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Bealmear Looking Forward to Returning

POSTED: December 11, 2024

As a 19-year-old apprentice jockey Joseph Bealmear earned his first career victory aboard We Miss Arlington at Oaklawn Park Dec. 30, 2023. (Coady Media) •...

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2YO Filly Debut Winner Added 

POSTED: December 9, 2024

Cruz Ramirez scores on debut. (Jim McCue/MJC) December Digital Sale Fasig-Tipton Release LEXINGTON, Ky.—Two-year-old filly Cruz Ramirez, a debut winner at Laurel Park yesterday (December...

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McDonald Collects Second LONGINES World’s Best Jockey Award

POSTED: December 7, 2024

James McDonald accepts the LONGINES World’s Best Jockey Award (Hong Kong Jockey Club) By Daryl Timms - Hong Kong Jockey Club Fresh from the official...

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Jerkens Handicap Evokes Fond Memories of ‘The Chief’

POSTED: December 6, 2024

Photo of H. Allen Jerkens by Jon Kral David Joseph/Gulfstream Park  HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – The $115,000 H. Allen Jerkens Handicap will honor the memory of...

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Trainer Joseph Lee Brings May Day Ready to Japan for G1 Hanshin Juvenile Fillies

POSTED: December 6, 2024

May Day Ready ahead of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (Ernie Belmonte/Past The Wire) By Christian Abdo - NYRA Press Office OZONE PARK, N.Y....

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Wagering Up Over 1%, Purses Down 2.5%

POSTED: December 6, 2024

Monmouth Park. (EQUI-PHOTO) Equibase Release Thoroughbred Racing Economic Indicators For November 2024 November 2024 vs. November 2023IndicatorNovember 2024November 2023% ChangeWagering on U.S. Races*$921,122,693$910,346,579+1.18%U.S. Purses (Available)$127,991,292$123,145,549+3.93%U.S. Purses...

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2025 TB Makeover Rulebook Now Available

POSTED: December 6, 2024

The Retired Racehorse Project Release EDGEWATER, Md.—The Retired Racehorse Project (RRP) announced today that the rulebook for the 2025 Thoroughbred Makeover and National Symposium, presented by Thoroughbred...

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Will Ungles be a Lucky Charm for Bacon?

POSTED: December 6, 2024

Oaklawn Park. (Coady Photography) Compiled by Robert Yates HOT SPRINGS, Ark.—Cody Ungles has been the valet for Oaklawn’s last five leading apprentice jockeys.  Ungles could...

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December Digital Sale Bidding Now Open 

POSTED: December 6, 2024

650+ Entries on Offer Fasig-Tipton Release LEXINGTON, Ky.—Fasig-Tipton has catalogued 670 entries for its December Digital Sale, which may be viewed at digital.fasigtipton.com. Bidding is now...

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