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Damascus won the 1967 Travers and a host of other races to be named Horse of the Year and champion 3-year-old.

Damascus: A Brilliant, Unforgettable Horse Racing Champion

Rivalries are on the verge of becoming passé these days.

With shorter careers and horses receiving more time off between races, the best horses are squaring off much less frequently than decades ago.

Col. Matt Winn: The Man Who Saved the Kentucky Derby

The history of horse racing is filled with stories of improbable, against-the-odds triumphs and legendary heroes who made the seemingly impossible, possible.

Pleasant Colony swept the 1981 Kentucky Derby and Preakness en route to championship honors.

Pleasant Colony: 1981 Kentucky Derby Winner Was a Genuine Racehorse

It had been a glorious five-year run.

Wise Dan: How One Racehorse Defined What It Means to Be a Champion

What defines a champion?

Is it talent; the raw ability that gives an athlete the ability to excel in their sport? Is it accomplishments; the record of achievements that their talent enables them to compile? Or is it something else entirely; an innate desire to perform as well as possible and give your all every time you compete?

Ron McAnally: The Making of a Masterful Horseman

Ron McAnally remembers one element above all others from the formative years he spent at the Covington Protestant Children’s Home, an orphanage in northern Kentucky. He will never forget the view.

“They tell me I used to sit at the window and stare for hours,” he said. “I wouldn’t talk to anybody.”

McAnally was at the tender age of 5 when he and his four siblings were sent to the home following the death of their mother. He sought comfort wherever he could find it, even at a window.

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