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The 23-year old two-time graded-stakes winner came to Old Friends in 2016.   GEORGETOWN, KY. – March 19, 2023 – Eye of the Tiger, a two-time graded-stakes winner, was found dead in his paddock early Saturday morning, March 18, 2023 at Old Friends in Georgetown, Ky. Necropsy...

By Pat McKenna —- ELMONT, N.Y. – The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced plans to install a synthetic track at Belmont Park. The one-mile synthetic oval will be located to the inside of the inner turf course and will serve as the fourth Belmont racing...

By Mike Henry —- (PHOTO IS COURTESY OF SV PHOTOGRAPHY OLDSMAR, FL. – Kathleen O’Connell described supplanting Kim Hammond as the No. 1-winning female trainer in North American Thoroughbred racing history as an accomplishment. For O’Connell’s many fans, including jockey...

Old Friends Welcomes Any Given Saturday Home from South Korea The 19-year-old stakes winner had been standing in South Korea since 2015   GEORGETOWN, KY – March 6, 2023 – Any Given Saturday has been repatriated to the United States from South Korea to spend his retirement at Old...

By Mike Willman —- FOUR-TIME ECLIPSE AWARD WINNER JAVIER CASTELLANO WINS 2023 GEORGE WOOLF MEMORIAL JOCKEY AWARD VIA A NATIONWIDE VOTE OF HIS PEERS WOOLF MEMORIAL AWARD CEREMONY TO BE HELD AT SANTA ANITA THIS SPRING ARCADIA, Calif. (March 2, 2023)—A four-time Eclipse Award...

By David Joseph —- Barbara Livingston Photo Boulanger Remembers Built for Pleasure Upset Fountain of Youth Winner Paid $288 HALLANDALE BEACH, FL – By late February of 1996, South Florida’s betting public had seen plenty of a nondescript horse named Built for Pleasure....