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As the top-dollar yearlings grab the headlines at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale, international pinhookers like Cormac Farrell of CF Bloodstock are searching for value that could turn big profits once they take the horses back home.
At the end of the sixth session, a total of 1,305 horses changed hands for $434,982,000, including private sales, surpassing last year's record sale that grossed $428,097,000 from the 12-session sale.
A total of 67 foals, including four by Equinox, and 62 fillies or mares are cataloged for Northern Farm's Mixed Sale, conducted Oct. 21 at Northern Horse Park.
The New York Race Track Chaplaincy announced Sept. 14 the creation of the Nancy Kelly Volunteer Award which will be presented annually to a person or people for outstanding volunteer efforts in support of the organization.
Four-time Super Bowl champion quarterback Terry Bradshaw has won plenty of big games in his career, but he celebrated a different kind of victory when Taken by the Wind captured the $251,250 Pocahontas Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs Sept. 13.
Mr Brightside enhanced his reputation as a people's horse when he benefited from a Craig Williams riding lesson to secure a 10th elite-level success in the Makybe Diva Stakes (G1) Sept. 13.
Al Riffa is all set for the Melbourne Cup (G1) after an impressive triumph in the Irish St. Leger (G1) at The Curragh Sept. 14.
Arizona Blaze earned an automatic berth into the @BreedersCup with a win in the Flying Five Stakes (G1) at The Curragh Sept. 14, a race that is part of the Breeders' Cup Challenge Series.
Precise put in a sterling performance Sept. 14 to deny stablemate Beautify to win the Moyglare Stud Stakes (G1) at The Curragh in a Breeders' Cup Challenge Series race for an automatic position into the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf…
Eve Johnson Houghton talked the talk pre-race, and Zavateri walked the walk by battling like a gladiator to deliver his trainer the second group 1 winner of her career and down the best juvenile Aidan O'Brien could throw at her…