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McKinzie's Journey from Juvenile Star to Gainesway Roster

Since his maiden-breaking 'TDN Rising Star'-worthy juvenile debut, <a href="https://gainesway.com/stallions/mckinzie/ " class="horse-link" target="_blank">McKinzie</a> had caught the eye of Gainesway Farm. But according to Gainesway's Director of Stallion Sales and Recruitment Sean Tugel, the son of <a href="https://www.darleyamerica.com/stallions/our-stallions/street-sense " class="horse-link" target="_blank">Street Sense</a> had the attention of nearly every top stud farm in the country. “He was on everybody's radar from the very beginning,” he...

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Ned Toffey Joins the TDN Writers' Room

Spendthrift Farm's General Manager Ned Toffey joins this week's TDN Writers' Room to talk new sire Authentic, recent purchase Monomoy Girl and the farm's thriving operation. Business is booming at Spendthrift Farm. The once-defunct stallion station has enjoyed a remarkable resurgence in the past decade, thanks in large part to a superstar stallion, a deep-pocketed...

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Star Mare Serengeti Empress Comes Home to Taylor Made

On November 16, Taylor Made Farm welcomed 2019 Kentucky Oaks winner Serengeti Empress. The two-time Grade I winner will be bred to Spendthrift Farm's Into Mischief. Serengeti Empress (Alternation-Havisham, by Bernardini), second to Gamine (Into Mischief) in the GI Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint S. Saturday at Keeneland, has been retired and will be bred...

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The Next Generation: Annise-Montplaisir

The 25-year-old Annise Montplaisir has come a long way from her home track, North Dakota Horse Park. She is a graduate of the Godolphin Flying Start program, and is now the project manager for a new initiative called Together For Racing International. Annise Montplaisir has come a long way from her childhood racetrack, North Dakota...

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Retired Thoroughbreds at Home in Senior Living Community

Well-regarded Thoroughbred aftercare organization Old Friends has partnered up with Ashton Grove Senior Living Community to form a relationship between senior citizens and equine retirees. Old Friends, the non-profit organization that cares for over 200 retired racehorses near Georgetown, Ky., has formed a unique arrangement with Georgetown's new Ashton Grove Senior Living Community, which is...

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Brad Cox Joins the TDN Writers' Room, Episode 62 | November 11, 2020

Red hot trainer Brad Cox joins this week's TDN Writers' Room coming off four Breeders' Cup wins last weekend. Already considered one of the hottest barns in America heading into Breeders' Cup weekend, Brad Cox's stable provided an exclamation point to a monster 2020 season with a whopping four World Championship victories at Keeneland. Now...

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First Foals For Cracksman

Cracksman (GB) (<a href="https://bit.ly/2KNga16 " class="horse-link" target="_blank">Frankel</a> {GB}), who was a European Champion at three and four, retired to Darley's Dalham Hall in 2019. His first crop of foals are due to come under the hammer at the upcoming sales. Jack Bloom spoke to TDN's Alayna Cullen about the young sire. Also expecting his first foals in 2021, MG1SW...

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Book 1 Wrap-Up from the 2020 Keeneland November Sale

The first session of the Keeneland November Sale featured eight seven-figure horses, including the Book 1 topper: four-time graded stakes winner Concrete Rose, who sold for $1.95 million to Larry Best's OXO Equine. OXO Equine's Larry Best took home the top two lots Monday during the lone Book 1 session of the Keeneland November Breeding...

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Authentic Retired to Spendthrift

It may have seemed a foregone conclusion when he hit the line a decisive winner of the Breeders' Cup Classic, and it proved to be so. Authentic arrived to take up stud duty at Spendthrift Farm on Monday after the Breeders' Cup. We talk to Bob Baffert and Ned Toffey about the new stallion. Kentucky...

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Ferrin Peterson Heads to New York

After a successful summer at Monmouth Park this summer, where she was second-leading rider and had two four-win days, veterinarian-turned-jockey Ferrin Peterson heads to Aqueduct, where she'll be represented by one of the Big A's former stars, Julie Krone. Peterson, 28, has made a splash this summer on the Jersey Shore, for both on and...

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