Hawthorne Race Course is facing closure after a reported sale appears to be going through to a Delaware-incorporated shell company that last month submitted a $90-million “stalking horse” offer that had set the minimum price for a July 14 bankruptcy auction of the 135-year-old track. According to a story published Tuesday evening by Chelsea Hackbarth

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LEXINGTON, KY – The Fasig-Tipton July Selected Yearlings Sale recorded both its highest-ever average and median Tuesday in Lexington and was followed immediately by the company's July Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale, which set records of its own when multiple graded-placed Our Moneyman (Mr. Money) sold for $2 million to KAS Stables. In all,

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With the potential for excessive heat continuing, post times at Delaware Park Thursday, July 16 have been moved forward in an attempt to sidestep the worst heat of the day. Thursday's post time for the first race will be 10:20 a.m. ET, with the ninth and final race going off at 2:04 p.m.

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Our Moneyman (Mr. Money) (hip 365), a hard-charging second in Saturday's GIII Indiana Derby, topped the Fasig-Tipton July Select Horses of Racing Age Sale on a final bid of $2,000,000. Purchased Tuesday by Pedro Lanz, the 3-year-old was consigned by Hunter Valley Farm as agent for owner/breeder Allied Racing Stable (Chester Thomas) who also raced

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A longtime figure in Pennsylvania within official horse racing circles, Salvatore DeBunda passed away on July 9, aged 83. DeBunda was past president of the Pennsylvania Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association at Parx Racing, and was a member of the state Horse Racing Commission up until his death. As an owner, DeBunda raced under the Dun Roamin

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