Robert “Colonel” Estill Courtney, Jr., passed away peacefully, surrounded by family on Friday, June 26. He was 74 years old. Courtney was born on December 20, 1951 in Lexington, Kentucky to George Minister VanMeter and Pauline Rogers Mahoney and was raised by Robert Estill Courtney, Sr. and Evelyn Thompson Courtney. Courtney attended Sayre School, Bryan

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A special meeting of the Washington Horse Racing Commission on Monday to address a request from Emerald Downs to drop four Fridays of racing in August devolved into frustrated cross-talk, personal verbal attacks, and complaints from horsepeople about how the racing office puts together cards and how management markets the product at the last remaining

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The Santa Anita turf course has undergone its annual renovation. The renovation includes approximately 10 acres (435,600 feet) of new sod laid atop the expansive racing surface. During Santa Anita's recently concluded winter-spring season, which began Dec. 28 and ended June 15, the turf course hosted 359 races (50.9% of all races) that had a

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Bob Baffert remains confident that Zedan (Flightline), who was sold for a record $10.5 million at the OBS April Sale, has a world of talent, but he is no hurry to unveil the 2-year-old colt. Zedan has yet to have a published workout. “We're just going easy with him,” Baffert said. “There is no rush

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Delaware Park, facing extreme heat warnings later in the week, has canceled live racing for Thursday and Friday and adjusted its post times for the remainder of the cards on the holiday week. First post time for Wednesday's nine-race card is 11 a.m. The final race is scheduled to go off at 3 p.m. Following

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