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What are horse racing fans and pros talking about right now? Find out in this new edition of the Tweets of the Week!

It's the things that make us #happy!@BelmontStakes @thenyra @amer_pharoah @ABRLive #triplecrown #betonit pic.twitter.com/dUb5ql37JQ

— Challenge the Status (@avermillion) May 18, 2015

Q&A With Bob Nastanovich, Chart Caller Extraordinaire

Photos courtesy of Bob Nastanovich

Bob Nastanovich was born in Rochester, N.Y. but he mostly grew up in Midlothian, Va. He graduated from University of Virginia in 1989 and moved to New York City and became a bus driver. In the 1990s, he played percussion, keyboards and screamed in the rock bands Pavement and Silver Jews. Pavement toured the world several times.

Must-Eats of the Preakness Stakes

Gyros are just one of the can't-miss foods at the Preakness. (Photos by Victoria Garofalo unless otherwise noted)

The Preakness Stakes is among the top five racing weekends that I get to attend, and the food is probably a solid 50 percent of the reason (plus the incredible energy, the possibility of a Triple Crown contender, awesome people, etc.).

Hall of Famer Borel Talks ‘50 to 1,’ Mine that Bird and Kentucky Derby

As Kentucky Derby fever mounts, relive one of the most amazing wins in the history of the race. On April 28, the movie “50 to 1,” the story of Mine That Bird, comes to DVD and digital HD from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

There’s a lot to love in the story of Mine That Bird. His misfit New Mexico cowboy connections overcame dramatic obstacles to get to him in the winner’s circle in 2009. It is an intriguing story to both casual fans and racing enthusiasts.

Interesting History of ‘My Old Kentucky Home’

The Kentucky state song has been many things since it was first written by Stephen Foster in 1852. It started out as a minstrel song, inspired by Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” about the lament of a slave sold from his Kentucky plantation to a slave owner down south “where the sugar canes grow.”

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