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  • Goldencents Heads for Kentucky Derby

    Run at Churchill Downs over a distance of one and a quarter miles, the Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race open to three-year-old Thoroughbreds. The race is sometimes referred to as "The Run ...

  • 150 Years for CRJC

    Grafton is known throughout Australia as one of the most breathtaking cities. Lined with Jacaranda trees and blanketed in purple flowers, the city is as inspiring as it is interesting. ...

  • Northern Dancer, Sire of the Century

    There are few, if any, thoroughbreds who can match the combined accomplishments of the great Northern Dancer, both on the track and at the stud farm. The respected Thoroughbred Times considers ...

  • Fonner Park in Tonight Rainbow’s Future

    The Grasmick Stakes, for three year old horses and older, will be run on the 21st of February 2009 over a distance of four furlongs at Fonner Park. With a purse of $10 000, there will be many ...

  • Curlin Takes to Grass

    At the age of four and with career earnings of over $9.3 million, Curlin has established himself has one of the top racehorses that has ever hit the horse racing industry. He has conquered and ...

  • Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit

    The first Welfare and Safety of Racehorse Summit was held in October 2006 and was coordinated by the Grayston-Jockey Research Foundation and The Jockey Club. This year the second summit is ...

  • Nail-biting Racing at Travers Stakes

    Spectators were on their feet at Saratoga Racecourse on Saturday, 23 August 2008, as the final stretch of the Grade 1 $1 million Travers Stakes became the scene of determination, disbelief, ...

  • How Amateur Riding Clubs Bring Horse Racing to the Whole Family

    Horse racing can extend in to an exhilarating form of recreation for the whole family. The term conjures images of race tracks and bookmakers, but love for animals and enjoyable outdoor time of ...

  • Let Us build a Better Future for Horse Racing

    Horse racing, if not exactly as old as the hills, is certainly one of the oldest forms of recreation known to people and to countries. It has spread from a passion of royalty and the elite, to ...

  • Twenty-Towinit: Remembering a Racing Great

    Looking back over the years of horse racing, there are so many horses that have made a great impact on the horse racing industry that come to mind. They are remembered for winning countless ...

  • Date Set For Canadian Winter Mixed Sale

    The Ontario Division of the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society act as representatives for the breeders that live in the Ontario region of Canada. They strive to promote quality breeding and ...

  • Yasuda Kinen Horse Race

    The horse racing community in Japan has swung into high gear, as one of the most prestigious racing events looms in front of them. The Yasuda Kinen Horse Race was inaugurated in the year 1951 ...