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Don’t worry: Horse racing doesn’t need the positive publicity

Remember Big Brown? The horse that dominated the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes before sleepwalking through the Belmont?
Yeah, that guy.
Despite the loss, the horse has drawing power, and Jess Jackson, owner of Curlin (2007 winner of the Preakness Stakes and Horse of the year) had an offer: Run the two horses in August 30th’s Woodward [...]

Heck, why not a sculpture with Barbaro in a can of puppy chow?

So this sculptor wanted a way to memorialize Barbaro. Wanted to do it in a way that would get people’s attention. Wanted to do it in a way that would cause a splash.
Well, success is yours, said sculptor.
Sometime in April, Daniel Edwards hopes to unveil the piece you see above in Central Park. The sculpture [...]

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