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• TVG and Horseracing TV making history

  Make sure that your Television set has TVG and Horseracing TV access! These networks have come up with the brilliant idea of covering the forthcoming sale of two year olds at Lexington, which ...

• 2009 Check-Off Program

  Not many people give much thought as to what becomes of racehorses once their horse racing careers are over. They simply see a horse racing, and after the announcement is made that a horse is ...

• Gillespie County Fair Grounds Racing Season

  Fredericksburg, in Texas, is a town that is steeped in history and tradition, founded by German settlers in the year 1846. Throughout the town, visitors will find wonderful attractions such as ...

• Top 3 Hurdling Race Horses in The UK for 2010

  National hunt horse racing is made up of two major disciplines: steeple chasing and hurdling. While steeple chases receive great attention due to their manic pace and intense meetings, hurdling ...

• Fasig-Tipton under the Hammer

  William B. Fasig and Edward A. Tipton established the Fasig-Tipton Company in 1898, with its original headquarters being in New York City. In 1972, the company was permanently founded in ...

• Workforce Takes the Arc

  The Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, or The Arc as it often referred to, is one of the most prestigious international racing events of the season. It is a Group 1 meeting for horses that are ...

• Through the Eyes of a Horse

  People often comment on the beauty of a horse’s eyes without even realizing how amazing they really are, how their unique vision assists them as professional athletes, or how their sight ...

• New Technology Enables Horse Scan Breakthrough

  It seems that new technology has potentially revolutionized the way that respiratory diseases are diagnosed in race horses. New equipment developed and currently in use in Scotland allows vets ...

• The John Smith’s People’s Race Charity Event

  The jockeys are led into the starting gates, in front of them the track lies quietly waiting their arrival and below them are the gracious giants that will give their best effort to carry them ...

• Another Chance after Cheltenham

  Punters done in at last week's Cheltenham festival, or those of us from the US who did not surface in time to take part in online betting by satellite, have another chance as the jumps season ...

• Swiss Style Horse Racing

  Though the Swiss have been attached to horses since Roman times, horse racing in the country has begun to come of age only of late. The Swiss Trotting Federation (STF) has almost 500 members and ...

• Looking at Repole

  Many people in the horse racing industry are involved in the Sport of Kings due to either years of exposure as children that was carried through to adulthood, or because of a lifelong passion ...