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By Darren Rogers —- HOLY BULL WINNER TIZ THE LAW, UNDEFEATED INDEPENDENCE HALL AMONG 23 INDIVIDUAL BETTING INTERESTS FOR POOL 2 OF KENTUCKY DERBY FUTURE WAGER Pool 2 Opens Friday and Concludes Sunday at 6 p.m. EDT LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020) – Sakatoga Stable’s...

Alicia Hughes/Jim Gluckson/NTRA —- BRICKS AND MORTAR VOTED 2019 RUNHAPPY HORSE OF THE YEAR; MAXIMUM SECURITY WINS CHAMPION 3-YEAR-OLD MALE 2019 RUNHAPPY ECLIPSE AWARD WINNERS ARE ANNOUNCED HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. (January 23, 2020) – The National Thoroughbred Racing...

By Joe Kristufek —- Tom Amoss; Hodges Photography Trainer still dabbles in claiming, but developing young horses is the priority New Orleans (January 2, 2020) – By purses earned ($5.3 million), Tom Amoss enjoyed the third best season of his 33-year career in 2019, but...

By Mike Willman —- SANTA ANITA TO POSTPONE OPENING DAY TO SATURDAY, DEC. 28, AHEAD OF LOOMING RAIN FORECAST The opening day of Santa Anita’s 83rd season will be postponed two days until Saturday, December 28th, ahead of next week’s declining weather forecast. “Opening Day...

By Grant LaGrange —- New Orleans (December 19, 2019) – In 2004, Brian Joseph Hernandez, Jr. earned the Eclipse Award for outstanding apprentice jockey. A mere 15-years later in Thursday’s fifth race at Fair Grounds, the Lafayette, Louisiana native captured career win number...

By Jim Miller —- STICKNEY, IL – Hawthorne Race Course patriarch, Thomas F. Carey, passed away Tuesday at the age of 87 years-old in Florida. Born November 11, 1932, Tom turned heads in the sporting world as an All-State quarterback at Mt. Carmel High School. Tom then went...