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Some people knew the late Joe Cantey as a Thoroughbred horse trainer who reached the pinnacle of his profession in 1980. Others knew of him as one of the world’s

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Alongside her husband, Bertram Firestone, she is perhaps best known for campaigning Genuine Risk, just the second filly in history to win the Kentucky Derby (1980).

The stage was then set, in the 51st running of the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes, for a duel at Ascot on Saturday, July 28, between Europe's

By Richard Rosenblatt The thoroughbred racing world lost too many champions in 2021, most recently the collapse and death of Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Medina…

℘℘℘ In 1907 the Epsom gallery was horrified to see an Irish owned, Irish trained (if Berkshire bred) horse, Orby, storm to victory at 100/6 in the most prestigious classic race for three-year-olds in the world, the Epsom Derby. The reaction of the top hat and tails aristocracy was to leave the parade ring for the presentation. “It’s enough to make one’s hair stand on end. How absolutely devastating that Britain’s blue riband race has been won by a peasant from Eire” snorted some...