Great Friends Stable has been selected by Thoroughbred Owners of California (TOC) as the recipient of this year's Horseracing Partnership Award.
Great Friends campaigns GI Hill 'N' Dale Metropolitan H. winner Raging Torrent (Maximus Mischief) in partnership with Yulong Racing.
The Southern California-based partnership is headed by Craig Dado, founder and owner of Sports Injury Central (SIC), a real-time expert sports injury analysis website.
Approximately 15 members of the Great Friends Racing group traveled to Saratoga to watch Raging Torrent win the Met Mile.
Great Friends Stable was conceived by Dado in 2007 while working at Del Mar, where he met Scott Kaplan and Billy Ray Smith, talk radio personalities who wanted to get into horseracing.
“We were just a little claiming barn from Del Mar,” said Dado. “We were lucky enough to meet Mark Davis and buy into some of his horses.”
Great Friends Stable will be recognized with a special presentation of a trophy award at TOC's Southern California Annual Meeting on Saturday, Aug. 16, at Del Mar.
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