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 Editorials

Thoughts from our editor, Joe Clancy. For archived editorials click here.

A big life: Maryland breeder Higgins will be missed

Donald Barr and Milton Higgins were born in the same Massachusetts hospital, not that that made them instant friends or even the same age, but it was at least the taproot of a long friendship. It ended in April when Higgins died in Hawaii. He was 85.

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Secretariat's power still on display

Fifty years ago, before the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course, Secretariat wasn’t changing lives. He was another Kentucky Derby winner, giving the Preakness a go. He could have lost the race, like so many before him and after. Instead, he won with a first-turn move people still have difficulty explaining and added the ultimate exclamation point three weeks later in the Belmont Stakes (I actually say “by 31 lengths” to describe a lopsided victory by a horse, person or team). 

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Still answering Hunt Cup questions

Trainer Joe Davies had the same answer to a four-part question posed in mid-March. The query went like, “Did you think we’d be having this conversation four or five years ago? About this horse? About winning three Maryland Hunt Cups? About being compared to Blockade and Winton?

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Mare magic always delivers

It never fails. This time of year, when I’m chasing interviews about “notable” broodmares in the region, I get hit with the importance, dignity, steadfastness and grace of the Thoroughbred broodmare.

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West Virginia's Casey leaves long legacy

There were times when his family tried to tell him the 30-40 mares James W. Casey sent to the breeding shed each year were a few too many. Maybe 15-20 made more sense, they’d say – futilely. No, Casey wasn’t going to change his strategy.
 
And why would he?

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A new look for a good read

Notice anything different about this magazine? Hopefully you did already and if you didn’t, keep turning pages. There’s a fresh look, largely steered by director of publications Barrie Reightler and her design skills, that hopefully makes Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred better.

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