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...odds on a colt's matching the demands of the Triple Crown are long enough to fire larceny in a bettor's soul and break a breeder's heart. Almost 30,000 Thoroughbreds are foaled annually on North American farms, but only about 3% ever win a stakes race, much less one of the Triple Crown races. Breeding Thoroughbreds is far from an exact science. Says Brownell Combs II, the manager of Spendthrift Farms, regularly one of the tops in the sport: "You breed the best mare you can possibly get to the best stallion...
...Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, who came not only for the U.N. meeting but also for the NATO summit and a breakfast at the White House this week. Schmidt has strongly disagreed with the President on a number of issues, including Carter's opposition to the international sale of fast-breeder nuclear reactors and Washington's inability to stabilize the dollar on world money markets. West German officials warned that despite Schmidt's warm endorsement at the U.N. of measures to control the world arms race, disarmament hardly described the Chancellor's mood as he headed for Washington...
...because it is something I cannot prove, inasmuch as Hirsch Jacobs himself denies there is any open banter between him and horses. But if they do not tell him, who does?" Runyon had good reason to wonder where his longtime friend got his tips. In 43 years as a breeder and trainer, Jacobs saddled 3,569 winners and collected more than $12 million in purses...
...with the horse, fend off would-be buyers and curious reporters, and spend long evenings at home laying plans for his future (they intend to race him next year as a four-year-old). "It makes me remember so much," Patrice says. "My father was a great trainer and breeder, and that's what we've done with Affirmed. We bred him, raised him and raced him. And we did another thing my father used to do: the Bieber-Jacobs stable believed in running rather than training. Affirmed is an iron horse. He has run 14 times...
...What nature has not provided, money has. Perfect in every other respect, the Cape Cod house at Oyster Harbors was lacking in scenic sand dunes. The solution? Import 2,000 tons of sand. Everything, however, is done with a lack of ostentation. In Virginia Paul has provided his horse breeder with a house that looks more impressive than...