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LOUISVILLE (HORSE RACING/Barrouquere) The bourbon had been stashed away and the hats returned to closets by the time someone found a groomer’s body inside a barn at Churchill Downs, hours after the running of America’s most famous horse race. Other workers on the backside of the track – a different world from the pageantry seen [...]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (HORSES/Newsfeed) — Hierro stayed calm to the delight of trainer Steve Asmussen as a violent storm moved through Churchill Downs. He showed a little moxie, too, in capturing the $ 200,000-added Grade 3 Derby Trial. The 3-year-old chestnut colt with jockey Julien Leparoux lurked in fifth early before making his move on the [...]

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (HORSES/Newsfeed) — Unusual Heatwave collared Stoney Fleece in the closing yards to win the $ 300,000 Snow Chief Stakes by a half-length on California Gold Rush day at Betfair Hollywood Park on Saturday, with jockey Rafael Bejarano winning five races including three stakes a day after being sworn in as a U.S. citizen. [...]

INGLEWOOD (HORSES/Newsfeed) – Quiet Oasis won the $ 100,000 Wilshire Handicap by a half-length Sunday at Betfair Hollywood Park. Ridden by Mario Gutierrez, Quiet Oasis ran a mile on the turf in 1:34.63 in her first start in more than five months. She paid $ 33.20, $ 12.60 and $ 6.40. Pacesetter Briecat and Antares [...]

INGLEWOOD (HORSES/Newsfeed) – Quiet Oasis won the $ 100,000 Wilshire Handicap by a half-length Sunday at Betfair Hollywood Park. Ridden by Mario Gutierrez, Quiet Oasis ran a mile on the turf in 1:34.63 in her first start in more than five months. She paid $ 33.20, $ 12.60 and $ 6.40. Pacesetter Briecat and Antares [...]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (HORSES/Newsfeed) — Mike Harrington is content watching the hubbub surrounding Kentucky Derby week from afar. The 71-year-old trainer is happily tucked away in a non-descript barn lacking a view of the Twin Spires. Let Churchill Downs stable visitors be entertained by Bob Baffert’s jokes or eavesdrop on Todd Pletcher’s training tidbits. Harrington prefers [...]

LOUISVILLE (HORSES/Newsfeed) – Bisnath Parboo took in the crowd of reporters asking his son over and over if Trinniberg could handle the mile and a quarter run at the Kentucky Derby after never going longer than seven furlongs. When the group dispersed, the 72-year-old from Trinidad finally spoke up. ”The way he’s training now, I’m [...]

VERSAILLES, Ky. (HORSES/Newsfeed) — Dynaformer, the sire of Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro, has died at Three Chimneys Farm two weeks after having a heart attack in his stall. The 27-year-old stallion was one of the most successful sires in the thoroughbred industry with 21 crops that have earned more than $ 105 million, including 130 [...]

BRISBANE, Australia — Peter Moody was standing around some of Australia’s best thoroughbreds at his soggy stables in Melbourne, but had time to take a telephone call inquiring about one of them. As usual, it was about Black Caviar. The 5-year-old mare owned by a consortium of families and friends, some Melbourne-area vegetable growers, has [...]

LEXINGTON, Ky. Dullahan and his team stayed in the background all week while the attention centered on the near white colt Hansen and his eccentric owner. ”This is the first chance I’ve had a chance to say much,” Donegal Racing managing partner Jerry Crawford said. ”We decided all week long we’d let our horse do [...]