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11/23/25: Fil Dor (FR) wins the 50th running of the G1 Colonial Cup at Springdale Racecourse, Camden, South Carolina.
Dan Nevin rode the 7-year-old gelding for owner Morningstar Farm and trainer Ricky Hendriks.
Dan Nevin rode the 7-year-old gelding for owner Morningstar Farm and trainer Ricky Hendriks.
Clover in December 💪
December 20, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Clover in December 💪
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Vincent “Jimbo” Bracciale Jr., a beloved jockey, trainer, horseman, mentor, and friend, died Dec. 15 at the age of 72.
Maryland Jockey/Trainer Bracciale Dies at Age 72
Vincent “Jimbo” Bracciale Jr., a beloved jockey, trainer, horseman, mentor, and friend, died Dec. 15 at the age of 72.
www.bloodhorse.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Vincent “Jimbo” Bracciale Jr., a beloved jockey, trainer, horseman, mentor, and friend, died Dec. 15 at the age of 72.
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#BlueSkyArtShow Theme #OpenHouse
I make #Origami trees for our house at #Christmas because my hands need a break from all the sewing I do for a living but cant bear not to be doing something creative
#WeekYforYearPast #Paper #Art #EastCoastKin #AlphabetChallenge #Craft #Makers #Photography #Trees
I make #Origami trees for our house at #Christmas because my hands need a break from all the sewing I do for a living but cant bear not to be doing something creative
#WeekYforYearPast #Paper #Art #EastCoastKin #AlphabetChallenge #Craft #Makers #Photography #Trees
December 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
#BlueSkyArtShow Theme #OpenHouse
I make #Origami trees for our house at #Christmas because my hands need a break from all the sewing I do for a living but cant bear not to be doing something creative
#WeekYforYearPast #Paper #Art #EastCoastKin #AlphabetChallenge #Craft #Makers #Photography #Trees
I make #Origami trees for our house at #Christmas because my hands need a break from all the sewing I do for a living but cant bear not to be doing something creative
#WeekYforYearPast #Paper #Art #EastCoastKin #AlphabetChallenge #Craft #Makers #Photography #Trees
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A Northern Flicker in flight from yesterday. Note the little bit of snow on its back.
#Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #Photo #EastCoastKin
#Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #Photo #EastCoastKin
December 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A Northern Flicker in flight from yesterday. Note the little bit of snow on its back.
#Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #Photo #EastCoastKin
#Birds #Birding #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #Animals #PhotographersUnited #Photo #EastCoastKin
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Seventy years ago, Jonas Salk and his team worked in a lab between a morgue and a darkroom to develop the world’s first successful polio vaccine.
A filmmaker who made a documentary on Salk’s work explains why forgetting life before vaccines has real consequences: buff.ly/VYpqOy4
#vaccineswork
A filmmaker who made a documentary on Salk’s work explains why forgetting life before vaccines has real consequences: buff.ly/VYpqOy4
#vaccineswork
The world risks forgetting one of humanity’s greatest triumphs as polio nears global eradication − 70 years after Jonas Salk developed the vaccine in a Pittsburgh lab
Polio may finally be defeated in the next 5 years. Will the world recognize what an extraordinary achievement that is?
theconversation.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Seventy years ago, Jonas Salk and his team worked in a lab between a morgue and a darkroom to develop the world’s first successful polio vaccine.
A filmmaker who made a documentary on Salk’s work explains why forgetting life before vaccines has real consequences: buff.ly/VYpqOy4
#vaccineswork
A filmmaker who made a documentary on Salk’s work explains why forgetting life before vaccines has real consequences: buff.ly/VYpqOy4
#vaccineswork
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One consideration for Eclipse Award voters to ponder is whether Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) winner Forever Young should win the older dirt male Eclipse Award after making just one start in North America.
Forever Young or Not Forever Young: An Eclipse Dilemma
One consideration for Eclipse Award voters to ponder is whether Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) winner Forever Young should win the older dirt male Eclipse Award after making just one start in North America.
www.bloodhorse.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:26 PM
One consideration for Eclipse Award voters to ponder is whether Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) winner Forever Young should win the older dirt male Eclipse Award after making just one start in North America.
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Sir Johnny Weatherby, a member of one of racing's most famous families, and whose many achievements in the sport included modernizing Ascot, died Dec. 18 at the age of 66.
Obituary: Weatherby Shaped Ascot, International Racing
Sir Johnny Weatherby, a member of one of racing's most famous families, and whose many achievements in the sport included modernizing Ascot, died Dec. 18 at the age of 66.
www.bloodhorse.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Sir Johnny Weatherby, a member of one of racing's most famous families, and whose many achievements in the sport included modernizing Ascot, died Dec. 18 at the age of 66.
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The New York Racing Association plans to run 196 racing days at Aqueduct Racetrack, Saratoga Race Course, and the new Belmont Park in 2026.
After Belmont Festival, Saratoga to Race 46 Days in '26
The New York Racing Association plans to run 196 racing days at Aqueduct Racetrack, Saratoga Race Course, and the new Belmont Park in 2026.
www.bloodhorse.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The New York Racing Association plans to run 196 racing days at Aqueduct Racetrack, Saratoga Race Course, and the new Belmont Park in 2026.
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Spendthrift Farm's Tamara has been disqualified from her Oct. 4 win in the Chillingworth Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita Park after a drug test by the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit indicated the presence of the muscle relaxant methocarbamol.
HIWU Disqualifies Tamara From Chillingworth Win
Spendthrift Farm's Tamara has been disqualified from her Oct. 4 win in the Chillingworth Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita Park after a drug test by the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit indicated the presence of the muscle relaxant methocarbamol.
www.bloodhorse.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Spendthrift Farm's Tamara has been disqualified from her Oct. 4 win in the Chillingworth Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita Park after a drug test by the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit indicated the presence of the muscle relaxant methocarbamol.
December 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Some disturbed mushrooms for #MushroomMonday 🍄
December 15, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Some disturbed mushrooms for #MushroomMonday 🍄
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“Look upwards
Swoon under clouds
Feel your courage
Be trustworthy
Take care of yourself
Believe in goodness
Head for the light”
-Tilda Swinton,
from Ongoing
To love is to carry on.
#BeTheLight
#ForTheHorses
#Kentucky
🐎🌟❄️
Swoon under clouds
Feel your courage
Be trustworthy
Take care of yourself
Believe in goodness
Head for the light”
-Tilda Swinton,
from Ongoing
To love is to carry on.
#BeTheLight
#ForTheHorses
#Kentucky
🐎🌟❄️
December 15, 2025 at 4:18 PM
“Look upwards
Swoon under clouds
Feel your courage
Be trustworthy
Take care of yourself
Believe in goodness
Head for the light”
-Tilda Swinton,
from Ongoing
To love is to carry on.
#BeTheLight
#ForTheHorses
#Kentucky
🐎🌟❄️
Swoon under clouds
Feel your courage
Be trustworthy
Take care of yourself
Believe in goodness
Head for the light”
-Tilda Swinton,
from Ongoing
To love is to carry on.
#BeTheLight
#ForTheHorses
#Kentucky
🐎🌟❄️
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Every cleanup, restoration, and sustainability effort matters! Small actions combine to create significant change: addressing pollution, resource depletion, and the climate crisis that threaten life on Earth. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #MondayMotivation
December 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Every cleanup, restoration, and sustainability effort matters! Small actions combine to create significant change: addressing pollution, resource depletion, and the climate crisis that threaten life on Earth. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean #MondayMotivation
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#Alphabetchallenge
#WeekYforYearpast
So glad my best friend and I are still together after 15 years, during which:
a couple broken legs -me, cellulitis - her,
sticking our leg through the fence and ripping it up - not me
All I ever wanted was a horse. May you all have that "one wish" granted.
#WeekYforYearpast
So glad my best friend and I are still together after 15 years, during which:
a couple broken legs -me, cellulitis - her,
sticking our leg through the fence and ripping it up - not me
All I ever wanted was a horse. May you all have that "one wish" granted.
December 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
#Alphabetchallenge
#WeekYforYearpast
So glad my best friend and I are still together after 15 years, during which:
a couple broken legs -me, cellulitis - her,
sticking our leg through the fence and ripping it up - not me
All I ever wanted was a horse. May you all have that "one wish" granted.
#WeekYforYearpast
So glad my best friend and I are still together after 15 years, during which:
a couple broken legs -me, cellulitis - her,
sticking our leg through the fence and ripping it up - not me
All I ever wanted was a horse. May you all have that "one wish" granted.
#NationalDayOfTheHorse
Snap Decision - Recently retired from racing and now being ridden for pleasure by one of his owners.
Snap Decision - Recently retired from racing and now being ridden for pleasure by one of his owners.
December 13, 2025 at 11:46 PM
#NationalDayOfTheHorse
Snap Decision - Recently retired from racing and now being ridden for pleasure by one of his owners.
Snap Decision - Recently retired from racing and now being ridden for pleasure by one of his owners.
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"An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language."
-Martin Buber
We honor all animals as friends, as relatives-sovereign unto themselves &
intrinsically valuable for who they are, not for what they can provide to humans.
#InternationalAnimalRightsDay
#Kentucky 🐎🌟
-Martin Buber
We honor all animals as friends, as relatives-sovereign unto themselves &
intrinsically valuable for who they are, not for what they can provide to humans.
#InternationalAnimalRightsDay
#Kentucky 🐎🌟
December 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
"An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language."
-Martin Buber
We honor all animals as friends, as relatives-sovereign unto themselves &
intrinsically valuable for who they are, not for what they can provide to humans.
#InternationalAnimalRightsDay
#Kentucky 🐎🌟
-Martin Buber
We honor all animals as friends, as relatives-sovereign unto themselves &
intrinsically valuable for who they are, not for what they can provide to humans.
#InternationalAnimalRightsDay
#Kentucky 🐎🌟
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Maxime Guyon watched Sosie working on the turf at Sha Tin on Wednesday under rider Christmy Derhoua ahead of Sunday's HK$26m Longines Hong Kong Vase, a race he has won twice in partnership with Andre Fabre, courtesy of Flintshire (2014) and Junko (2023).
#HKJC #HKIR @rpbloodstock.bsky.social
#HKJC #HKIR @rpbloodstock.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Maxime Guyon watched Sosie working on the turf at Sha Tin on Wednesday under rider Christmy Derhoua ahead of Sunday's HK$26m Longines Hong Kong Vase, a race he has won twice in partnership with Andre Fabre, courtesy of Flintshire (2014) and Junko (2023).
#HKJC #HKIR @rpbloodstock.bsky.social
#HKJC #HKIR @rpbloodstock.bsky.social
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BH Interview: Ace Stud's Paul Curran
Puca Playing Key Role in Ace's North American Plans
BH Interview: Ace Stud's Paul Curran
www.bloodhorse.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:26 AM
BH Interview: Ace Stud's Paul Curran
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The National Thoroughbred Racing Association announced Dec. 9 that one lucky fan and a guest will win a chance to attend the 55th annual Resolute Racing Eclipse Awards as part of the Resolute Racing Eclipse Awards Sweepstakes.
NTRA Offering Chance for Fan to Attend Eclipse Awards
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association announced Dec. 9 that one lucky fan and a guest will win a chance to attend the 55th annual Resolute Racing Eclipse Awards as part of the Resolute Racing Eclipse Awards Sweepstakes.
www.bloodhorse.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association announced Dec. 9 that one lucky fan and a guest will win a chance to attend the 55th annual Resolute Racing Eclipse Awards as part of the Resolute Racing Eclipse Awards Sweepstakes.
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Speaking Dec. 9 at the Global Symposium on Racing in Tucson, Ariz., Lonny Powell revealed that a long-held nonprofit license in Ocala could be used to develop a new racetrack to support Florida's beleaguered Thoroughbred industry.
Symposium: Ocala Track Proposed as Lifeline in Florida
Speaking Dec. 9 at the Global Symposium on Racing in Tucson, Ariz., Lonny Powell revealed that a long-held nonprofit license in Ocala could be used to develop a new racetrack to support Florida's beleaguered Thoroughbred industry.
www.bloodhorse.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Speaking Dec. 9 at the Global Symposium on Racing in Tucson, Ariz., Lonny Powell revealed that a long-held nonprofit license in Ocala could be used to develop a new racetrack to support Florida's beleaguered Thoroughbred industry.
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Nearly 350 acres of Virginia farmland where legendary Triple Crown winner Secretariat frolicked as a colt are now protected forever by a conservation easement held by the Capital Region Land Conservancy.
Secretariat’s Pasture at “The Cove” Forever Protected
Nearly 350 acres of Virginia farmland where legendary Triple Crown winner Secretariat frolicked as a colt are now protected forever by a conservation easement held by the Capital Region Land Conservancy.
www.bloodhorse.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Nearly 350 acres of Virginia farmland where legendary Triple Crown winner Secretariat frolicked as a colt are now protected forever by a conservation easement held by the Capital Region Land Conservancy.
December 10, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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This year's Woodford Stakes (G2T) winner at Keeneland, Khaadem will attempt to become the first 9-year-old to win the HK$28 million (US$3.59 million) Hong Kong Sprint (G1).
Ageless Khaadem Enters Hong Kong Sprint on a Roll
This year's Woodford Stakes (G2T) winner at Keeneland, Khaadem will attempt to become the first 9-year-old to win the HK$28 million (US$3.59 million) Hong Kong Sprint (G1).
www.bloodhorse.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM
This year's Woodford Stakes (G2T) winner at Keeneland, Khaadem will attempt to become the first 9-year-old to win the HK$28 million (US$3.59 million) Hong Kong Sprint (G1).
December 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM