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An American Dream Come True
by Glenye Cain Oakford

There would be no Little Mike if a mare hadn’t fallen for Carlo Vaccarezza, and there would be no Little Mike if Vaccarezza hadn’t fallen for a stallion. The way Vaccarezza tells it, his decision to breed those two horses was more impulse than plan, but it resulted in the best horse he’s ever bred--and one of the world’s most versatile turf runners.

Click here to read the entire article written by Glenye Cain Oakford exclusively for TCI.

Horse Racing Headlines

Blood-Horse | 6 hours ago

The initial announcement of the closure of Golden Gate Fields left industry stakeholders to question what their next steps would be. The roller coaster of emotions comes to a head March 21 as the CHRB allocates the remainder of 2024 racing dates.

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Blood-Horse | 9 hours ago

Democrats who control the state Senate in New York want to permit mobile sports wagering companies to offer in-game and season-long “prop” bets, such as wagers on most valuable players in a sports league.

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Blood-Horse | 11 hours ago

The New York Race Track Chaplaincy will honor Len Green with the Marylou Whitney Award for his ongoing humanitarian support of the New York backstretch community at their 17th Annual Fundraising Brunch to be held Aug. 14.

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Blood-Horse | 12 hours ago

Sierra Leone, winner of the Risen Star Stakes (G2), closed as the 7-1 favorite in Pool 5 of the Kentucky Derby Future Wager with champion 2-year-old Fierceness the 9-1 second betting choice.

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Blood-Horse | 12 hours ago

In the same week as Justify’s son Storm Boy awaits his Golden Slipper (G1) destiny, a colt by the same sire was the second-highest priced yearling sold at the March 18 opening session of the Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale.

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Blood-Horse | 14 hours ago

British racing received a boost March 18 when six key roles were added to a government list that should help with the sport’s staffing crisis.

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Blood-Horse | 14 hours ago

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Blood-Horse | 15 hours ago

The first time Dan Kjorsvik stepped foot at a racetrack he had little idea of how that experience would influence his future.

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Blood-Horse | 18 hours ago

Irish O’Brien Stakes

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Blood-Horse | 18 hours ago

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Farm Press Releases

When a filly from the first crop of Win Win Win sold for a sales-topping $1.8 million Thursday at the OBS March 2yo sale…

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Adios Charlie’s 4-year-old filly Stone Silent chalked up her third stakes win in a row Sunday at Gulfstream park with a rail-skimming victory…

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Stone Silent collected her second stakes win in as many starts with a handy victory in Sunday’s $115,000 Ladies’ Turf Sprint S…

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Hades kicked off his road to the 2024 Kentucky Derby (G1) with a two-length victory in Saturday’s $250,000 Holy Bull S. (G3) at Gulfstream Park…

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Fierceness was named the Eclipse Award Champion 2-Year-Old Male of 2023 on Thursday night, Jan. 25…

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Ocala Stud’s Grade 1 winners Roadster and Colonel Liam have both sired their first reported foals, the farm announced today…

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Thoroughbred Bloggers

Homeland, an impressive first-out maiden special weight winner Oct. 26 at Belmont Park, will make his stakes debut on Thanksgiving Day…

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Cheyenne Stables’ stakes-placed colt Clear Vision drew the outside post in the overflow field of 16 in Saturday’s $175,000 Commonwealth Turf S. (G3) at Churchill Downs…

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Grade 1-placed Shoplifted will break from post three in Friday’s $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1)…

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European Racing News

Betfair’s James Mackie has looked through the markets for the 2025 Cheltenham Festival and found three antepost bets that look overpriced…

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Get results for all today’s Cheltenham races here with highlights from Betfair’s Sportsbook and Exchange as Galopin Des Champs lands back to back Gold Cups in its 100th year…

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European Racing | Royal Ascot | 11 years ago

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