An exciting 2024 Triple Crown season is in the books having generated robust betting handle and TV viewing numbers, and now horse racing turns to its early summer season highlighted by the start of the Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series as well as more stakes races for 3-year-olds as they continue to develop and prepare to take on their elders later this year.
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Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance Success Stories: Exceeding Expectations With Let’s Get It Did
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.
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.