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Churchill Downs September Derby Meet Boasts $9.85 Million in Stakes
POSTED: July 8, 2020
Total of 18 Stakes Led by Rescheduled Kentucky Oaks on Sept. 4 and Kentucky Derby on Sept. 5 LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A total of 18...
Swiss Skydiver Looks to Make History in Toyota Blue Grass
POSTED: July 8, 2020
Swiss Skydiver takes on a talented field of 12 colts in Saturday’s $600,000 Toyota Blue Grass Stakes; Six fillies vie for Kentucky Oaks points in...
Monomoy Girl Makes First Stakes Start of Season Saturday in G2 Ruffian
POSTED: July 8, 2020
America’s Day at the Races, featured on America’s Day at the Races on FOX Sports and MSG+, will provide more than 20 hours of live racing...
VanMeter Excluded at Keeneland Following Racist Facebook Post
POSTED: July 8, 2020
Keeneland reacted to the Facebook post by Tom VanMeter, breeder of Triple Crown champion American Pharoah, by banning him from the grounds pending further review...
Keeneland Ramps Up for a Classic 5-day Summer Meet Starting Wednesday
POSTED: July 7, 2020
Heavy hitters on deck for Friday’s 32nd running of the $300,000 Maker’s Mark Mile (G1); Fierce field shaping up for Saturday’s $600,000 Toyota Blue Grass...
Met Mile-G1 winner Vekoma to stand at Spendthrift
POSTED: July 7, 2020
LEXINGTON, Ky. – B. Wayne Hughes’ Spendthrift Farm has acquired the breeding rights to multiple Grade One-winning millionaire Vekoma. The four-year-old son of leading sire...
Maryland Racing’s “Mayor of the Backstretch" Retires, LaMarra to Replace
POSTED: July 7, 2020
LAUREL, Md. — Bobby Lillis, a longtime fixture in Maryland horse racing known as the “Mayor of the Backstretch,” is retiring after a career in...
Vekoma Cracks Top Three in NTRA Thoroughbred Poll
POSTED: July 7, 2020
LEXINGTON, Ky.– After earning his third straight victory and second consecutive G1 triumph when he captured the Metropolitan Handicap on July 4, Vekoma left no doubt he was...
VanMeter, Owner, Trainer, Vet and Breeder Goes All In on the "N" Word
POSTED: July 6, 2020
A hoard of angry people have been buzzing all day on social media over comments made by someone within the horse racing industry. Tom VanMeter...
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