Hindered by heat advisories throughout the country and cancellations due to temperatures/inclement weather, August saw a decline in nearly every economic metric from last year to this, and so too did the Year-to-Date figures, barring the average wagering per race day for the former and the average available purses per race day for the latter.

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Visiting horses from Hong Kong and Japan proved superior in last year's G3 OBS Korea Cup (1800m) and G3 OBS Korea Sprint (1200m), but there is some formidable local opposition that will take their chances in the two $1-million contests, with automatic berths in corresponding Breeders' Cup races up for grabs. Diktaean (Jpn) (King Kamehameha

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The organizers of the Taylor Made Tours at Diamond A Farm hosted a ribbon-cutting event earlier this week to celebrate the renovation and opening of the visitors center in an official launch of the historic farm's next chapter, it was revealed in a press release from Horse Country. Held inside the stallion barn, now the

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Robert M. Seitz, a Pennsylvania man hauling 25 horses through New York, allegedly with the intent of transporting the equines to Canada for slaughter, has been arrested as a New York law banning slaughter was enforced for the first time, according to a report in the Times Union. The horses have been rescued. The anti-slaughter

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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The Puma (Essential Quality), fresh off his fourth-place finish in the GI Travers Stakes last Saturday, might be running again sooner than later. Trainer Gustavo Delgado, standing outside the colt's stall Thursday morning at the Oklahoma Training Track, is mulling the idea of sending The Puma to the $1-million GI Pennsylvania

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