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Double talk
Let's see Austin Brown try and put this honor on his mantle. Brown, a former, Camden resident and Chairman Emeritus of the Carolina Cup Racing Association, has earned about every award that can be won in the sport of kings, including the prestigious and most recent presentation of the F. Ambrose Clark Award in 2007. All those trophies and plaques were ones which he was able to carry out to his car at ...
Fisher kicks off Saratoga meet by saddling pair of winners
Steeplechase racing inaugurated the Saratoga Race Course season last Sunday at the annual Saratoga Open House, and four new winners were created in an action-packed program at the popular community event.
Preger-developed Nereid gets dead-heat win in American Oaks
Nereid, a 3-year-old filly developed in Camden at the barn of Mickey Preger Jr., finished in a dead-heat win with Cambina in Sunday's $250,000 American Oaks (Gr. 1) race at Hollywood Park.
St. John's River drenches field in $300,000 Delaware Oaks
It was a winning and profitable weekend for several Camden-developed runners who made their way onto the race tracks at Delaware Park and Chicago's Arlington Park.
Emerald Beech gives Sheppard a win at Belmont
It was a good third of July for Camden-conditioned horses and trainers on Sunday at New York's Belmont Park.
Demonstrative takes Entenmann Stakes
Jacqueline Ohrstrom's Demonstrative, jumping well under Robbie Walsh, took command after the final fence on Belmont Park's turf course and drew away to a seven-length victory in Sunday's $50,000 William Entenmann Novice Stakes.
Plum Pretty second in Hollywood Oaks
Peachtree Stable's Plum Pretty added to her black type resume running second to Zazu, by a length and a half, in Saturday's $150,000 Hollywood Oaks (Gr. 2.) Peachtree Stable is owned by Camden resident John Fort. Prepared in Camden at Kip Elser's Kirkwood Stables, Plum Pretty was the morning line favorite in the field of four fillies. Ridden by Martin Garcia, the Kentucky Oaks winner took the lead at the top ...
Queen for a state
For as long as there has been a Santa Claus, there has probably been, at least, one youngster who wants a horse or a pony under their tree on Christmas morning. That made Jesse Bowers no different than any young girl throughout the world.
That's a wrap
It would have been easy for John Fort to have pulled a Linus by taking his blanket and going home with it.
Racing to the top
COLUMBIA -- For a state which does not have pari-mutuel wagering or major flat track racing, South Carolina made the Thoroughbred world take notice of horses which were sent from its sandy soil during the spring.
Winter Memories not ready to melt in the heat of summer
Winter Memories, a 3-year-old El Prado- Memories of Silver by Silver Hawk filly scored her second win in as many starts this year by taking Monday's $150,000-added Sands Point Stakes (Gr. 2) at Belmont Park.
Walker's Landing second in $150,000 Marine Stakes
Walker's Landing, a 3-year-old colt prepared by Donna Freyer's Custom Care Equine in Camden is proving to be a horse for all courses.
Baltic Shore gives Kingsley a win at Strawberry Hill
High Hopes Stables' Baltic Shore broke his maiden over fences with a 13-length romp in a $15,000 maiden steeplechase at Saturday's Strawberry Hill Races contested at Colonial Downs in New Kent, Va.
Team Boucher teams with Complete Zen for victory in $50,000 National Hunt Cup
Mede Cahaba Stable's Complete Zen stalked front-runner Triplekin through the early stages of the $50,000 National Hunt Cup, easily took over on the final circuit, and turned back All Together for a narrow victory in the featured hurdle race at the 81st Radnor Hunt Races on Saturday, May 21.
Flashpoint, Mr. Commons listed at 20-1 morning line odds for Preakness
Camden resident and Peachtree Racing president John Fort will try for a second Grade I victory in 15 days when Flashpoint takes to the race track in Saturday's $1 million Preakness Stakes at the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore.
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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