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Luro, Racing’s ‘Grand Senor,’ Succeeded with Style

As part of a tribute to Horatio A. Luro following the death of the Hall of Fame trainer on Dec. 16, 1991, Joseph Durso wrote in The New York Times: “The style in Luro’s manner was obvious to all. He looked like Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and sounded like Maurice Chevalier, and he could sweep you off your feet with his wit and gallantry. He was the Grand Senor.”

Top 12 Breeders’ Cup Thrillers at Santa Anita

For horse racing fans living in the East and Midwest, the Breeders’ Cup World Championships is annually one of the high points of early fall, mixing in with football, political campaigns, and the spooky rituals of Halloween as a harbinger of seasonal shift.

Secretariat Sculpture Unveiled at Keeneland Festival

A towering bronze sculpture of 1973 Triple Crown winner Secretariat was unveiled Oct. 12 at Keeneland as part of the 11th Secretariat Festival in Lexington.

October 1973: When Grass Was Greener for ‘Big Red’

By the time October rolled around in 1973 for Triple Crown winner Secretariat, the Bold Ruler colt had little left to prove on the main track.

History in the Making: The Zev-Papyrus Match Race

The Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs and the Epsom Derby at Epsom Racecourse in England stand out as two of the most prestigious, historic, and influential Thoroughbred horse races anywhere in the world.

Some of the greatest runners on both sides of the Atlantic have prevailed in these fabled tests of speed and stamina.

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