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3 weeks ago | 
thoroughbredracing.com | Nicholas Godfrey |Amanda Duckworth
In the third instalment of our series, the US riding legend talks to Steve Dennis about the day he deputised for Frankie Dettori on a Godolphin great at the royal meetingThere is nothing like having the perfect preparation before riding the best horse in the world in one of the biggest races of the year at the most famous race meeting of them all. This, though, was nothing like having the perfect preparation.
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Mar 24, 2025 | 
thoroughbredracing.com | Amanda Duckworth |Nancy Sexton
Revealing interview with Arthur B. Hancock III, who has recently published a warts-and-all autobiography of a notoriously colourful life featuring horses, music and family rows – and a public fight with alcoholismMost families have their share of drama, but usually it is sorted out behind closed doors. For Arthur B. Hancock III, however, his family business became the talk of the Thoroughbred industry and beyond. As it happened, so did the horses he raised.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
thoroughbredracing.com | Mary Baker Eddy |Amanda Duckworth
| A special parade showcasing retired racehorses will take place from 11.35am to 11.55am at Cheltenham on the second day of this weekend’s November meeting [Nov 16] as part of the Retraining of Racehorses (RoR) parade. Saturday’s event will celebrate the remarkable transformations of 10 former racehorses, each now excelling in new careers after retiring from the track. The line-up includes several high-profile names, such as Allaho, Coneygree, Native River and Smad Place.
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Oct 21, 2024 | 
thoroughbredracing.com | Bill Christine |Jay Hovdey |Amanda Duckworth
In an evocative piece, veteran LA racing writer Bill Christine recalls how Wild Again won the first edition of America’s richest race at Hollywood Park in 1984 – on the track and in the stewards’ roomOn the morning of the first Breeders’ Cup in 1984, Bill Allen’s future wife was in her hotel room, dressing up for the short trip to Hollywood Park. “What do you think?” Nina, the future Mrs. Bill Allen, said as she stood before him.
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Oct 20, 2024 | 
thoroughbredracing.com | Jay Hovdey |Amanda Duckworth
Our resident movie correspondent turns his attentions to an impressionistic fly-on-the-wall documentary characteristic of its directorRacetrack (1985)
directed by Frederick WisemanRacetrack is a black-and-white documentary without narration or music shot in 1981 and released in 1985 that didn’t get any serious airtime until PBS picked it up for an evening slot two weeks before the 1986 Belmont Stakes. Time to eat your vegetables?
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
thoroughbredracing.com | Mary Baker Eddy |Amanda Duckworth |Jennie Rees
After a long and successful sprint career, popular G1-winning gelding is enjoying acting as a mentor former racehorses at After the Races NYThere can surely be few US-trained racehorses who travelled as far and wide across the globe as sprinter Extravagant Kid. In a long career featuring 56 starts over a seven-year period, he won 15 races, headed by a lucrative success in the Al Quoz Sprint under world #1 jockey Ryan Moore as a seven-year-old at Meydan in Dubai in 2021.
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Oct 11, 2024 | 
thoroughbredracing.com | Amanda Duckworth |Jay Hovdey |Bill Christine
A team of experts on US racing, headed by legendary former jockey Jerry Bailey, have their say on whether the European superstar can succeed in the Coolmore team’s ambitious challenge for America’s richest raceOne of the most contentious questions – probably the most contentious – in the run-up to the Breeders’ Cup at Del Mar is the one about whether Irish superstar colt City Of Troy can overcome the culture shock of a switch to dirt and a deep cast of rivals to win the showpiece $7m Classic.
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Oct 5, 2024 | 
thoroughbredracing.com | Amanda Duckworth |Jennie Rees
Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement farm in Georgetown, Kentucky, is pleased to announce the arrival of Cozmic One, the first born foal of the legendary Hall of Famer Zenyatta, the 2010 Horse of the Year. The 12-year old dark bay gelding arrived at the farm on Tuesday [Oct 1], courtesy of his owner Ann Holbrook, who along with her late ex-husband, Jerry Moss, have been long-time supporters of Old Friends.
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Sep 27, 2024 | 
thoroughbredracing.com | Amanda Duckworth |Jennie Rees |Mary Baker Eddy
The largest Thoroughbred retraining competition in the world for recently-retired racehorses is set to return to the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington from October 9-12 – and it is free for the public to attend. With the tagline ‘Sport of Kings to Kings of Sport’, The Thoroughbred Makeover and National Symposium was created by the Retired Racehorse Project (RRP) to showcase the trainability and talent of off-track Thoroughbreds. This year, 447 horses were registered, and 353 made final entry.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
thoroughbredracing.com | Amanda Duckworth |Jay Hovdey |Bill Christine
FROM THE ARCHIVE: In a memorable piece, leading equine journalist Amanda Duckworth reveals how her devotion to one horse ignited an enduring passion – and changed the course of her life• Originally published May 2017Whenever I am asked who my favorite racehorse is, the answer is an easy one that I have given without thought for two decades. After all, if not for Silver Charm, it’s unlikely anyone would be asking me the question to begin with.
