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Switch in Sunshine's saddle
Before rumors begin swirling as to a possible jockey controversy involving who would ride Sunshine Numbers in Saturday's $50,000 Carolina First Carolina Cup Steeplechase (Gr. III), Arch Kingsley wanted to get the word out that he did not plan to upset the apple cart when it came to the hometown horse which he trains.
Coming to America is paying off handsomely for Nagle
One-by-one, they walked in step behind one another around the shedrow.
Carolina Cup's starting five ready to jump into action in Saturday feature
It is now down to a five-horse race. After Hall of Fame trainer Janet Elliot opted to run Red Letter Day in last Saturday's $45,000 Imperial Cup feature in Aiken, this Saturday's 79th running of the $50,000 Carolina First Carolina Cup (Gr. III) will have a quintet of horses meeting the starter's flag. The chase is 2 ¼- miles over 14 National fences. Heading the list of the starting five is defending ...
Plum Pretty is picture perfect in Sunland Oaks
It has been a memorable 2011 for John Fort's Peachtree Stable. And, the year has not even reached the quarter pole.
Race director, sheriff want safe Cup for all
It will not exactly be business as usual in College Park for Saturday's 79th running of the Carolina Cup Steeplechase Races, but the objective will be the same.
Boykin Spring Fling to be May 1
The Boykin Spring Fling Untimed Trail Ride will return May 1 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Red Bank Farm in the Boykin community.
Community rallies in support of Jorge Torres
While Jorge Torres continues to lie in a hospital bed at Palmetto Health Richland recovering from an assortment of injuries suffered as the result of his being thrown from Malibu Moon in last fall's Colonial Cup, his friends, family and even those who never met the 26-year-old jockey are not leaving his side.
Fernandez coming to grips with Tores' spill, recovery
It took being unseated by the same horse which threw Jorge Torres into a nightmare of a past four months for Rafael "Ray" Fernandez to realize that what took place at the Springdale Race Course last November was not his fault.
Saturday is final day to purchase discount Cup tickets
Saturday is the final day to purchase reduced price, advance tickets for the 79th running of the Carolina Cup Steeplechase Races at the Springdale Race Course on Saturday, April 2.
Mr. Commons puts in bullet work at Hollywood Park
Mr. Commons, a 3-year-old colt prepared in Camden by Mickey Preger Jr. at the Camden Training Center, had a bullet work at five furlongs on Tuesday at Santa Anita Park.
Turned from home
Much Rejoicing, prepared in Camden at Kirkwood Stables, won for the third time in six career starts as the 4-year-old filly by Distorted Humor out of Soaring Softly won a $59,000 allowance race Sunday at Gulfstream Park.
Carolina Cup parking spaces continue to dwindle
Officials with the Carolina Cup said that orders for tickets and parking spaces continue to move at a rapid pace for the 79th running of the Carolina Cup Steeplechase Races on Saturday, April 2 at Camden's Springdale Race Course.
Comet Of Love streaks across the track
Comet Of Love, a 4-year-old filly who was developed in Camden by Custom Care Equine, was scratched from a $20,000 starter allowance race at Penn National last week by trainer Tom Iannotti.
Shirreffs may have big plans for Camden-prepared Mr. Commons
John Shirreffs will forever be known as trainer of the iconic Zenyatta, the 2010 Horse of the Year and 2009 Breeders' Cup Classic champion.
Cup fences to get the ‘brush’ off from CCRA this fall
Before horses jumped over the 17 Colonial Cup fences for a portion of the $100,000 purse in the Camden fall classic steeplechase, as well as for a purse which sometimes swelled to six figures for the 14-fence spring Carolina Cup, the Carolina Cup Racing Association (CCRA) had already sunk some $30,000 into the gathering, building and the maintenance of the packed-brush jumps which were used for two chases on the Colonial Cup card and one in the spring.
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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