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The life of Brian
Sometimes the grass is indeed greener, if not firmer, on the other side of the Atlantic. Armed with his riding tack, 164 wins in his native Ireland and England and dreams of brighter days in his career, Brian Crowley left the Emerald Isle to take his chance as a steeplechase jockey in America in 2010. Judging by the early returns, it was a wise move. Crowley, a 30-year-old from County Cork, was not exactly itching ...
Can any horse get in front of and stay ahead of Black Jack Blues in the Carolina Cup feature?
After two races on American soil, Black Jack Blues has yet to see the backside of another horse.
Less and less College Parkers getting behind the wheel
When their two daughters took their respective turns going off to college, John and Sandy Cushman did what all responsible parents do when their children leave home for the first time.
Cup spaces, tickets still on sale
With Saturday's 80th running of the Carolina Cup Steeplechase Races just four days away, last-minute shoppers have been gobbling up the remaining reserved parking spaces for the Camden spring classic, leaving few spots remaining inside the Springdale Race Course.
Black Jack Blues headlines field of six in Saturday’s feature
Led by 2011 Eclipse Award winner Black Jack Blues, a field of six jumpers will take to the Springdale Race Course for Saturday's $50,000 Carolina Cup Steeplechase (Gr. III.)
Pullyourfingerout pulls out a victory in $50,000 Aiken feature
AIKEN -- Irvin S. Naylor's Pullyourfingerout made a bold move on the final turn of Ford Conger Field, charged past pacesetter Birthday Beau, and drew away easily to win the $50,000 Budweiser Imperial Cup on Saturday, March 24, at the Aiken Spring Steeplechase.
Eclipse Award winner among eight Carolina Cup nominees
In what can best be described as an ironic twist, with a good portion of Kershaw County residents suffering from pollen-related maladies, Black Jack Blues will come to town some four months after the missing last November's Colonial Cup steeplechase due to a respiratory infection.
Discount sale of Cup tickets ends Saturday
Saturday is the final day for patrons to secure discount general admission tickets for the Carolina Cup steeplechase races.
Ever So Lucky third in Swale Stakes; Mr Gruff wins, again, at Santa Anita
Augustin Stables' Ever So Lucky, which spent part of the winter training at the Springdale Race Course for Hall of Fame trainer Jonathan Sheppard, opened his 3-year-old campaign by finishing third in Saturday's $150,000 Swale Stakes (G2) at Gulfstream Park in Florida.
Carolina Cup parking spaces selling quickly
With less than three weeks left before the Carolina Cup Races, reserved parking spaces are, once again, moving at a brisk pace.
Kirkwood grads get wins in U.S. and Japan
It was a good week for maidens who got their starts at Kip Elser's Kirkwood Stables in Camden.
Get Stormy opens his year with a bang; Ever So Lucky scratched from Hutcheson
Get Stormy shook off the doldrums from his 12th place finish in last November's TVG Breeders' Cup Mile by winning his first race of 2012 by wiring Saturday's $300,000 Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap (Gr. 1) in Hallandale Beach, Fla.
Sheppard hopes Ever So Lucky will be ever so good this spring
Each time Jonathan Sheppard sent out Ever So Lucky in the company of a training partner last summer, the precocious 2-year-old would dig in and would refuse to be beaten, even if was nothing more than a simple work around the track at the Hall of Fame trainer's farm in Pennsylvania.
Deadline nears for renewing Carolina Cup parking spots
It is two weeks and counting for patrons who purchased reserved parking spaces and/or grandstand boxes for last year's Carolina Cup races to renew their order for the 2012 edition of the event.
Mr. Vegas lights up field with win in Fair Grounds feature
It has been a good start to 2012 for horses which received their early training in Camden. Last Saturday, Mr. Vegas, a graduate of Donna Freyer's Custom Care Equine, won for the third start in a row by taking the $100,000 Colonel E. R. Bradley Stakes (Gr. III) at the Fair Grounds in New Orleans. This was the first graded stakes victory for the 5-year-old gelding which is being pointed for a summer of graded ...
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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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