Colorado-bred Get Happy Mister Makes History at Arapahoe Park
Get Happy Mister cemented his legacy as the best horse ever bred in Colorado with a 2 3/4-length victory against a talented group of shippers in the $100,000 Arapahoe Park….
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Colorado-bred Get Happy Mister headlines $100K Arapahoe Park Classic
Get Happy Mister will try to put an exclamation point on one of the best seasons Arapahoe Park has ever seen by going undefeated in five races and winning his….
Big Brown colt tops Colorado yearling sale
After booking its largest catalog to date, Colorado’s Silver Cup Yearling Sale on Aug. 9 showed a six percent increase in gross sales. A bay son of Big Brown out….
Texas Stallion Unbridled’s Heart Relocated to Double Infinity Ranch
Unbridled’s Heart, a son of leading sire Unbridled’s Song, has relocated to stand stud at Wes Melcher’s Double Infinity Ranch in Sulphur Springs, Texas, for the 2015 breeding season. On….
Oklahoma Classics Winner Imahit Preps as Remington Park Opener Approaches
Imahit, winner of the 2013 Oklahoma Classics Cup, put in his first workout in nearly five months on Tuesday morning. The 5-year-old Oklahoma-bred had the fastest drill at three furlongs,….
Texas A&M Vet Lab Now Offering Equine Pre-Purchase Drug Screening
To better serve the laboratory’s large equine clientele, the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory (TVMDL) in College Station now offers an equine-specific drug screen for pre-purchase exams. Previously, veterinarians….
Top Oklahoma-breds Prepare for Remington Park Meet
A pair of stakes-winning Oklahoma-breds, with a shared trophy between them, worked this morning at Remington Park. Bright, sunny skies and warming temperatures from the high 70s greeted the athletes….
Catalogue of 233 Now Online for Equine Sales Company Select Yearling Auction
The catalogue for Equine Sales Company’s Select Yearling Sale is now available online featuring an offering of 233 head. The sale is set to be held September 3 at 10….
Newest Issue of Southern Racehorse Now Online
The July/August issue issue of Southern Racehorse magazine is now available online by clicking here. The printed magazine is being mailed to all members of the Texas Thoroughbred Association and….
Texas Racing Writer has Special Birthday Wish to Help Jockeys
For many, turning 60 is a milestone that demands lavish gifts. For others, it’s simply an event to be whisked under the carpet. Martha Claussen, who has been involved in….
Lone Star Park Announces Meet Champions
Lone Star Park wrapped up its Thoroughbred meet on Saturday and has announced the leading horsemen. Jockey David Cabrera started the meet as an apprentice rider and finished as a….
Rebranded, Sky T and Crazy Cora Win Arapahoe Stakes
Arapahoe Park near Denver hosted a trio of Thoroughbred stakes over the weekend, and all three featured runaway winners. Rebranded came from New Mexico to put his stamp on the….
Lone Star Meet Closes with Stars of Texas Day
Lone Star Park on Saturday wrapped up its Thoroughbred meet with Stars of Texas Day featuring a quartet of stakes worth more than $300,000. The stakes action kicked off with….
Top Trainer Kenny McPeek to Race in Texas, Shows Support for Historical Racing
Texas horsemen are optimistic that the Texas Racing Commission will grant approval of the addition of Historical Racing Machines at Texas racetracks in their upcoming August meeting, and that possibility….
Equine Sales Company Expects Robust Catalog for Consignor Select Yearling Sale
Equine Sales Company has announced that it has surpassed the 230 mark for entries to its Consignor Select Yearling Sale. Set to be held September 3 at Equine Sales Company’s….
Oklahoma-bred Big Sugar High Wins Iowa Stallion Stakes at Prairie Meadows
Big Sugar High, an Oklahoma-bred son of Oklahoma stallion Kipling, closed with a rush to capture Sunday’s $84,955 Iowa Stallion Stakes at Prairie Meadows. The 3-year-old gelding prevailed by a….
Trainer Wins Memorial Race for His Soldier Son on Independence Day at Arapahoe Park
Trainer Ken Danyluk won the Kerry Danyluk Memorial on Independence Day at Arapahoe Park, a race named for his son who died in Afghanistan this year, with Lil Rich Girl…..
Yearlings by Top Sires Set for Colorado Silver Cup Sale Aug. 9
More than 60 Thoroughbred yearlings by leading regional and national sires are catalogued in the annual Silver Cup Yearling Sale to be held at Arapahoe Park, near Aurora, Colorado, on….
Georgia-owned Mucho Macho Man, HOY Wise Dan to be Honored at Saratoga Gala
Continuing their tradition of paying homage to great Thoroughbreds and their (human) connections, CAPTAIN Youth and Family Services will honor Dean and Patti Reeves’ Mucho Macho Man and Morton Fink’s….
Elite Program Announces Mid-Summer Educational Classes in Louisiana and Oklahoma
Dr. C. Reid McLellan, Executive Director of The Elite Program, Inc. and senior instructor of the nationally recognized Groom Elite certification program announced the following mid-summer class schedule. July 28….