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Cowboy Luke Home on the Range

BY JIM WELLS Sometimes a racehorse is not merely a racehorse. Sometimes he is something more. Much more. Cowboy Luke is that. At least to the family that first owned a large chunk of him, fawned over him, loved him, and agonized when his whereabouts became unknown after the hurricane in Puerto Rico last September. […]

The Crafty Cajun

Bobby Walker, Jr., made his way up the tunnel after a race last week, moving slowly and clearly in pain but intent on riding the next race nonetheless. It wasn’t going to happen. He simply wasn’t able, not after taking the head of an 1,100-pound thoroughbred directly to the groin. The question here doesn’t concern his […]