Claire Novak

Turf Writer, ESPN

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Horses/Journalism. Professional account: @BH_CNovak. Some of us in this great nation get up and get after it in the morning; others sleep in. - D. Wayne Lukas

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Major test for Torre's 'Dude'

December 4, 2012

By Claire Novak | Special to ESPN.com ARCADIA, Calif. -- "There's a certain air of excitement," Joe Torre remarked one morning in early November. "It's like getting to the late innings of...

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Patience a Virtue for Benjamin Leon

December 4, 2012

ARCADIA, Calif. -- Benjamin Leon is a man who likes to do things right. He has been that way since he came to this country from his native Cuba as an exile at age 16, $5 in his pocket and...

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Douglas improves, struggles two months later

December 4, 2012

He wakes up to a million-dollar view, the waters of Lake Michigan glistening in golden sunlight beyond his window. It is picture-perfect, might as well be a postcard scene. But something ...

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Falling in love with Zenyatta

December 4, 2012

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - It is the nature of the sporting world to challenge greatness. One good win demands another. Records are made to be broken. Tomorrow at Oaklawn Park, a big bay runner ...

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Horse racing in Camden

December 4, 2012

"It was like racing used to be before we got that dear, dumb public to spend so much money and louse it up so greatly." -- Joe Palmer on Camden CAMDEN, S.C. -- Visitors guided on their wa...

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Eclipse Award

2011 - Feature/Commentary

Horse Racing's highest honor.

Louisville Metro Journalism Award

2008 - Sports Writing - Magazines

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