Smarty Jones Returning to Uruguay
Dual classic winner Smarty Jones will return to Uruguay in September for the 2017 Southern Hemisphere breeding season as part of a multi-year agreement with Calumet Farm near Lexington, where he's stood since 2016.
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Longtime Horseman Ben Walden Jr. Dispersing All Stock
Walden is leaving the Thoroughbred industry to focus on Christian ministry initiatives. A full dispersal will be held during Keeneland's September and November sales.
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Breathnach Joins Airdrie Stud Team
Cormac Breathnach fills at Airdrie the same job he held at Adena Springs Kentucky.
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Monarch Signals to Be Restored at Kentucky Tracks
Patrons at Kentucky simulcast outlets will be able to wager on Monarch Content Management racing signals for the first time in about a month beginning July 29.
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Historical Gains in Kentucky
Kentucky purses continue to benefit from the success of historical racing, which registered another strong year.
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Trainer Biancone Seeks License in Kentucky
Patrick Biancone is seeking to have his training license reinstated in Kentucky, where the conditioner has not saddled a horse since losing his license following a 2007 discovery of cobra venom and other substances in his Keeneland barn.
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Calumet Farm to Host TOBA Awards Dinner
The 32nd annual Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association's national awards dinner will be held Sept. 9 at Calumet Farm near Lexington.
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The Growing Horses of Racing Age Market
MarketWatch interview: Dan Hall
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Archarcharch, Tizway to South Korea
Both grade 1 winners stood at Spendthrift Farm, which has retained the first right of refusal if the new owner ever sells the stallions. They will be returned to the U.S. at the conclusion of their breeding careers.
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Belterra to Honor the late Harry Holcomb
The St. Louis native, who died June 5 at the age of 86, was a jockey for 22 years and trained for 32 years.
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International Sire Elusive Quality Pensioned
Darley's 24-year-old son of Gone West retired with 126 black-type stakes winners
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Malibu Moon Hits Black-Type Century Mark
Spendthrift Farm's Malibu Moon reached an important milestone June 17 when his 3-year-old daughter Shimmering Aspen became his 100th black-type stakes winner worldwide.
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Forever Unbridled Makes Triumphant Return
Running for the first time since a third behind Beholder and Songbird in the Nov. 4 Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1), the 5-year-old took down her rivals with a strong late rally in the $200,000 Fleur de Lis Handicap (G2).
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Mastery Retired After Claiborne Farm Arrival
Undefeated grade 1 winner Mastery has been retired after arriving at Claiborne Farm June 12, according to representative Bernie Sams. The 3-year-old son of Candy Ride (ARG) will begin stud duty at the Kentucky operation in 2018.
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Meredith Downey is TOBA's New Director of Marketing
Downey will handle communications plus manage seminars and clinics.
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Leslie's Lady in Foal to American Pharoah
Clarkland Farm's blue-hen mare is the dam of multiple champion Beholder and grade 1-winning sire Into Mischief.
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Champion Tepin Confirmed in Foal to Curlin
Two-time Eclipse Award winner conceives on single attempt for this season.
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Old Friends Reports Death of Judge's Case
Multiple stakes-placed Judge's Case died May 15 at Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement Farm based in Georgetown, Ky. The 20-year-old gelding was euthanized due to chronic orthopedic disease.
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Three Years Later, Wickliffe Case Brings Rule Change
Three years after the deaths of horses in Kentucky and Florida were linked to a Lexington compounding pharmacy, the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy strengthened its regulation of the industry in a move it hopes will protect animal—and human—lives.
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KY Derby TV Overnight Up 12% from 2016
Overnight of 10.5/23 is second-highest in the past 25 years.
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Arklow Upsets American Turf Stakes
The magic of jockey Mike Smith turned newly minted maiden winner Arklow into a graded stakes winner May 6 in the American Turf Stakes presented by Ram Trucks (G2T) at Churchill Downs.
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Paulassilverlining Holds Tough in Humana Distaff
Juddmonte Farms' recent purchase Paulassilverlining had never run at Churchill Downs before, but that didn't stop her from collecting her second consecutive grade 1 May 6 with a game victory in the $300,000 Humana Distaff (G1).
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Kentucky Oaks/Kentucky Derby Double Payouts
China Horse Club and Clearsky Farm's Abel Tasman, 9-1 winner of the Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1) has set up potential payouts for the Oaks/Kentucky Derby double ranging from $73 to $1,195.
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Bird Song Skips to Alysheba Victory
Start to finish, Bird Song led the field in the $400,000 Alysheba Stakes presented by Big Fish Casino (G2) May 5 at Churchill Downs.
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Powerful Oxley/Casse Duo in Edgewood Stakes
La Coronel and Dream Dancing are the 8-5 co-morning-line favorites. Sweeping Paddy has the best wet turf record in the field.
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Curlin Connection Vital in Irish War Cry Stud Deal
A "reasoned gamble" is how Hill 'n' Dale Farms owner John Sikura described the recent deal to acquire the breeding rights to multiple graded stakes winner Irish War Cry ahead of the May 6 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1).
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Practical Joke Rewards Breeders' Faith in His Dam
Whispering Oaks went "all-in" on stakes-placed Halo Humor, who brothers Keith and Allen Crupper paid more for than any other broodmare or broodmare prospect in the 17 years they have been breeding Thoroughbreds together.
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Official Veterinary Team From China Visits Kentucky
Kentucky agriculture commissioner Ryan Quarles and some horse industry leaders welcomed an official veterinary team from the People's Republic of China this month in a visit that could help open China to the export of horses from the United States.
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Thunder Snow Confirmed for Kentucky Derby
Thunder Snow, winner of the March 25 UAE Derby Sponsored By The Saeed & Mohammed Al Naboodah Group (G2) at Meydan Racecourse, has been confirmed to start in the May 6 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1), Godolphin Racing announced April 29.
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Castleton Lyons Gets First Derby Starter as Breeder
Gormley will soon occupy a high-profile place in the history of Castleton Lyons as the first Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1) starter produced by the Ryan family's international operation.
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Blinkers Likely for Practical Joke in Kentucky Derby
After trainer Chad Brown watched how Practical Joke breezed wearing blinkers April 28 at Churchill Downs, the Eclipse Award-winning trainer is leaning toward equipping the two-time grade 1 winner with a small cup pair for the Kentucky Derby.
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Sano Star Gunnevera Goes Easy Five Furlongs
Blissfully unaware of the weight upon his stout shoulders, Gunnevera went about his final serious paces in advance of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1), working an easy five furlongs in 1:03 3/5 at Churchill Downs April 28.
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Pletcher Breezes Four Kentucky Derby Hopefuls
Multiple Eclipse Award winner Todd Pletcher thought Always Dreaming and Tapwrit were most impressive, Patch was better than usual, and Battalion Runner struggled with the track.
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O'Neill Confident After Irap's Mile Work
Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (G2) winner Irap breezed one mile at Keeneland April 28 in 1:44 1/5 under Julien Leparoux.
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Classic Empire a Pro in Four-Furlong Move
Standing alongside his son and top assistant, Norman Casse, Mark Casse watched his best-ever hope for a classic victory stride out down the Churchill Downs stretch—and finally, deeply exhaled.
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Animal Kingdom's First N. Hemisphere Starter Wins Big
Sunny Skies, bred and raced by Nancy Polk's Normandy Farm, won a 4 1/2-furlong maiden special weight at Keeneland by nine lengths. The filly is trained by Ken McPeek.
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KEMI Honored with W.T. Young Humanitarian Award
Kentucky Equine Management Internship has graduated more than 800 horse industry professionals.
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Sharp Horsemen Bred Derby Contender Always Dreaming
Mike Ryan and Gerry Dilger's instincts were dead-on, and resulted in Santa Rosa's second grade 1 winner, Xpressbet.com Florida Derby (G1) victor Always Dreaming.
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McGraw Honored With Tony Ryan Book Award
Eliza McGraw chronicled the life of early 20th century champion Exterminator
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Violence's First Starter Gets Commanding Win
Buy Sell Hold, a Violence filly out of stakes winner Melody Lady, went 4 1/2 furlongs wire-to-wire in :51.84 in the second race April 20 at Keeneland. She is owned by J. Kirk and Judy Robison.
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Itsinthepost Heads Field of Turfers in Dixiana Elkhorn
Long-winded turf winners will run for $250,000 in the Dixiana Elkhorn Stakes (G2T) with a deep field headed by Itsinthepost and Danish Dynaformer.
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Amberspatriot First Winner for Awesome Patriot
The quick bay filly, bred in Kentucky by Brandywine Farm and racing for Donna Hancock and Charles Brown, won a $60,000 maiden special weight April 19 at Keeneland by a length over males.
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Data Link Gets His First Winner in Di Maria
Bay filly out of the Pulpit daughter Thine won April 19 at Gulfstream Park in her first start.
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Dickinson Runs Past Lady Eli to Win Jenny Wiley
Godolphin Racing's Dickinson ran by 1-2 choice Lady Eli in the shadow of the wire April 15 at Keeneland to claim the $350,000 Coolmore Jenny Wiley Stakes (G1T).
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American Patriot Steals Maker's 46 Mile
Reserved at the start but flying at the end, WinStar Farm's American Patriot nipped hard-trying Heart to Heart in the final strides of the $300,000 Maker's 46 Mile (G1T) April 14 at Keeneland.
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Ten to Line Up for Lexington
Lael Stables' homebred No Dozing, who has four graded stakes starts under his belt, holds the class edge in Keeneland's Stonestreet Lexington Stakes (G3) April 15. The 1 1/16-mile race for sophomores is worth $200,000.
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Gormley Officially to Spendthrift on Retirement
Spendthrift Farm owner B. Wayne Hughes said he's been waiting for the right son of his marquee stallion Malibu Moon.
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Paulassilverlining Game in Madison
Paulassilverlining proved the astute judgment of Juddmonte Farms' advisors April 8 in the $300,000 Madison Stakes (G1) at Keeneland, gamely defeating pacesetter Constellation in her first start for her new connections.
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Keeneland Teams to Help University of Kentucky Athletes
The CATS expansion last fall within the Joe Craft Football Training Facility is due in large part to funds raised through a partnership of UK Athletics, Maker's Mark and Keeneland announced in 2015.
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Casse Switches Strategy for Ashland Duo
The 1 1/16-mile Central Bank Ashland Stakes (G1) at Keeneland April 8 looks to be a proper challenge for John Oxley's grade 1 winner Pretty City Dancer and Gary Barber's graded stakes placed Summer Luck.
