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Just a few highlights from an amazing day of lectures and making/seeing friends at SkeptiCal 2025 in Oakland. Thanks so much to all of the organizers and everyone who came!

Preakness 2025: Journalism strong favorite to do one placing better Journalism, second to Sovereignty as the favorite in the Kentucky Derby two weeks ago at Churchill Downs, gets a second chance to win a classic race when he starts as an even stronger favorite in Satu...

"Preakness 2025: Journalism strong favorite to do one placing better"

David Grening has the news. #RacingSky 🏇
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Preakness 2025: Baffert, Lukas, Asmussen give Pimlico a final send-off As the curtain closes on this incarnation of Pimlico Race Course, it's only fitting that trainers Bob Baffert, D. Wayne Lukas, and Steve Asmussen have horses in the field for Saturday's 150th Preaknes...

"Preakness 2025: Baffert, Lukas, Asmussen give Pimlico a final send-off"

David Grening has the details. #RacingSky 🏇
www.drf.com/news/preakne...

Every Racist’s Head Exploded At Once POP.

Bless Kendrick Lamar!

Thou shalt not spend millions on Super Bowl ads about Jesus when you could’ve used it to feed the hungry.

Coolmore Unveils Fees, City of Troy to Start at €75,000 Epsom Derby (G1) hero City of Troy has been given an opening fee of €75,000 when he begins stallion life at Coolmore Stud in Ireland in 2025, as stud farms across Europe announced fees for many key stallions this week.

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Multiple graded stakes winner City of Troy has officially been retired at Coolmore Stud in Ireland. His set stud fee for the 2025 breeding season is €75,000.

Thorpedo Anna ramps up preparations; possible for Azeri, Dubai World Cup Around eight hours after she was crowned 2024 Horse of the Year, Thorpedo Anna had her first official workout Friday morning at Gulfstream Park as she continues preparations for her 2025 campaign.

"Thorpedo Anna ramps up preparations; possible for Azeri, Dubai World Cup"

David Grening has the details. #RacingSky 🏇
www.drf.com/news/thorped...

Updated list of companies committed to DEI

Costco, Meijer, Kroger, Giant Grocery, Ben & Jerry’s, Ulta, Macy’s, Old Navy, Nordstrom’s, TJ Maxx, GoTo Foods (includes Moe’s Southwest Grill, Mcalister’s, Auntie Anne’s, Jamba, Cinnabon, and more…), Dollar Tree, Walgreens, Wegmans

My mom’s uncle was a Tuskegee Airman. Erased. 😞

You Can Never Erase Our History! Indigenous, Mesoamericans, and Mexicas Trump’s administration has been built around white supremacy. It is hard to see what was once a beautiful society where we embraced diversity to be tarn…

Trump cannot erase our history! #indigenous #mesoamericans #DEI #latino #africanamerican #tuskegeeairmen #womenrights #womenairforceservicepilots 🩵🩷🩵🩷🩵🩷🩵👏

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The new AF1 livery proposed by Trump looks like shit... Hope that's not what we ever get

Erasing History is erasing LIVES 🤬 Raise DEI NOW

🤬 AMERICA SUCKZZZ

Day off.
Mario Gutiérrez will miss 1 Sunday ride after mount breaks down Saturday in San Pasqual.
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📸 Eclipse Sportswire

Endlessly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Watch now: Horse of the year Thorpedo Anna returns to work Friday for the first time since winning the Breeders' Cup Distaff.

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📸: Shamela Hanley / Eclipse Sportswire

The grind is real for jockeys. This is from a story on Axel Concepcion when he still had less than 40 wins and was an up and coming apprentice, sweating it out and exercising in sweat room at Laurel. You can see the full video here - vimeo.com/831894419 #horseracing #skyracing #sportofkings

Next big race....Pegasus. So who looks like they are going now? #horseracing

BREAKING❗
Thorpedo Anna is the 2024 Horse of the Year!
@eclipsesportswire.bsky.social

At the horse races during the fair. #Horse #Race #Racetrack #Track #Racing #Horses #Trainer #Jockey #StateFair #Fair

The Downs At Santa Fe

Yo fellow Deadheads—
Here’s a shot of the old Santa Fe Downs horse racing track, just off I-25 between Albuquerque and SF. Saw the Grateful Dead play there in 1982 and I can still hear the music play, echoing from the hills: “Across the Rio Grand-e-oh, across the lazy river” 💀🌹
#GratefulDead

Court Hears Of Alleged Death Threats Made By Owner Steve Parkin To Joe Foley As Sands Of Mali Saga Rolls On DUBLIN, Ireland–In an explosive turn of events surrounding the ongoing saga involving the ownership of promising young stallion Sands Of Mali, the High Court heard on Thursday of how leading owner Ste...

🚨 Latest in the Sands Of Mali saga: The Court hears of alleged death threats made by owner Steve Parkin to Ballyhane Stud boss Joe Foley.

A decision on where the stallion will stand for this upcoming breeding season is set to be delivered within the next fortnight.

Flawless Against Females, Thorpedo Anna Named Horse of the Year Only a courageous runner-up effort behind 'TDN Rising Star' and 3-year-old male Eclipse finalist Fierceness (City of Light) in the GI Travers Stakes this past August stood between Brookdale Racing Inc...

👑 The enormously talented Thorpedo Anna (Fast Anna) was utterly dominant against her own sex in 2024 and became the first female since Havre de Grace in 2011 to take home Horse of the Year honors.

TDN's Alan Carasso recaps Thursday's 54th Annual Resolute Racing Eclipse Awards.

Mercedes Rookies (2022)

Landoscar pt 1

Tbh I like Twitter (X) more cuz there are more people, especially all my jockey/racing buddies

I'm doing it again

Half of America in a nutshell.