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G1-Placed Divine Huntress Gutsy Winner of $75,000 Miss Disco

Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Long Valley Stables’ Grade 1-placed Divine Huntress, facing fellow Maryland-breds for the first time, battled the length of the stretch with Sweet Gracie to her inside before getting her nose down on the wire to earn her first career stakes victory in the $75,000 Miss Disco.

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Practical Joke Filly Professional for Pletcher; Named ‘Rising Star’

Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Todd Pletcher were represented by Saturday’s romping GI Coaching Club American Oaks winner Nest (Curlin), and wasted little time unveiling their next generation of potential stakes runners as juvenile filly Kaling (Practical Joke) turned in a promising and professional debut worthy of a ‘TDN Rising Star’ nod.

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Trainer’s strategy pays off as Benbang takes Blue Sparkler

By: Marcus Hersh DRF Trainer Jonathan Thomas entered the 3-year-old fillies Benbang and Empress Tigress in the Coronation Stakes on Friday at Saratoga and the Blue Sparkler on Saturday at Monmouth Park. On Friday, he scratched Benbang and won the Coronation with Empress Tigress, and on Saturday Thomas won the $100,000 Blue Sparkler with Benbang. Benbang […]

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Crown Winds Down With Fillies to Remember

By: Jay Hovdey BloodHorse Now that the 2022 Triple Crown has been safely put to bed, with the names of Rich Strike , Early Voting , and Mo Donegal  etched firmly into history, let’s take a look at the messages left behind. First up—attendance. Three of the 20 horses who ran in the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) ran […]

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