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Pharaoh Earnings Top $8.5 Mil with Breeders Win

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After a wire-to-wire win in the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Keenland Race Track in Kentucky, American Pharoah is galloping off to stud with a hefty $8.65 million, making him one of the highest earning Thoroughbreds in U.S. history. Since becoming the first horse in 37-years to win the Triple Crown, Pharoah has earned $4 million for owner Zayat Racing […]

Bond Tops Sac Welcome

Ashlee Bond and Chela LS on course.

Ashlee Bond and Chela LS blew away the competition, winning the $33,000 Welcome Grand Prix by almost four full seconds at the Sacramento International Horse Show’s World Cup Week. Gusty winds threatened tents, show set-ups and anything not tightly bound down on the second day of the show, which runs Oct. 1-6 at the Murieta […]

The Return of Contefino

Anke Magnussen poses with her grey stallion Contefino

Equine sport enthusiasts eagerly follow the results of our Olympic riders and the fate of the U.S. teams, but for at least one member of the Southern California horse community, the 2012 games in London had a different connotation. For Anke Magnussen the event marked a homecoming – the return of Contefino, a 13-year-old stallion […]

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