Mile at Arlington Park. 🏇

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Dorothy Ours @horseygort.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

My 2003 Hopeful Stakes pics include: BIRDSTONE! Hitting the gate at start, he rallied five wide & finished 4th. Next year he foiled Smarty Jones's Triple Crown bid. Also won the Travers in a thunderstorm. We ran out in the rain, cheering beside the winner's circle where Marylou Whitney celebrated.

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Dorothy Ours @horseygort.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

The cup won by Battleship, son of Man o' War, for the 1938 Grand National Steeplechase at Aintree, England, is the most beautiful trophy I've ever seen. During a 2019 Racing Museum visit, it was fun finding this beauty on display in a repurposed space that used to be my office! 🏇

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Dorothy Ours @horseygort.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

“She was so sound and healthy on the racetrack and that carried over into her broodmare career and into retirement. She's still very healthy. She just amazes us all the time. Occasionally she'll even still give us a little run when she gets turned out if she's excited.” 💕

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Dorothy Ours @horseygort.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Feeling as if this Standardbred "been there, done that" former racer will made someone an excellent mosey-along pal. 💕 newvocations.org/horse_detail...

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Jennifer S. Kelly @thesirbarton.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Sir Barton and the Making of the Triple Crown will be part of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame's Book Club this April! I hope you will join us at the Museum or via Zoom (like me) for a fun discussion about Sammy's story. Happy Reading!

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Dorothy Ours @horseygort.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Love love love! Check out the TDN video in article.

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Dorothy Ours @horseygort.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Lovely seeing young fan's delight and The Grizzly so gentle with him! 💕

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Dorothy Ours @horseygort.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Totes agree about Champion Older Dirt Male, and so much else in this analysis. 🏇

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Dorothy Ours @horseygort.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

He's eye-catching, for sure! In linked article, trainer Lukas calls him "very correct" (sure looks it here) and is eager to "stretch him out" in two-turn races.

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Daily Racing Form @dailyracingform.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Trainer Brad Cox's $1 million Into Mischief 2yo Tappan Street appeared in deep trouble approaching the stretch, then surged once clear for the drive to run down pace setting Bob Mo to capture his debut in GP 5th, Luis Saez aboard. -Mike Welsch

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Dorothy Ours @horseygort.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Merry Christmas and happy all holidays! 🎄🏇🎄 (Man o' War bronze at Kentucky Horse Park, December 2013)

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Dorothy Ours @horseygort.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

He has a beautiful way of going. 🏇

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Dorothy Ours @horseygort.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Tapwrit has such an interesting mix of speed and classic stamina in his pedigree. Along with Seattle Slew, Unbridled, and more, second dam sire Hawkster was multiple Grade 1 winner going long on turf. www.pedigreequery.com/tapwrit

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Tapwrit Horse Pedigree

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Dorothy Ours @horseygort.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Godspeed to Lemon Drop Kid, one of my favorite Travers winners (1999). ♥️🖤🤍

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Joe Nevills @joenevills.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

The fact that the only thing standing between Baffert and total dominance of the West Coast's Derby Trail is a horse named "Journalism" is both more poetic and more on-the-nose than anything I could have ever dreamed up.

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Dorothy Ours @horseygort.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

🏇 Dec. 6, 2010, camera & I froze in 17 degrees Fahrenheit but SO worth it! Zenyatta (shown with groom Mario Espinoza) was as impressive as anyone could wish in her last public appearance. Afterward, I heard one man tell another, "That there was like going to hear Babe Ruth's final farewell speech."

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