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Tag: Horse racing news
The Legend of Unthinkable 1930 Travers Winner Jim Dandy
When horses achieve greatness, or accomplish particularly memorable feats, it is customary for stakes races to be named in their honor.
Record-Breaking and Beloved Gold Phoenix: His Owners Share Their Most Cherished Memories
The records keep falling for Southern California-based 8-year-old star gelding Gold Phoenix. He won the Grade 2 Eddie Read Stakes July 26 by a nose to become the first horse in Del Mar’s 99-year history to win six stakes races at the famed seaside track.
2026 Beverly D. Stakes at a Glance
Memories of Arlington International Racecourse will be revived on Saturday when the famed racetrack’s premier turf stakes will be contested at Colonial Downs. For fillies and mares, there’s the Beverly D. Stakes, which is named for longtime Arlington owner Richard Duchossois’s wife, Beverly. As usual some of the year’s top turf females will be on hand for another competitive renewal of the 1 3/16-mile stakes.
