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Monday, May 23, 2005
Contact: Robert Bolson, Director of Corporate Marketing Services (859) 276-6809;
rbolson@bloodhorse.comPREAKNESS-WINNING TRAINER TIM RITCHEY TO JOIN STEVE HASKIN FOR BLOODHORSE.COM’s “TALKIN’ HORSES”
Lexington, KY— Trainer Tim Ritchey, whose Afleet Alex overcame near disaster in the stretch to win Saturday’s 130th running of the Preakness Stakes® in Baltimore, will join The Blood-Horse’s senior correspondent Steve Haskin for a special edition of bloodhorse.com’s “Talkin’ Horses” on Wednesday, May 25 at noon (ET; 9 a.m PT) online at
www.bloodhorse.com/talkinhorses.
Ritchey, who lives in Delaware and races in Maryland, Delaware, and Pennsylvania, while wintering in Arkansas, is known for his unorthodox method of training Afleet Alex, the Kentucky Derby third-place finisher who often goes to the track for long gallops twice a day.
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