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It made it the third win of her career for Lucky Strikes Gold today at Tampa.  It was also her first win on turf, after winning her two previous races on the Tapeta surface at Presque Isle Downs.  Congratulations to Stewart Strawbridge.{jcomments on}

made it a winning debut in the United States at Laurel today.  Ably ridden by Sheldon Russell she tracked the leaders, had a strong lead at the sixteenth pole which was dwindled a bit by her drifting out a little but she still won nicely.  She is a full sister to the Grade I star […]

As everyone knows by now, we hate it when any big guns leave and today Animal Kingdom and Toby’s Corner started their trip to Florida. The weather has been so wonderful that Graham wanted to take advantage before it got bad. They’ve been doing great here at Fair Hill and I know they will love […]

with Cop A Tude at Laurel today, ridden ably by Sheldon Russell.  Jay Sloan’s homebred colt by Officer out of Emotional Storm (who Graham trained as well) ran rather greenly but towards the wire was pulling away and looking very professional.  Congratulations to Jay and High Five Stable and thanks for getting us started! Nice […]

He turns seven years old tomorrow and it’s hard to keep Icabad Crane out of the money in his New York Stake races.  He was in very tight quarters today most of the way but had a good ride from David Cohen keeping him up just behind the pace up front.  When he went to kick […]

Someone sent me this really cool blog on Better Talk Now. I’ve copied the link as they have his photo in their banner on the top too. I have no idea who wrote it but it’s very sweet. http://bredblog.com/better-talk-now-and-he-did/ Talking of the boys, this photo was on the Fair Hill Training Center newsletter this week!{jcomments […]

After just being touched off for second place at Keeneland in her first race, Game Fair made it a win yesterday at Gulfstream Park.  The Keeneland race was on the polytrack and yesterday was her first time on the grass.  Congratulations to owner and breeder J.V. Shields, Jr.{jcomments on}

Posted: Tuesday, December 06, 2011 4:46 PM GRAHAM MOTION Wendy Wooley/EquiSport by Frank Angst As trainer Graham Motion accepted this year’s Big Sport of Turfdom Award, he noted the importance of using the media spotlight to promote the sport of Thoroughbred racing. Motion accepted the award, presented by the Turf Publicists of America to acknowledge […]

The four year daughter of Smart Strike has only ever won on turf, although she’s been placed on the all weather.  Today it was the first run on dirt for her so well done!  Congratulations to Augustin Stables.{jcomments on}

Eagle Poise again showed his likeness for the Woodbine polytrack when he won the Valedictory Stakes (Grade III) this evening.  He was just beaten in the same race in 2009 but got it done today.   It was an incredible finish as he was head and head with Harrod’s Creek and he seemed to actually ‘surge’ just […]