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The Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation announced that Mrs. Lucy Young Hamilton will be presented with the Dinny Phipps Award.

This year has been one of ups and downs in the professional and personal life of 25-year-old trainer Nick Vaccarezza, but he is set up to make history Sept. 6 at Kentucky Downs should Golden Afternoon win the Franklin-Simpson Stakes…

Last season's King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes (G1) winner Goliath and globetrotting star Rebel's Romance top the bill in a top-class running of Germany's leading weight-for-age race Sept. 7, the Grosser Preis von Baden (G1).

Exiting a 3 1/4-length victory over three-time grade 1 winner Journalism in the Aug. 30 Pacific Classic (G1) at Del Mar, Fierceness surges from ninth into second place in the latest National Thoroughbred Racing Association Top Thoroughbred Poll.

After failing to finish better than third during his racing career as Our Prince Charlie, TOBA Sport Horse of the Year Zealand embarked on a second career, and he thrived, showing everyone the athleticism and class that Thoroughbreds can possess.

Stakes-winning mare Venencia not only faces males, but tries the 1 3/8-mile trip for the first time in the CA$150,000 Singspiel Stakes (G3T) at Woodbine.

Maryland horsemen have emerged as meaningful beneficiaries of the collaborative dual-state stakes schedule and new bonus incentives, according to statistics covering the period from June 21-Aug. 23 of this year.