LEXINGTON, Ky. – The 'Summer of Manny Franco' may have come to an end, but the year of Manny Franco continues. Currently atop the jockey standings at the inaugural meeting at the new Belmont Park following a record-setting summer at Saratoga, the 31-year-old native of Puerto Rico heads to the Breeders' Cup with mounts in

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Defending GI FanDuel Breeders' Cup Mile champion Notable Speech (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) wasted little time getting reacquainted with Keeneland Tuesday morning, leading a strong European contingent onto the track for the first time since clearing quarantine Monday night. The Charlie Appleby trainee was among the first European horses on the main track shortly after 7

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The Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF) has added Elizabeth Snellings and Katharine Maroney to its Board of Directors, according to a press release from the organization on Tuesday. Both bring valuable experience and a longstanding connection to the Thoroughbred industry, along with professional backgrounds that support TRF's mission of providing retired racehorses with dignified lifetime care.

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Susumu Fujita's Forever Young (Jpn) (Real Steel {Jpn}) will look to become just the second horse in the 43-year history of the GI Breeders' Cup Classic to record multiple victories and the Yoshito Yahagi trainee will jump from gate five with Ryusei Sakai up against seven classy rivals. What the Classic may lack in numbers,

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Trainer Howard Belvoir, for six decades a fixture in horse racing in the Pacific Northwest, died Oct. 23 from heart failure at the age of 82, according to a post on the Emerald Downs website. Based mainly in Washington, but having also done stints in California, Oregon and British Columbia, Belvoir won 2,192 races in

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