Thoroughbred Placement Resources, Inc. (TPR) has received a Rescuing Racers Initiative Grant from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA).
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Belmont’s Grade 1 Mother Goose Stakes brought the 3-year-old filly division back to center stage last weekend, and Close Hatches’ dominant 7 1/4-length win over heavily favored Dreaming of Julia ensured that the overall pecking order in the upper rungs of the division would remain unsettled heading into the midsummer racing schedule.
Palace Episode, a Group 1 winner and freshman sire, had his first winner on Sunday when Ponthieu broke his maiden by three lengths at Aix le Bains in France.
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Since he purchased historic Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, Ky., in 2004, B. Wayne Hughes has brought the farm back to prominence as a stallion operation and helped revolutionize the stallion business, too.
Owning and breeding Thoroughbreds is supposed to be fun. If it wasn’t, Janis Whitham wouldn’t be doing it.
Not much has changed about Peppers Pride from her racing days to her current career as a broodmare.
Raise the Hoof’s maiden victory on June 21 at Betfair Hollywood Park made him the first winner sired by Claiborne Farm stallion Parading.
Grade 1 winner Mr. Sidney was represented by his first winner on Friday, when Swinging Song held on to win by a short neck in a conditions race at Maisons-Laffitte.
Eliza Park, one of Australia’s top breeding operations and the residence of Black Caviar’s sire Bel Esprit, has been sold to Hong Kong-based investors Sun International Group, English and Australian media outlets report.
Conquest Two Step, from the first crop of Group 2 winner Two Step Salsa and a $420,000 purchase earlier this year, became the first winner for his sire as he scored a two-length victory in his career debut Friday at Churchill Downs.
