Very important story from @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social on the negative impacts this will have--not just to Europe, but to America. www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/watching-bri...
Texas-bred New Years Eve was foaled on March 17, 1986, 4 days before Easy Goer and 8 days before Sunday Silence. At 39, he is believed to be the oldest living Thoroughbred & second-oldest American Thoroughbred on record. TDN's Jill Williams has the story www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/hooves-too-b...
🗣️ "Being here is so good for all involved. Being able to train a horse with such versatility offers immense flexibility."
TDN's Jessica Martini checks in with Robert Croteau following his first weeks on the job as general manager at Fair Hill Training Center.
If you only read one thing today: where are Silky Sullivan's remains? Even the FBI can't find them. We look into it @thetdn.bsky.social www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/whatever-hap...
“This is, after all, the ephemeral truth of the Internet: if you don’t save it, even if it seems like it’s everywhere momentarily, it will just as quickly disappear.”
If you read only one thing today, it should be Brian Sheerin's story on Aidan Coleman, struggling to find a new life after a riding injury ended his career, in today's @thetdn.bsky.social www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/aidan-colema...
Isn’t she lovely? And they adore her at the farm.
Before tonight’s Eclipse Award winners are presented with their trophies, let’s celebrate the 30-year anniversary of Serena’s Song’s 1995 Champion 3YO Filly campaign. At age 33, Serena's Song (Rahy–Imagining, by Northfields) reigns as “Queen of Denali” www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/on-the-30-ye...
We are sad to announce that #Zarkasha has passed away at the age of 26.
Zarkasha will long be remembered in the studbooks as dam of the brilliant #Zarkava and granddam of leading sire #Zarak. She's also great granddam of 2025 Classic hope #Zarigana.
She will be greatly missed by all the team.
Jockey Emma-Jayne Wilson has fought her share of battles on the racetrack, but the most challenging is surely her recovery from neck and pelvic fractures sustained in an Oct. 25 accident at @woodbineracetrack.bsky.social.
www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/with-grit-an...
Some photographs from a beautiful but very cold day in Newmarket (Part 3).
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August 24: John Velazquez throws flowers in the winner’s circle after winning the GI Travers Stakes aboard 'TDN Rising Star' Fierceness (City of Light).
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July 12: Ridden by Korina McLean, Moira takes a spin around Saratoga’s main track.
She closed out the 2024 season with a brilliant victory in the GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf at Del Mar 🏆
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July 24: Amanda Villafranco shares a snack with Sunny the pony after training hours at Saratoga.
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Singin' in the Public Domain event tile, featuring the Lockette, expressing open content.
When the clock strikes midnight on January 1, creative works from 1929 & sound recordings from 1924 will enter the public domain in the US, like:
⚓️ Popeye
🕵️ The Maltese Falcon
📖 The Sound and the Fury
🇮🇹 A Farewell to Arms
🏠️ A Room of One's Own
🙌 Hallelujah
🎺 Bolero
and many more!
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The copyrights of thousands of 20th-century films, books, compositions and sound recordings expire on Jan. 1, making them free for anyone to share and adapt. Here are some of the highlights.
#wprbxmas
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July 14: Sierra Leone (Gun Runner) kicks up his heels after a workout over Saratoga’s Oklahoma training track.
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A TDN Rising Star, a fan favorite, a champion, the patriarch of Repole Stable, and a beloved sire at Ashford Stud. Condolences to all who loved the brilliant Uncle Mo.
🗣️ "Here on the backside, I learned it is just like a village and it's our job to keep everyone here safe. This is such a unique security position we are in."
Tracy Reid, a former @wnba.bsky.social star turned security manager at Gulfstream Park. TDN's J.N. Campbell shares her story ✍️
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May 31: Fourth graders from Division Street Elementary visit with Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott during a field trip to Saratoga Race Course.
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Who wouldn't root for the Bell family of Mill Ridge Farm and the success of Oscar Performance? Interesting stat revealed in today's @thetdn.bsky.social www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/another-winn...
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March 2: Madison Olver gives Super Chow (Lord Nelson) a pat as they head into the winner’s circle after winning a rainy GIII Tom Fool Handicap.
A month prior, the pair teamed up to collect their first graded stakes victory in the GIII Toboggan S. @sarahkandrew.bsky.social
Weekend Recap 🔁 'TDN Rising Star' Locked (Gun Runner), a GI winner at 2, made up for lost time with a powerful performance against older horses in a loaded renewal of Saturday's GII Cigar Mile H. at the Big A.
Full recap: www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/gun-runners-locked-is-loaded-in-cigar-mile/
9 3/4 lengths. This is More Than Ready near finish of 1999 Sanford Stakes (future Hall of Famer John Velazquez up).
MTR announced himself in the paddock, hollering like the super stud he would become. I thought he was well named, but of course had no idea he'd sire 13 champions, internationally! 🏇
NYRA announces stakes schedule for the 2025 Aqueduct winter meet
www.nyra.com/aqueduct/new...
As the year winds down, we take the time to look back in TDN's 2024 in Photos, shared on Page 2 and social media 📸
January 20: Max Player, the first GI winner to stand in New Jersey since 2004, struts his stuff on a snowy morning at George Hall's Annestes Farm. @sarahkandrew.bsky.social
Think vets are wrong when they scratch your horse? Think again. Some fascinating stats from @1danross.bsky.social in tonight's @thetdn.bsky.social www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/in-numbers-s...
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