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Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale Starts Monday

Keeneland will open its 15-day November Thoroughbred Breeding Stock Sale–the largest of its kind in the world–on Monday, Nov. 3.

A record 5,709 horses have been cataloged for the sale, which runs through Monday, Nov. 17. Sessions begin

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Midshipman Becomes Early Kentucky Derby Favorite

Bob Baffert is back in the Kentucky Derby picture.

Midshipman put the white-haired trainer there with a 1 1/4-length victory in the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile on Saturday.

Baffert and his wife, Jill, jumped up and down as

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Breeders’ Cup Thoroughbred Racing Information Galore

Are you interested in today’s championship Thoroughbred races? Want to know what happened yesterday with all the fillies and mares? Find all the information you need–articles, photos, videos on past winners, news shows, handicapping tips, and

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Trainer Moving On Without Big Brown

Rick Dutrow moves easily and anonymously through the early morning crowds clogging the pathway from Clocker’s Corner to the stable area at Santa Anita.

There’s no one hanging on his every word or photographers poking their lenses into his

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Curlin Prepares to Race Rest of World

Curlin’s looming presence in Saturday’s $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic hardly scared away the competition.

Undefeated Casino Drive from Japan, along with European stars Duke of Marmalade, Henrythenavigator, and Raven’s Pass, are among the

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Breeders’ Cup Hopeful Red Giant Spikes Fever, Retired

Red Giant, who was pre-entered in the Oct. 25 Emirates Airline Breeders’ Cup Turf, will miss the Breeders’ Cup World Championships due to fever and has been retired.

The 4-year-old Giant’s Causeway colt was scheduled to breeze this morning

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Commentary: International Resources Help Working Equids

Working equids are the donkeys, mules, ponies, and horses that are integral to transporting of goods to market, plowing the land, and clearing brush and trees in most of the world. Even if roads were traversable and the terrain could accommodate

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Jockey Club: Thoroughbred Mares Bred Down 7.7%

The Jockey Club released the Report of Mares Bred (RMB) statistics Oct. 16 for 2008 that show a continued decline in North American Thoroughbred breeding activity.

Based on RMBs received through Oct. 10, The Jockey Club reported 2,643

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Curlin Bids will Go Forward

The court-appointed receiver managing the minority ownership in Horse of the Year Curlin said the sealed-bid process established Oct. 15 to possibly sell the 20% interest in the champion colt will go forward, despite a

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Full Field of 14 to Run in Breeders’ Cup Classic

Curlin, undefeated Casino Drive from Japan, and European stars Duke of Marmalade, Henry the Navigator, and Raven’s Pass were among a full field of 14 horses pre-entered Thursday for the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita on Oct. 25.

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Motions Aims to Halt Curlin Sale

Although Keeneland has announced it has been retained to market the 20% minority interest in reigning Horse of the Year Curlin, a pending motion in a Kentucky court is asking for the current sale process to be halted.

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New York Bans Racehorse Steroids

New York is joining other states in cracking down on steroid use in horse racing, state regulators announced Oct. 14.

“For the sake of the betting public, we want to do everything in our power to ensure that racing runs on a level playing

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