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Keeneland Digital Sales Ring sets 2021 calendar; first sale scheduled March 23

POSTED: February 11, 2021

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Keeneland Digital Sales Ring, the stand-alone online auction platform that debuted in 2020, has scheduled seven mixed sales for 2021. The...

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Breeders' Cup prohibiting Lasix in Challenge Series races; only awarding qualifying points for Lasix-free graded stakes races

POSTED: February 10, 2021

LEXINGTON, KY (February 10, 2021) – As 2021 kicks off with stakes races being run without Lasix at the leading racetracks and Thoroughbred racing events across...

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Sir Dragonet disappoints in Australia but still has lofty season targets

POSTED: February 10, 2021

The 100th Ladbroke’s Cox Plate winner Sir Dragonet produced a lack-lustre performance on his racecourse return in Australia on Saturday. In a race over seven...

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The week and weekend are chock full of stakes races straight through to Fat Tuesday

POSTED: February 10, 2021

A pre-week, weekend and post-weekend packed full of stakes action with 40 races, 16 graded. Three Derby prep races—El Camino Real Derby at Golden Gates...

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Champion Essential Quality, undefeated Life Is Good, 8-1 co-individual favorites in Kentucky Derby future wager pool 3

POSTED: February 9, 2021

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Godolphin’s Eclipse Award-winning colt Essential Quality and CHC Inc and WinStar Farm’s undefeated $100,000 Sham Stakes (Grade III) winner Life Is Good...

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Battaash's half-sister gives birth to Advertise colt.

POSTED: February 8, 2021

Valletta Gold, a half-sister to sprinting superstar Battaash and owned by Phoenix Thoroughbreds,  has given birth to a foal by Advertise.   The newly minted colt...

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Fire At Will Likely to Return in Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Youth

POSTED: February 6, 2021

Brought to you by Kingdom Nutrition Company HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – Three Diamonds Farm’s Fire At Will breezed five furlongs at Gulfstream Park Saturday morning in...

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The Real Chad Brown: It’s all about the team

POSTED: February 3, 2021

Chad Brown-trained Cloud Computing won the 2017 Preakness and received the blanket of Black-Eyed Susans with winning jockey Javier Castellano up wearing Klaravich Stables’ colors....

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The Business of Racing: GameStop and the Market for Racing Stocks

POSTED: February 3, 2021

By Steve Zorn For the past two weeks, the financial news has been dominated by the GameStop saga: millions of small investors, sitting at home...

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