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Plum Pretty romps to victory in $750,000 Cotillion Stakes
By TOM DIDATO C-I (Camden, S.C.) sports editor When they last met, It's Tricky dealt Plum Pretty a defeat in the Coaching Club American Oaks at Saratoga on July 23. Plum Pretty gained a measure of revenge on her rival as the Peachtree Stables 3-year-old filly romped to a 7 ½-length victory in taking Saturday's $750,000 Cotillion Stakes (Gr. I) at Philadelphia's Parx Racing. Peachtree Stables is owned by Camden's John Fort. Plum Pretty, winner ...
Fall campaign starts off well for Winter Memories
What was a strong spring and summer season for horses who received their starts at Kip Elser's Kirkwood Stables in Camden has opened with a strong beginning to the fall.
Colonial Cup tickets on sale for Nov. 19 races in Camden
Tickets for the Marion DuPont Scott Colonial Cup Steeplechase are on sale and are moving well, according to officials with the event.
CCE-developed Awesome Bet second in $500,000 Super Derby
Awesome Bet, developed in Camden at Kip Elser's Kirkwood Stables, finished second behind Prayer for Relief in Saturday's $500,000 Super Derby at the Fair Grounds in New Orleans.
Colonial Cup invitations being sent out for Nov. 19 race
Patrons who are on the mailing list for the Marion DuPont Scott Colonial Cup Steeplechase Races should be receiving their invitations to this year's event sometime this week as officials at the race office were putting the invites into the mail on Tuesday afternoon.
Justice is served as Kingsley rides to victory in Ninepins
When Ninepins was at his peak in the 1999 and 2000 National Steeplechase Association seasons, Arch Kingsley was aboard the gelding for his three biggest wins.
J W Blue hangs on for third in $1 million Travers Stakes
J W Blue, owned by Stuart Grant and bred by the Elkstone Group, which owns the Camden Training Center, finished third in Saturday's 142nd running of the $1 million Travers Stakes at the Saratoga Race Course.
CCE grad J W Blue to test Travers; Mabou scores upset in Turf Writers
Fantastic Song, a 2-year-old Lemon Drop Kid - Fantastic Shirl by Fantastic Light colt broke his maiden on his first time out by winning a $55,000 maiden special weight race on Saturday at the Saratoga Race Course.
Sheppard doubles at Saratoga, again
For the second time in two weeks, Hall of Fame trainer and part-time Camden resident Jonathan Sheppard won back-to-back Steeplechase Thursday races at Saratoga Race Course.
Opera Heroine hits high note in winning Mrs. Phipps Stakes
rcadia Stables' Opera Heroine, on key throughout Saratoga Race Course's $74,000 Mrs. Ogden Phipps, jumped to the lead at the seventh of nine fences and repelled late challenges by Magalen O. Bryant's Well Fashioned and Irvin S. Naylor's Lonesome Nun to win by three lengths last Thursday.
Kirkwood, Custom Care grads continue to sizzle at the Spa
You can add four more home-trained winners to the list of horses which received their start in Camden and have found their way into the winners' circle at the Saratoga Race Course this summer.
Divine Fortune successfully defends crown in Smithwick
SARATOGA, N.Y. -- Bill Pape's Divine Fortune collected a second consecutive victory in Saratoga Race Course's $75,000 A. P. Smithwick Memorial (Gr. 2) with a carefully timed late move that carried him and jockey Brian Crowley to a two-length victory over Irvin S. Naylor's Decoy Daddy last Thursday afternoon at The Spa.
Veteran horse trainer Charlie Cushman dies at 85
He wore a tweed blazer on his back, rather than a blue cape with a red "S" emblazoned on it as he watched the early races of the 1949 Carolina Cup from his spot in the infield.
All Together puts things together to capture Kiser Stakes
Having tracked down pace-setting Here Comes Art for more than a mile and three-quarters, All Together met the final fence running and at the urging of jockey Xavier Aizpuru pulled away to a 2 ¼-length victory in last Thursday's $70,000 Jonathan Kiser Memorial Novice Stakes at the Saratoga Race Course.
Camden-developed grads off to great start at Saratoga
It was as good of a start as you could have to the annual summer race meeting at the Saratoga Race Course.
Articles by Section - Equine
Sandbar gives Fenwick Farm a winner at Churchill
Sandbar, a 2-year-old War Pass filly developed at Fred and Wilhelmina McEwan's Fenwick Farm in Camden, broke her maiden at first asking with a win in a $45,000 maiden race at Churchill Downs on June 8.
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