In Focus Archive

  • Let the Mayor of RacingVille Voting Begin

    Let the Mayor of RacingVille Voting Begin

    Forget FourSquare, it's time to crown Mayor of RacingVille. No, this isn't some newfangled game on Facebook ... it's the inevitable mid-June debate over Horse of the Year!

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    Special: Behavior in Motion

    Once again, I’m thrilled to share the brilliance that is the Thomas Herding Technique (as previously seen on ZATT Magazine)… Behavior in Motion: A State Of Pace… by Kerry M Thomas “In reality, you are not training for distance, you are training for time in motion,...

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  • Happy Black-Eyed Susan Day!

    Happy Black-Eyed Susan Day!

    My experience at Pimlico goes back just two years, but I’ve seen it from just about every angle possible. As a member of the track notes team, I watched Rachel Alexandra win last year’s Preakness from the jock’s scale in the winner’s circle then ran after...

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    Special: Emotional Conformation, scouting the hidden talent

    Originally published by Brian Zipse‘s ZATT Magazine, special to FocusedFilly today is an article by a friend not only on Facebook, but in life… Emotional Conformation, scouting the hidden talent by Kerry M Thomas Often mystical is the nature and flowing beauty of the horse. For...

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  • Draw Notes

    Draw Notes

    As you probably know by now, Beautician is the last great grey hope for my fantasy stable. Therefore, getting 3 minutes alone with trainer Kenny McPeek post-Derby Draw was totally a goal for today. While every single member of the media was busy asking about...

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  • Bruises Galore

    Bruises Galore

    Sorry to be personal, here, but… Sometime around 2am this morning, I got around to drying my hair and promptly broke my right pinky toe. I have no one to blame but myself – how was I to know the diffuser thingy would fall and...

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  • I Got The Emphasis Right Here

    I Got The Emphasis Right Here

    Throughout the whole Rachel v. Zenyatta debate, I’ve been biased – and not always on the same side. It’s way too easy to make a case for either girl to have the upper hoof: Very few have done what Rachel has in such a short...

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  • Cheering on Uptowncharlybrown

    Cheering on Uptowncharlybrown

    Checking Blood-Horse for news this afternoon, a headline stopped me in my tracks. No, not that Odysseus is off the Derby trail with a chipped left knee. Rather, that longtime New Jersey trainer Alan Seewald had passed away. I probably met Mr. Seewald only once...

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  • Guessing In The Dark

    Guessing In The Dark

    Last year, some 620 million people flew the friendly skies and 1.5 million people underwent cosmetic surgery. These are two of the many things – from cash registers to red light cameras – that we deal with on a daily basis, that are now controlled...

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  • Baffert on the Jersey Shore

    Baffert on the Jersey Shore

    When Monmouth announced their plans to run a shortened meet this year, it was not only a departure from tradition for them but a deliberate move towards a more refined (think EuroAsian) way of racing that attracts thousands to races even on weekdays. And with...

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