The 2026 Thoroughbred Makeover event, held Saturday in Lexington, KY, crowned champions across 10 disciplines while awarding over $135,000 in guaranteed base prize money and an additional $40,000 in special awards. The 10 named champions are: Barrel Racing: White Dove (Violence) Competitive Trail: Our Girl Flint (Flintshire {GB}) Dressage: Twice a Dollar (Twice As Bad)

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Reigning Eclipse-winning Older Dirt Horse Forever Young (Jpn) (Real Steel {Jpn}) continued his preparation for a return tilt in the GI Breeders' Cup Classic Oct. 31 with a half-mile breeze at Belmont Park Sunday morning. Working solo with assistant trainer Yuki Araki aboard, Japan's Horse of the Year went four furlongs in :51 4/5 (37/38),

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Tom's d'Etat (Smart Strike), who won three graded stakes races, including the 2019 GI Clark Stakes as a 7-year-old, has passed away. The news was reported via X by Greg Bensel, who oversees and manages the GMB Racing Stable, which campaigned the earner of $1,762,272. Tom's d'Etat was 13. Bensel's tweet read: “Sad news @GMBRacing

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He was patiently handled off the flank of a wild longshot, and with a well-timed rally, Third Coast (Uncle Mo) got first jump on the late-charging betting choice to win the GIII Hill Prince Stakes at Belmont Park. The son of the late, great Uncle Mo was last seen running second Sept. 7 in the

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She went right to the front, and would not come back late in the GI Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup at Keeneland, earning Tam Tam (Medaglia d'Oro) the honor of collecting her second elite-level victory Saturday afternoon. The daughter of the venerable Medaglia d'Oro was unveiled last August at Saratoga, and as the connections told

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