Photo by Patricia Branan-Wendell
USA. vs. South Africa Twilight Arena Polo Fundraiser Set for Friday, June 3rd at Harlinsdale
FRANKLIN, Tenn. – It’s polo season in Middle Tennessee, and that means the ponies are headed back to the Park at Harlinsdale Farm. Franklin Polo Academy will kick off their inaugural year with a twilight arena polo event on Friday, June 3, featuring top professional and amateur players in an international match.
Photo: David Millins and Nicholas Canyon in the StanJames.com Morgiana Hurdle at Punchestown. RTS Sports/Racing
75th Anniversary Event Raises Stakes with International Brown Advisory Cheltenham Challenge
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Two Euro racing legends are leading the UK contingency currently en route to Nashville with contenders in pursuit of the first leg of the million-dollar Brown Advisory Iroquois Cheltenham Challenge. A horse who places first in both the Iroquois in Nashville this Saturday, May 14 and the Ryanair World Hurdle at Cheltenham Racecourse in England next March would win approximately $1 million, including the $500,000 Challenge bonus.
Photo by: Jamie Newell
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Saturday, May 7, 2016) – Reddam Racing’s Nyquist took the lead from Gun Runner in the upper stretch, opened a daylight margin and had more than enough to hold off Exaggerator by 1 1/4 lengths to win the 142nd running of the $2,391,600 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (GI) on a sun-splashed afternoon before a crowd of 167,227, the second-largest in Derby history.