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Spendthrift’s Freshmen 4: First-season stallions all report first in-foal mares

POSTED: March 1, 2023

Joel Cunningham, Spendthrift Farm LEXINGTON, Ky. – Spendthrift Farm’s four first-season stallions – Cyberknife, Greatest Honour, Jackie’s Warrior and Mo Donegal – have all had their first respective mares confirmed in...

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Boulanger Remembers 143-1 Fountain of Youth Winner Built for Pleasure

POSTED: February 28, 2023

Built For Pleasure upsets the Fountain of Youth, paying $288 (Courtesy of Barbara Livingston) By Phil Janack for Gulfstream Park HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla.— By late...

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Zac Purton’s Chasing Record for Fastest 100 Wins

POSTED: February 28, 2023

Zac Purton has 99 wins this season. (HKJC Photo) By Declan Schuster HAPPY VALLEY, H.K.—Zac Purton will pursue a memorable 100th win this season when he...

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Recapping Rebel Weekend and Taking a Look Ahead

POSTED: February 28, 2023

Confidence Game splashes home a winner in the Rebel (Coady Photography) By Ross Blacker Before I get to the Rebel, let’s look at the Honeybee....

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NTRA Update on Federal Legislation and other industry news

POSTED: February 28, 2023

Tom Rooney meets with Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) in her office on Capitol Hill, to discuss issues impacting the Thoroughbred industry. (Photo courtesy of Sen....

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Woodbine Winter Watch: Josie Carroll and Rafael Hernandez

POSTED: February 28, 2023

Josie Carroll trainee Boardroom and Jockey Rafael Hernandez winning the Royal North Stakes on June 4, 2022 (Michael Burns Photo) Chris Lomon, Woodbine Communications TORONTO,...

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10K Man Steve Asmussen on Kentucky, Everyone Else: "The gap is only going to widen"

POSTED: February 27, 2023

Steve Asmussen and family celebrate a huge milestone (Coady Photography) By Jennie Rees - Kentucky HBPA While becoming the first North American trainer to win...

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Author Talk With Alvin Stone: The Story of Walker “Stoney” Stone

POSTED: February 26, 2023

Monday, February 27, 3 p.m., in the library of Maryland Horse Library and Education Center Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association News The story of Walker “Stoney”...

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Constancy of Purpose 

POSTED: February 25, 2023

Lindsey Partridge at Harmony Horsemanship with Shiney (APHA) (Michael Brown Photo) Partridge has produced America’s Most Wanted Horse twice at the Retired Racehorse Project’s Thoroughbred...

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