There were grins around the room when they realized three of the horses they liked best had local connections, including one man sitting among them: Bolton. A combination of the lifestyle, weather, training facilities and winter racing at Gulfstream Park makes it possible that your grinning neighbor might have just come from a winner's circle. In Belmont Park's media guide, a biographical listing of prominent thoroughbred owners reveals 13 with ties to the Palm Beach area, most as their...

The local franchise has a different approach to team-building and it has served the Braves well for the better part of two decades. Of course, the cheers were outnumbered by boos, the standard greeting for the pitcher at Turner Field since he left the Braves after amassing 242 victories in an Atlanta uniform. There was a smattering of applause, a tentative sign of grudging respect, when Tom Glavine was introduced with the Mets' lineup before the game and later when he batted for the first time.

What was looking like a dull Belmont a few days ago, now boasts a quality seven-horse field that also includes Santa Anita Derby winner Tiago (10-1), trainer Nick Zito's C P West (12-1) and a pair of 20-1 long shots in Imawildandcrazyguy, fourth in the Derby, and Slew's Tizzy, winner of the Lexington Stakes and Lone Star Derby. What was looking like a dull Belmont a few days ago, now boasts a quality seven-horse field that also includes Santa Anita Derby winner Tiago (10-1), trainer Nick...

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A brilliant filly who won her first 10 races by a whopping total of 82 3/4 lengths, Ruffian was viewed as a superstar with the power to restore horse racing's lagging popularity in 1975. He's against the idea of a match race, but acquiesces to Ruffian's owners, who feel pressure to boost the racing industry by running their filly. Production on the ESPN original movie began in early 2006, a few months before Barbaro's breakdown. Then, suddenly and inexplicably, Ruffian shattered the...