O'Brien Starts as Trainer With Four Winners
Former Irish champion jockey Joseph O'Brien saddled four winners from seven starters June 6 at two racecourses in Ireland to formally launch his training career.
Headlines for Monday, June 6, 2016
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Unusual White-Headed Foal Arrives in Kentucky
An unusually marked white-headed foal was born June 5 at Mike Moreno's Southern Equine Farm near Midway. The colt is a son of Bodemeister out of Out for Revenge, by Bernardini.
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Exaggerator Gallops; Belmont Field Grows
Preakness Stakes (gr. I) winner Exaggerator, who galloped the morning of June 6 at Belmont Park, is expected to face 12 other 3-year-olds in the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes (gr. I).
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'Essence of the Thoroughbred' on Exhibit
Photography exhibition opens June 9 in New York City
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Quest for Excellence
Photographer Neil Latham's journey to capture the essence of the Thoroughbred.
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OBS Wins Race Against Weather
Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s management won its race against Mother Nature June 6, completing the second under tack show workout session for the June 2-year-olds in training and horses of racing age sale before heavy rainfall and thunderstorms.
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Breeders' Cup Tickets, Packages Now Available
Tickets for this year's two-day Breeders' Cup World Championships at Santa Anita Park are now on sale to the general public, officials said June 6.
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Brown's Trio Surrounds New York Stakes
Chad Brown dominates East Coast turf races, and he will have three of the seven entrants in the June 10 New York Stakes at Belmont Park.
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NYRA to Offer Incentive at Horse Show
The New York Racing Association will match all prize money won by registered American Thoroughbreds on opening day of the 41st annual Hampton Classic Horse Show as an incentive to promote the presence of the breed in the show ring.
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Fasig-Tipton Tweaks July Sale Schedule
As a result of an increase in the number of horses cataloged for its July 12 selected yearling sale, Fasig-Tipton has moved its selected horses of racing age sale to an evening session July 11.
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Florida High Court to Hear Gretna Racing Case
The Florida Supreme Court June 7 will take oral arguments on a lawsuit with major ramifications for pari-mutuel racing and casino gambling in the state.
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Our Mims at Delaware Attracts Solid Field
The first stakes of the Delaware Park meet, the Our Mims for 3-year-old fillies, is worth $50,000 but attracted multiple graded-stakes competitors as the local prep for the $300,000 Delaware Oaks (gr. III) July 9.
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True North Stakes Has Rich History
The $250,000 True North Stakes (gr. II), to be run June 11 as part of the Belmont Stakes (gr. I) program, has quietly become one of the nation's premier stakes sprints with a rich history of speedy, talented, and memorable winners.
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Stallion Proud Citizen Euthanized at Age 17
Airdrie Stud's rock-solid sire Proud Citizen was euthanized June 4 due to complications from laminitis.
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Live Video: OBS March
Watch the 2017 OBS March Two-Year-Olds Sale
