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By Brian Spencer —- NEW ORLEANS (November 7, 2017) – The 146th Thoroughbred Racing Season at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots is approaching, with Opening Day scheduled for Saturday, November 18 with Starlight Racing and a 3 p.m. first post. Below are some key dates...

Joan Lawrence, NTRA —- NEWLY ENACTED IRS REGULATIONS RESULT IN DRASTICALLY REDUCED REPORTING AND WITHHOLDING FOR HORSEPLAYERS AT BREEDERS’ CUP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS LEXINGTON, Ky. (Monday, November 6, 2017) – Despite some of the longest-priced winners in Breeders’ Cup...

Joan Lawrence, NTRA —- Gun Runner is Top Gun in Final NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll of the Year (receives all 40 first-place votes) Saratoga Springs, N.Y. (Monday, November 6, 2017) – With the conclusion of the running of the 34th Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Del Mar...

DMTC News – From the Wire —- Mike Smith; Benoit Photo Smith Extends Lead in Breeders’ Cup Victories; Velazquez Moves Into Tie for Second Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith, 52, extended his lead for all-time Breeders’ Cup World Championship victories in the 14 Hands...

By Brian Bohl —- OZONE PARK, N.Y. – Godolphin Stable’s Avery Island handled the step up to stakes company with aplomb, taking the lead by the half-mile mark and fending off Super Sermon in the stretch for a 4 ¾-length victory in the 43rd running of the Grade 2,...

By Darren Rogers —- Gun Runner; Coady Photography LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017) – Winchell Thoroughbreds and Three Chimneys Farm’s Gun Runner will return to Kentucky on Monday following his 2 ¼-length victory in Saturday’s $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (Grade I)...

DMTC News – From the Wire —- Caledonia Road Springs Upset In 14 Hands Winery Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies DEL MAR, Calif. (Nov. 4, 2017) – Zoom and Fish Stable, Charlie Spring and Newtown Anner Stud’s Caledonia Road roared past Alluring Star at the sixteenth pole...

DMTC News – From the Wire —- Talismanic Wins Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf DEL MAR, Calif. (Nov. 4, 2017) – Godolphin’s Talismanic ($30.20) reached the front in deep stretch to prevail by a half-length over Beach Patrol with defending champion Highland Reel another neck...

DMTC-News From the Wire —- Gun Runner Dominates in $6 Million Breeders’ Cup Classic; Defending Champion Arrogate Dead-Heats For Fifth DEL MAR, Calif. (Nov. 4, 2017) – Winchell Thoroughbreds and Three Chimneys Farm’s Gun Runner ($6.80) went to the front shortly after the...

By Darren Rogers —- TIGER MOTH HOPES FOR STRONG PACE IN SATURDAY’S GRADE II, $200,000 CHILUKKI STAKES LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Friday, Nov. 3, 2017) – John Gunther’s homebred Tiger Moth could benefit from a cut-back in distance and a hot pace in Saturday’s $200,000 Chilukki Stakes...