- May 06, 2014
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Sam Stevens has seen it all and keeps winning by Lenny Shulman There is a sandstorm blowing through the West Texas Plains, reports Sam E. Stevens, hardly bothered by the blowing dust. In fact, Stevens...
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- February 18, 2015
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Retired BMW dealer Nick Alexander gets runners by Grazen by Tracy Gantz Nick Alexander never intended to enter the breeding business, let alone stand a stallion. LIke many other Thoroughbred owners, he...
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- January 05, 2017
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Bert Pilcher Jr. and partners reach the big time with Three Rules by Karen M. Johnson FOR 36 YEARS Bert Pilcher Jr. employed a business model that worked to his satisfaction. For a commercial breeder it...
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- January 28, 2014
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Helen and Joe Barbazon step up for Florida at Pleasant Acres by Michael Compton Destiny, some believe, is not a matter of chance but of choice. For Joe and Helen Barbazon of Pleasant Acres Farm near Morriston...
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- April 17, 2018
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Brandi Jo Fett does it all in the Hawkeye State By Destinee Ott IN THE MIDDLE OF A SNOWSTORM on March 1, 1989, trainer Joe Fett and his 15-year-old daughter, Brandi Jo Fett, won the first race ever run...
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- November 15, 2011
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Generations of the Johnston family rewarded with Acclamation Kentucky is far more likely than California to have multi-generational Thoroughbred farms. However, the Johnston family of California bucks...
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- November 22, 2016
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Trainer Charlton Baker climbs to the grade I rung with Joking by Karen M. Johnson AS CHARLTON “CHARLIE” BAKER made his way out of the winner’s circle following the Vosburgh Stakes (gr. I) at Belmont Park...
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- January 10, 2017
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McGinneses stalwarts of the Maryland breeding scene by Alicia Wincze-Hughes CYNTHIA MCGINNES LOVES a good history lesson. The co-owner of Thornmar Farm cannot speak about the mark she and her husband,...
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- January 31, 2017
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Booming state-bred programs lift incoming stallion rosters by Evan Hammonds THE PURSES AND MONEY available to breeders and owners through the New York Thoroughbred Breeding & Development Funds have...
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- February 09, 2018
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An octet of new stallions sets up shop in California for 2018 By Evan Hammonds THE ISSUES AND CONCERNS of the Thoroughbred breeding and commercial markets in California are no dif-ferent than the ones...
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- January 15, 2019
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Dale and Robin Berryhill’s Hidden Springs Farm stands two exciting stallions By Evan Hammonds TRYING TO FIND THE RIGHT spot for a “regional” Thoroughbred operation, Dale and Robin Berryhill scoured the...
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- February 19, 2019
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Wind-N-Wood Farm knows how to raise a racehorse By Lenny Shulman IF DAVID DAYON ever tires of working with broodmares and foals, he can grab a job with the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce. Dayon, who owns...
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- January 05, 2019
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Tucson's Rillito Park creates racing fans By Alexa Ravit IF ASKED TO NAME A STATE known for horse racing, few would men-tion Arizona. Although Turf Paradise outside Phoenix runs for parts of eight...
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- February 09, 2019
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Shamrock Rose the latest success story for Best A Luck Farm By Lenny Shulman THIS IS BEGINNING to be old hat, these grade 1 winners bred by Best A Luck Farm. When Shamrock Rose thrillingly rallied from...
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- February 01, 2019
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Matthew Schera reaches for the sky with Glorious Empire by Bob Ehalt WHENEVER MATTHEW SCHERA and his family visit Aqueduct Racetrack, they always make use of the clubhouse entrance. There, as they walk...
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