http://colinsghost.org/2010/07/man-o%e2%80%99-war-is-good-but-he%e2%80%99s-no-luke-blackburn-1920.html Thoroughbred Racing History Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:29:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://colinsghost.org/2010/07/man-o%e2%80%99-war-is-good-but-he%e2%80%99s-no-luke-blackburn-1920.html/comment-page-1#comment-1467 GaryD Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:03:29 +0000 http://colinsghost.org/?p=1052#comment-1467 Thanks for Collin's Ghost....Pittsburgh Phil, Luke Blackburn....so much more..it's wonderful........gd Thanks for Collin’s Ghost….Pittsburgh Phil, Luke Blackburn….so much more..it’s wonderful……..gd

]]> http://colinsghost.org/2010/07/man-o%e2%80%99-war-is-good-but-he%e2%80%99s-no-luke-blackburn-1920.html/comment-page-1#comment-1461 Ron Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:37:10 +0000 http://colinsghost.org/?p=1052#comment-1461 Thanks, Kevin, for a terrific article on one of the sometimes forgotten great ones, Luke Blackburn. Thanks, Kevin, for a terrific article on one of the sometimes forgotten great ones, Luke Blackburn.

]]> http://colinsghost.org/2010/07/man-o%e2%80%99-war-is-good-but-he%e2%80%99s-no-luke-blackburn-1920.html/comment-page-1#comment-1452 Valerie Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:56:58 +0000 http://colinsghost.org/?p=1052#comment-1452 Excellent piece on how perception and reality are both entirely relative. Only time will bear out the place our stars of today will have in history, but, sadly, with the sport’s significantly lower profile in society, I wonder if we’ll ever have another whose name will resonate through time. That Man O’War’s reputation continues is an extraordinary testament to the once prominent place horse racing held in America, but I wonder, would we remember him still if his name were something other than Man O’War? I think names can be talismans and somehow “Luke Blackburn” just doesn’t hold the magic of “Man O’War” or “Secretariat.” Excellent piece on how perception and reality are both entirely relative. Only time will bear out the place our stars of today will have in history, but, sadly, with the sport’s significantly lower profile in society, I wonder if we’ll ever have another whose name will resonate through time. That Man O’War’s reputation continues is an extraordinary testament to the once prominent place horse racing held in America, but I wonder, would we remember him still if his name were something other than Man O’War? I think names can be talismans and somehow “Luke Blackburn” just doesn’t hold the magic of “Man O’War” or “Secretariat.”

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