A “Celebration of the Horse,” a fund-raising event presented by Cincinnati-based Great American Insurance for the benefit of the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation, will be held Friday, October 26, 2012, at the Keene Barn at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Ky.
Month: October 2012
Wellington, FL-October 24, 2012- The November 1 opening date for entries for the Wellington Classic Holiday Challenge will soon be upon us, and you won’t want to miss out on this Great American/USDF qualifying competition while helping those less fortunate in the community.
LEXINGTON, KY (October 24, 2012) – Jockey Julien Leparoux became the fifth rider in Keeneland’s 76-year history to reach the 300-win plateau Wednesday when he guided Son of a General to victory in the sixth race.
WINNIE, Texas – The PRCA Xtreme Bulls Tour begins the 2013 season on the scariest night of the year in Winnie, Texas, on Wednesday, Oct. 31. The Nutty Jerry’s Halloween Xtreme tour stop is featured as part of the PRCA’s nationally-televised package on Great American Country (GAC) – and it offers a “Trick or Treat “atmosphere among the leading PRCA bull riders.
Harris parlays big score in early round to Ram Prairie Circuit title
DUNCAN, Okla. – Bradley Harris won the bull riding title at the Ram Prairie Circuit Finals on Thursday night; he just didn’t know it until Saturday.
Lexington, KY – October 22, 2012 – Now just around the corner, the Alltech National Horse Show, scheduled for the Alltech Arena at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky on October 30 – November 4, 2012, will feature a world-class field of top national and international open jumpers, competing for some of the biggest purses on the fall indoor tour.
LEXINGTON, KY (October 17, 2012) – Richard, Bertram and Elaine Klein’s Beijoca, last in the early going, powered by the leaders just inside the eighth pole to win the featured $52,000 Mineola Purse for fillies and mares by 2 1/4 lengths over Archetype before a crowd of 10,348 at Keeneland on Wednesday.
ARCADIA , Calif. (Oct. 17, 2012)—Glen Hill Farm’s homebred Broken Dreams will defend her title against eight other fillies and mares in Saturday’s Grade III, $100,000 Senator Ken Maddy Stakes for fillies and mares at about 6 ½ furlongs down Santa Anita’s hillside turf course.