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Went the Day Well to Undergo Tieback Surgery

Went the Day Well to Undergo Tieback Surgery

Team Valor International's Went the Day Well, winner of the 2012 Vinery Racing Spiral Stakes (gr. III) and fourth in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I), will undergo a tie-back operation in Versailles, Ky.

 Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Mucho Macho Man Sent to Fair Hill

Mucho Macho Man Sent to Fair Hill

Much Macho Man, who was pulled out of consideration to defend his Gulfstream Park Handicap (gr. II) title due to a virus, has been sent to the Fair Hill Training Center, along with two stablemates.

 Monday, March 04, 2013
Haskin: Paynter keeps progressing

Haskin: Paynter keeps progressing

As the morning sun burned through the dense fog that had enshrouded the Fair Hill training center, Paynter was brought out for his daily round of activity.

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 Monday, November 12, 2012
Undefeated So Many Ways to Skip Breeders' Cup

Undefeated So Many Ways to Skip Breeders' Cup

Undefeated 2-year-old filly So Many Ways will not travel to California to run in the $2 million Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (gr. I) at Santa Anita Park, owner Maggi Moss announced Sept. 26.

 Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Teeth of the Dog Breezes, Set for Preakness

Expected Preakness Stakes (gr. I) starter Teeth of the Dog breezed five furlongs in 1:01 under at Fair Hill Training Center May 12.

 Saturday, May 12, 2012
Animal Kingdom, Toby's Corner Work Half-Mile

Animal Kingdom, Toby's Corner Work Half-Mile

Graham Motion trainees Animal Kingdom and Toby's Corner worked in company Jan. 8 at Fair Hill Training Center in Maryland.

 Monday, January 09, 2012
Toby's Corner Out of Derby Consideration

Toby's Corner Out of Derby Consideration

Son of Bellamy Road off in his left rear; was to ship to Churchill Downs from his base at the Fair Hill Training Center in Maryland later today.

 Tuesday, May 03, 2011
Team Valor Sends All Horses to Trainer Motion

Team Valor Sends All Horses to Trainer Motion

Team Valor International will purchase a barn at Fair Hill Training Center in northeast Maryland and turn all of its horses over to trainer Graham Motion effective immediately.

 Friday, November 12, 2010
Porter Hires Barkley as Trainer

Porter Hires Barkley as Trainer

Rick Porter of Fox Hill Farms has hired Jeff Barkley as his private trainer, beginning a transition resulting from trainer Larry Jones' recent announcement that he will wind down his operation and retire.

 Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Dalvina Topweight in La Prevoyante

Dalvina Topweight in La Prevoyante

Andrew and Marina Stone's Dalvina, entering off of a successful American debut, is the one to beat in the $200,000 La Prevoyante Handicap (gr. IIT) Dec. 15 at Calder Race Course.

 Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Play Bingo Out of Maryland Million Classic with Quarter Crack

Play Bingo, winner of the 2005 Maryland Million Classic, will not start in this year's renewal of the race at Laurel Park Oct. 13 because of a quarter crack in his left hind hoof, owner/trainer John "Doc" Fisher said Oct. 12.

 Friday, October 12, 2007
Turf Warrior Better Talk Now Back in Action

Turf Warrior Better Talk Now Back in Action

Better Talk Now, a multiple grade I winner, has recovered from a puncture wound he suffered in July and August and is back in serious training at his Fair Hill, Md., home base, trainer Graham Motion said Sept. 12.

 Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Kentucky Derby Winner Barbaro Euthanized

Barbaro, who thrilled racing fans with his sublime victory in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) and captivated many millions more worldwide with his gut-wrenching fight for life after suffering a catastrophic breakdown in the Preakness Stakes (gr. I), was euthanized Jan. 29.

 Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Fair Hill to Install Tapeta Surface on Training Track

The Fair Hill Training Center in Elkton, Md., plans to install the Tapeta all weather surface on its training track during the summer of 2006,it announced May 31.

 Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Laurel Handicaps Off Due to Virus Restrictions

The 2006 runnings of the Barbara Fritchie Breeders' Cup Handicap (gr. II) and the General George Breeders' Cup Handicap (gr. II), the marquee races of the Laurel Park winter meeting, have been canceled because of the equine herpesvirus outbreak, officials of the Maryland Jockey Club announced Feb. 20.

 Monday, February 20, 2006

Equine Herpesvirus Forum To Be Held Tuesday in Maryland

An equine herpesvirus forum is scheduled for 5 p.m. (EST) Feb. 21 at the Edward L. Walls Activity Center in Elkton, Md.

 Monday, February 20, 2006

Fair Hill Horse Positive for EHV; Virus Detected in Early Stages

Maryland officials reported Wednesday that a horse which tested positive for equine herpesvirus type-1at Fair Hill Training Center in Cecil County, Md., last week, has recovered from its fever and has shown no signs of neurologic illness.

 Thursday, February 16, 2006

Fair Hill Training Center Takes EHV-1 Precautions

Fair Hill Training Center, home to more than 400 horses, has instituted stringent guidelines to ensure the well being of all horses stabled at the facility and to provide the best opportunity for those same horses to race when entry restrictions lift later this month as nearby out of state racetracks.

 Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Coping in the Wake of Fair Hill Barn Fire

The sight is devastating. Charred posts and jagged pieces of tin are jutting into the air from the blackened remains of what was a 40-stall horse barn on the peaceful rolling hills of the Fair Hill Training Center.

 Thursday, November 03, 2005