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Track Phantom has had a consistent campaign this winter at Fair Grounds, winning the Gun Runner and Grade 3 Lecomte before finishing second by a half-length to early Derby favorite Sierra Leone in the Grade 2 Risen Star on a sloppy, sealed track. He looks to put an exclamation point on his prep season in Saturday's Grade 2, $1 million Louisiana Derby.
The $1.2 million Tapit colt who led the last phase of the late Robert Lothenbach's Thoroughbred dispersal at the Ocala Breeders' Sales Co.'s March sale of 2-year-olds in training last week has arrived at his new trainer's farm and already has a name.
The University of Arizona Race Track Industry Program (RTIP) is seeking an exceptional individual to fill the role of Assistant Professor of Practice. This career track position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to our renowned program, known for its excellence in educating future leaders in the racing industry.
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Kentucky Derby pedigree profile: Domestic Product
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Snapper Sinclair, a popular blaze-faced runner campaigned throughout his career by Jeffrey Bloom's Bloom Racing, was pensioned from stallion duty after a rare genetic mutation in his sperm rendered him subfertile.
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Horse of the Year Cody's Wish, the most expensive new stallion of this season, has had his first mares reported in foal, owner-breeder Godolphin announced over the weekend.
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Kentucky Derby pedigree profile: Deterministic
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Plum Pretty, winner of the 2011 Kentucky Oaks, has died at age 16, Gainesway Farm reported in a press release on Monday. A cause of death was not given for the daughter of Medaglia d’Oro, who was boarded at Gainesway for owner Mandy Pope.
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Grade 1 winner Eskendereya, sire of champion and leading freshman sire Mitole, has died at age 17 of heart failure. The son of Giant’s Causeway had been standing at the Shichinohe Stallion Station in Japan.
Due to the success of the North Warning Distance Claiming Series that debuted in 2023, Finger Lakes Gaming & Racetrack Racing Secretary Jerry Richards has added three more claiming series to the 2024 meet that kicks off on Monday, April 29, pending New York State Gaming Commission approval.
