For Thoroughbred racing fans who also enjoy steeplechase racing, one of the biggest and best events on the annual calendar is right around the corner. New Jersey racing is about to take a one-day detour away from flat racing at Monmouth Park and the Meadowlands to a place filled with equine history, which you may or may not have heard of – Far Hills.
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An Early 2022 Breeders’ Cup Distaff Tale of the Tape: Nest and Malathaat
The fields for the 14 races that comprise the Breeders’ Cup World Championships really begin to come into focus in summer and fall and this regular feature will offer a snapshot profile of one of the previous weekend’s standout stars.
Famous Horses Who Never Won a Triple Crown Race
The Triple Crown series is made up of the biggest three races in the country and some of the most important races in the world. It comes as no surprise, then, that many of America’s best racehorses have won one or more of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, or Belmont Stakes. But there are also plenty of fantastic Thoroughbreds that either lost those races or never got a chance to run in them. Brush up on your horse racing history and get the rundown on some of them below, in reverse chronological order.
Malathaat Romps in Juddmonte Spinster Stakes to Close Out Keeneland’s Fall Stars Weekend
Shadwell Stable’s Malathaat powered clear to a 5 ¼-length win in the $600,000, Grade 1 Juddmonte Spinster Stakes Oct.
