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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.
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 ...
Articles by Section - Equine
Music City finish mimics 2012 Colonial Cup
NASHVILLE -- On a spectacular afternoon of racing at the 72nd annual Iroquois Steeplechase, Jacqueline Ohrstrom's Demonstrative edged past Divine Fortune at the finish line to win Saturday's $150,000 Calvin Houghland Iroquois (Gr. 1) by a head.
Kirkwood grad Freedom Child flies to win in Peter Pan
When Freedom Child was declared a non-starter in the Wood Memorial on April 6, the 3-year-old's shot at the Kentucky Derby went by the boards.
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