After riding and competing on ponies, Camden Conway was ready to step up to a horse. After a lot of thinking, Camden’s father concluded that adopting a Thoroughbred would be the best course of action to find Camden a new horse. In 2021, Camden received her new horse as a Christmas present. Let’s Get It Did is a 2018 bay mare who ran a total of three times at Woodbine. Camden’s father adopted her from LongRun Thoroughbred Retirement Society in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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A Belmont Stakes Like No Other: Fans Pack ‘the Spa’ for a Special Day at the Races
Fans flocked to Saratoga Race Course June 8 for the 156th running of the Belmont Stakes Presented by NYRA Bets.
Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Success Stories: A Racehorse’s Journey to the Hunter Jumper World
Chelsea Whalen previously had some experience training and retraining horses but had never worked with an off-the-track Thoroughbred. She embraced the challenge of transitioning a former racehorse into a Hunter Jumper. Chelsea found her perfect match at New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program. Many of the horses that go to New Vocations are put into a retraining program for a new discipline when they arrive.
Belmont Stakes at the Spa Diary: Prominent Owner, Saratoga Resident Jack Knowlton
Saratoga Springs, N.Y., resident Jack Knowlton came to national prominence when he and his Sackatoga Stable partners stepped off a yellow school bus at Churchill Downs and watched Funny Cide, their longshot New York-bred gelding, win the 2003 Kentucky Derby.