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Set against the world of horse racing, this new series created by David Milch and Michael Mann, has moved out of the gates to overall positive reviews filling the screen with well-presented horse races, gambling and lots of scheming and intrigue. But unlike the races themselves, the pacing is much more methodical leaning toward observational storytelling. And HBO couldn’t be happier as they have already agreed to a second season after just one episode aired.

The horse that won a rare Triple Crown in 1973 is the backdrop of a motion picture that Disney releases nationwide later in the week.

Just as “The Blind Side” is a story more about the personal values of a strong-willed woman than football, “Secretariat” is more a character study of the lady behind the record-breaking horse. Diane Lane (“Unfaithful”) stars as Penny Tweedy, a housewife and mother of four who broke some barriers of her own crashing through the male-dominated racehorse ownership world to take Secretariat great success.

A winning team of filmmakers are out of the starting gates with a pilot order from the premium cable network.

Behind “Luck”, a drama set in the world of horse racing, are David Milch who was the showrunner for “Deadwood” and Michael Mann (“Public Enemies”).

Writer Mike Batistick’s off-Broadway play, “Ponies”, is now being produced as a movie and is currently shooting in New York City.

On the heels of the Triple Crown season just concluding comes this compelling 12-episode new television program. Presented on two-discs Jockeys takes a look at the realities of horse racing as seen from those men and women of small stature but huge hearts and a lot of courage as they try and guide 1200 pounds of muscle around a racetrack at over 40 mph with practically no protection.

For anyone who witnessed last Saturday’s historic running of the 135th Kentucky Derby where Mine That Bird, the biggest underdog winner in decades (50-1), ran away with the roses, here is the definitive tome about horse racing’s premiere event.

They are a pack of animals bred to run, thundering down the track, nostrils flaring, hair flying and necks bobbing- and I’m talking about the horses – not the brave young souls hovering over them trying to motivate a half-ton of dynamite on four feet to finish first to the passionate shouts of a frenzied crowd. Yes, the Kentucky Derby is one of the most exciting traditions in sport. Unlike a tennis player at Wimbledon or a heavyweight boxer seeking the crown, this storied event has an age restriction as only 3-year-old thoroughbreds can run in the Derby, thus each only has one chance at it in his lifetime. Many dream of the roses, but only one horse will wear them out of the thousands born each year. With the 135th Run for the Roses taking place Saturday at Churchill Downs, here’s a look at the initial leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown.

The cinematic sporting life of Tobey Maguire goes from race track to race track. The actor’s next starring vehicle, literally, is about the exciting world of grand prix auto racing.