Edited Press Release Officials at the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF) have announced that Board Member Michelle Keating has established a $25,000 matching gift challenge to support the organization's Annual Appeal. After decades of leadership and service as President and CEO of Alder Foods Inc. and as Chairwoman of Fisher House Boston, Keating was searching for

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The longtime Laurel Park and Pimlico assistant starter Derrick Edwards, who handled both Triple Crown winners in the GI Preakness Stakes during their historic bids, passed away June 20. Including the aforementioned American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) in 2015 and Justify (Scat Daddy) in 2018, Edwards had also been assigned to handle two-time Horse of

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The 2026 racing season at Colonial Downs in New Kent, Virginia, kicks off Thursday, June 25, with no fewer than 22 turf races scheduled across the weekend on the Secretariat Turf Course. Featured on opening weekend are a pair of Virginia-restricted turf stakes on Saturday: the Brookmeade Stakes for older fillies and mares and the

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5) PHANTOM BLUE, BAQ, 6/18-1st, 1 mile (VIDEO) Beyer Speed Figure- 82 (2nd) (f, 3, by Ghostzapper-Seeking the Blue, by Arch) O-Resolute Racing. B-Payson Stud (Ky). T-Will Walden. J- Dylan Davis. John Stewart's $1.2 million 2-year-old purchase is still looking for his first victory, but with Beyers of 81, 83 and 82 against quality rivals

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With a view to pulling the veil back on the whys and wherefores of their operations, a representative of either the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act (HISA) Authority or the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit (HIWU) will every week answer a question of industry importance posed by the TDN. If you have any questions you'd

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