Horse Racing
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Affirmed Vs Alydar: Horse Racing’s Triple Crown Rivalry In The Closest Contested Triple Crown Rivalry Which Was Unlike Any Other Before or After”
The year 1978 produced many great moments at Madison Square Garden, The Sports Place at 302 E. 6th St. in downtown…
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Willie Shoemaker: “Nice Guys Finish 1st….. Hats Off To Willie The Shoe”
Having been born a year before Citation won the last Triple Crown of Horse Racing (Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes)…
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Alysheba: “Horseracing Great Says .2 Out Of 3 Triple Crown Wins Ain’t Bad” – In Honor Of Owners of the great horse, Pamela & Dorothy Scharbauer from Midland,TX
Alysheba (March 3, 1984 – March 27, 2009) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse that won two legs of the Triple Crown in 1987….plus, a successful sire….who produced…
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Secretariat: “Salute To ‘Big Red’: The Greatest Horse To Ever A Starting Gate At Any Racetrack”
Our story today focuses on one of the top 5 greatest “star athletes” to bless the 5500 posts currently displayed…
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Special – Editorial – L E’s Stories Special – “Sports: America’s Therapy Couch Or Legal Narcotic?”
One of Bone Daddy’s favorite sayings is “Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass….it’s about learning to dance…
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Jim McKay: “A Career of Expressed Eloquence and Elegance From A Sportscaster Extraordinaire”
Today I am going to give you a very special gift….in a very special way……cuz I get to do something…
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1986 Kentucky Derby 112th Running: “Stephen Foster Singers Perform Pre-Race Tradition ‘My Old Kentucky Home'”
Folks in America who grow up South of the Mason- Dixon line…..actually grow up being well-exposed to the music of…
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Star Spangled Banner: 1986 Kentucky Derby – US Fort Knox Army Band Performed The National Anthem At 112th Kentucky Derby
While our Bone Daddy was at the University of Texas from 1965 – 1970…..he was a member of The ROTC…
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My Old Kentucky Home: “Sing Along Song Sang At 113th Running Of The Kentucky Derby”
The 1987 Kentucky Derby was the 113th running of the Kentucky Derby….as the race took place on May 2, 1987…..with 130,532 people in…
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