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Rare Twin Fillies by Oscar Performance Head Home Healthy and Playful

What looked like a typical day for Lori Hendrickson, who manages her family’s Meadowbrook Farm in Shelbyville, Ky., was anything but as she discovered around 2:30 in the afternoon of March 10.

Hendrickson spied one of the farm’s broodmares lying down in a paddock on a day that hinted spring is around the corner. She knew the mare, Kona Kai, owned by Surfside Stables and in foal to four-time Grade 1 and Breeders’ Cup winner Oscar Performance, was due to give birth any day so she went to check on her.

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What to Expect at Colonial Downs’ Three-Day Spring Meet

The first edition of the Virginia Derby was held in 1998 and has now been contested for more than a quarter-century, but the Colonial Downs feature race takes on a new look Saturday.

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Mike Repole, Rick Pitino Form Winning Team at St. John’s

It was a year ago that prominent Thoroughbred owner and St. John’s University alumnus and mega booster Mike Repole can recall being at Gulfstream Park with Red Storm men’s basketball coach Rick Pitino to watch the Curlin Florida Derby.

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Thoroughbred Makeover Diary: Exciting Start to New Journey for Lindsay Gilbert and Imposing Ruler

My 2025 Thoroughbred Makeover story starts like most of my stories do — with questionable decision-making skills. I sat in my house scrolling on social media one frigid January evening, a barn full of personal and client horses just a couple hundred yards away. As I took in the dozens of horse-related posts that fill my newsfeed, one made me stop and backtrack. A cute chestnut with four white socks and a blaze caught my eye.

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Where to Watch/Listen: Horse Racing (and Betting) Coverage March 13-16

What had previously been a rare “off” weekend on the Road to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve calendar in past March months is now populated by a new qualifying points prep for 2025.

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