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• Connections, or, Ya know, maybe she’s right

  Our fellow blogger Teresa, over at Brooklyn Backstretch, suggested (here) a few weeks ago that she and I are, as she put it, “separated-at-birth siblings.” At the time, I poopooed the idea as a suggestion that would come as news to our mothers... Posted Jul 28 2008, 01:47 PM by ThatsAmoreStable.net Filed under: Breeding, Experience of owning horses, That's Amore horses, Human connection to horses, Handicapping, Betting and bettors, Responsibility to horses, Retired horses

• Big dreams and small kindnesses

  In recent months, much has been made about the cruelty — or at least, callousness — of horse racing. The court of public opinion, seemingly, has decided: horsemen, trainers in particular, are bad guys. They drug their horses. They drive them... Posted Jul 08 2008, 11:34 AM by ThatsAmoreStable.net Filed under: Experience of owning horses, That's Amore horses, Human connection to horses, Colonial Downs

• Playoff Beard

  In hockey — a sport that I know fairly well, having played it since I was seven years old — there’s a tradition called the playoff beard. When a team enters the Stanley Cup playoffs, members of the team, individually or as a group, pledge... Posted Jun 29 2008, 12:38 PM by ThatsAmoreStable.net Filed under: Experience of owning horses, Observations, That's Amore horses, Human connection to horses