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If you’ve scheduled a trip to Lexington, Kentucky this summer so that you can attend the World Equestrian Games … congratulations. You’ve made a great decision. You will be able to attend this special event – one that only takes place every four years – with lovers of equestrian sports from every corner of the globe.

If you’ve ever watched the Summer Olympics, chances are good that you’ve been able to see the equestrian event of Jumping. If, for some reason, you’ve never seen this event unfold before you on a TV screen, you’ve missed something truly special.

- You have to feel sorry for jockey Jon Court. The journeyman rider looked to have finally found a live Derby mount after upsetting the Arkansas Derby at 17-1 odds with Line of David, but trainer John Sadler and the connections have decided to go with Rafael Bejarano in the Run for the Roses.

So, I've been reading all the threads pertaining to the Breeders' Cup finals. I just want to first state that I'm not here to argue. I'm just here to point out a few things. Yesterday's debacle with the player being upset that his horse didn't win in a final caused all types of outrage in the community.

Larry Collmus is one of the premier thoroughbred announcers in the world. The 43-year-old native of Baltimore grew up a Orioles fan, but is now a converted Red Sox fan from his days calling the races at Suffolk Downs. He is currently the track announcer at Monmouth Park and Gulfstream Park.

Q: How did you get started in thoroughbred racing?

In previous seasons, the Sunland Derby often attracted horses that were searching for a rich payday, rather than entry in the Kentucky Derby. The reason was the lack of graded status for the this race.

The defining factor for entry in the Kentucky Derby when more than 20 horses are entered is earnings in races that carry graded status.

If you haven't gotten the chance to go to your nearest racetrack to enjoy a day among the majestic thoroughbreds, then you are really missing out on a chance to have fun. Pick a day, most likely a Saturday, in which the weather is nice and sunny so that the weather won't be a problem.

There were a lot of players complaining, and rightfully so, that their students would sign up and then disappear.

It's quite an exciting time for horse racing fans because the Eclipse Awards are coming up, and we'll get to find out which horse has won the most coveted award in horse racing: Horse of the Year. This year, it really comes down to one of two horses, and for the first time in history the only two realistic candidates for Horse of the Year are females, Zenyatta and Rachel Alexandra.

This being 2009, I was looking around the internet today to relive the great battles in 1989 between two great thoroughbreds, and one of the things that's interesting to me is the intense nature of the debate about Sunday Silence and Easy Goer, even 20 years later!