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The Horseplayer World Series

Just about the time the horrid neckties are returned, the fruit cakes chucked and the first credit card bills show up in the mail box from another tiring Yuletide season, the real holiday for horseplayers rolls around.

Bill Nader's Big Adventure

Bill Nader thought he was taking a precarious step forward when he left Rockingham Park in New Hampshire to accept a position as director of marketing with the New York Racing Association in 1994.

The National Sporting Library

There is a daunting amount of material in the Library’s seven distinct collections

Track Conditions

December | January 2008

Volume I Issue 3

Destination: Santa Anita

Legendary jockey John Longden once said of Santa Anita Park: “It’s the most beautiful place you could find. You’re camping out when you leave Santa Anita.” The late rider, who won 932 races during 26 meets at the Arcadia, California track, would still marvel at the breath-taking beauty of a clear winter day at the track located at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains. Longden was an integral part of the most memorable moment in Santa Anita history as voted in a media poll. ...more

Ramon Dominguez: America's Greatest Unknown Rider

Quietly, almost anonymously, jockey Ramon Dominguez slipped into New York on the final weekend of September. That Sunday, he won two Grade 1 stakes in a little more than an hour at Belmont Park and drove back to his family - his wife Sharon and their two toddlers - and their home on their 400-acre farm in Elkton, Maryland, near the Delaware border. ...more

Gary Contessa's Career Year

There’s a square, green and white sign with the diagonal initials “GC” hanging on the side of trainer Gary Contessa’s barn, plain and simple, much like the man himself. His horses train in saddle towels showing one large diamond flanked by two smaller ones; not flashy but distinct, again reflective of the trainer’s personality. ...more