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Summer Bird Chasing Female Foes for HOY
Female Thoroughbreds Zenyatta, or Rachel Alexandra may lay claim to Horse of the Year over Belmont Stakes, Travers Stakes, and Jockey Club Gold Cup winner Summer Bird. more...
Can Rachel Alexandra Vie for Horse of the Year?
How great is Rachel Alexandra? At only three, the Medaglia d'Oro filly has galloped by every challenger of both genders. Her Woodward win caused a Saratoga explosion. more...
Forever Together Takes Diana Stakes Again
Turfer Forever Together took serious aim at a grass championship by winning the Diana Stakes, while Kensei also triumphed at Saratoga. Cardashi won at Penn National. more...
Lion Heart and Smarty Jones Get Stakes Winners
Although 2004 Belmont Stakes champion Birdstone is the stallion of the season, classmates Lion Heart and Smarty Jones are also getting two- and three-year-old winners. more...
Rachel Alexandra Records Easy Haskell Win
Munnings was just learning the how-to of winning; Summer Bird's Belmont Stakes stature impressed; but Rachel Alexandra ruled again. She romped over the Haskell boys. more...
Eye of the Leopard and Gozzip Girl Win
Gozzip Girl joined stars in recent wins in the American Oaks, while Eye of the Leopard gave Sam-Son a fifth Queen's and Presious Passion rolled in the United Nations. more...
Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta Dominate
Dominant performances by Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta, piloted by regular jockeys Calvin Borel and Mike Smith, kept the two female stars on an honors collision course. more...
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New Racing Direction at Golden Gate Fields
By: Chuck Dybdal
Tough economic times are forcing Northern California's only major racetrack to approach its current meet with a reduction in opportunities for its higher quality horses. more...
The career of thoroughbred racehorse Man O' War lasted sixteen months, but his power and grace inspired a post-war nation and revitalized a faltering sport. more...
Roger Attfield Wins His 8th Breeders' Stakes
By: Terry McNamee
The $500,000 Breeders' Stakes on Woodbine's E.P. Taylor turf course on August 2 was dominated by Perfect Shower who, at 46-1, was the longest shot on the board. more...
Pioneerof the Nile Retired, Musket Man Injured
By: Terry McNamee
It will be hard to evaluate the quality of this year's crop of 3-year-olds, as injuries are continuing to take their toll on the top-ranked runners. more...
Rachel Alexandra Sets Record in the Mother Goose
By: Terry McNamee
It was a breathtaking show of dominance. Rachel Alexandra, ridden by Calvin Borel, soared to a 19-1/2-length win in the $300,000 Mother Goose Stakes (G1) on June 28. more...
Stakes Winner Olredlgetcha Euthanized
By: Terry McNamee
June 2009 was a sad month at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto after three jockeys were hurt and two young horses, Oliver's Strike and Olredlgetcha, died suddenly. more...
Eye of the Leopard Wins 150th Queen's Plate
By: Terry McNamee
Despite drifting wide in the stretch, Eye of the Leopard made a final surge to defeat Mr. Fouricos Two U by a neck in the Queen's Plate in Toronto, Ontario, on June 21. more...
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