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Graded stakes winning-Thoroughbred Night Ops has retired from the racetrack at the age of seven and will begin a new career.

In the end, Ortiz held the lead and prevailed by one win over his brother to secure the leading rider title with 59 wins.

Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement farm in Georgetown, Ky., announced that graded-stakes winner Jonesboro died at the farm on Thursday, May 25, 2023.

Multiple graded stakes winner Jonesboro has been retired to Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement facility in Georgetown, Ky.

Butterbean won the Grade 3 Iowa Oaks, giving trainer Kenny McPeek his third stakes victory of the day on Saturday at three different tracks.

Army Wife Marches To Iowa Oaks Victory; Stilleto Boy Tiptoes On Lead For Derby Upset Sponsored by: Army Wife and Joel Rosario winning the Iowa Oaks Coming off an impressive victory in the Grade 2 George E. Mitchell Black-Eyed Susan Stakes on May 14, Army Wife invaded Prairie Meadows in Altoona, Iowa, to take Friday nights Grade 3, $225,000 Iowa Derby by 3 3/4 lengths as the even-money favorite. The Oaks was one of two graded stakes on the night, along with the G3 Prairie Meadows Cornh...

Knicks Go Dominates Prairie Meadows Cornhusker Handicap Sponsored by: Joel Rosario sits motionless as Knicks Go wins the Prairie Meadows Cornhusker Handicap by 10 1/4 lengths After two consecutive fourth-place finishes, Korea Racing Authoritys Knicks Go regained his winning ways on Friday night at Prairie Meadows in Altoona, Iowa, crushing his five rivals with a 10 1/4-length front-end score under Joel Rosario in the Grade 3, $300,000 Prairie Meadows Cornhusker Handicap. Last Judgment...

Pedigree fun facts: Super Stock Apr 18, 2021 Kellie Reilly/Brisnet.com Super Stocks sire was a beaten Derby favorite, and his broodmare sire just missed the roses at 71-1 (Coady Photography) Super Stock will try to wear the roses that eluded both his sire and broodmare sire in their respective attempts in the Kentucky Derby (G1). Super Stock’s sire, Dialed In, ranked as the lukewarm 5-1 favorite here in 2011 after late-running heroics in the Holy Bull (G3) and Florida Derby (G1). But h...