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National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame —- Eight new members have been elected to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame. The class of 2023 is comprised of jockey Corey Nakatani and the racehorses Arrogate (KY), California Chrome (CA), and Songbird (KY) in the...

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...