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Got Stormy reigns supreme against males once more in G1 Fourstardave

POSTED: August 15, 2021

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Two years after securing a triumph in the Grade 1, $500,000 Fourstardave in record-setting fashion, MyRacehorse Stable and Spendthrift Farm’s Got...

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Scholarship winner makes her mark in Eventing with Retired Thoroughbred

POSTED: August 12, 2021

Casteel, ‘Abel,’ earn first scholarship for Riders from Diverse Backgrounds Baltimore, Md. – While preparing one morning last week for the Millbrook Horse Trials in...

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Whitney Winner Knicks Go vaults to No. 1 in Longines Breeders' Cup Classic Rankings

POSTED: August 10, 2021

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 10, 2021) — Korea Racing Authority’s 5-year-old Knicks Go, dominant winner of last Saturday’s Whitney (G1) at Saratoga, has vaulted to No....

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Ebro River wins Europe’s first 2-year-old Group 1 of 2021

POSTED: August 8, 2021

Ebro River (12/1) won Europe’s first two-year-old Group 1 race of the season when taking the Keeneland Phoenix Stakes at The Curragh, Ireland, on Sunday....

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Asmussen becomes all-time winningest North American trainer

POSTED: August 7, 2021

Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen became the all-time winningest thoroughbred trainer in North America when he won the 9,446th race of his career on Whitney...

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The 2021 Whitney Stakes at the Spa

POSTED: August 7, 2021

Maxfield and Knicks Go are set to put on a show in the Whitney at Saratoga It may be a small field but it is...

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War Front’s Legendary Bloodlines; Omaha Beach heading back to Spendthrift Australia

POSTED: August 3, 2021

War Front (courtesy of Spendthrift Australia) ROMSEY, Vic.—Legendary turf sire War Front continues his impressive record amongst the breeding ranks and is now making his...

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Essential Quality on point for G1 Runhappy Travers

POSTED: August 1, 2021

Essential Quality, the reigning Champion 2-Year-Old and Grade 1 Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets winner, was a determined victor of Saturday’s Grade 2, $600,000...

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Heavy favorite Essential Quality gets the job done in Grade 2 Jim Dandy

POSTED: August 1, 2021

In a hard-fought battle to the wire, Essential Quality, the 2-5 favorite, prevailed by a half-length over a tenacious Keepmeinmind to win Saturday’s nine-furlong Grade...

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