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Keeneland’s Premier November Breeding Stock Sale Opens Tuesday

LEXINGTON, KY (Nov. 3, 2016) – Keeneland’s globally important November Breeding Stock Sale begins Tuesday, Nov. 8, featuring among the 4,762 horses cataloged a number of Grade 1 stakes-winning and stakes-producing fillies and mares, weanling siblings to champions and graded stakes winners, prominent horses of racing age and notable dispersals during its 13-day run through Sunday, Nov. 20.

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English Events Horse Happenings

$200,000 GOLDIKOVA STAKES AT ONE MILE ON TURF SUNDAY

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NANCY FROM NAIROBI, ZINDAYA, MAJESTIC HEAT & QUEEN OF THE SAND ALL PROMINENT IN GRADE II

ARCADIA, Calif. (Nov. 2, 2016)—Nancy From Nairobi, Zindaya, Majestic Heat and Queen of The Sand all figure prominently among a competitive field of seven fillies and mares going one mile on turf in Sunday’s Grade II, $200,000 Goldikova Stakes at Santa Anita.

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Events Horse Happenings Western

BUSHWACKER AND MAUNEY TEAM UP FOR SURPRISE

Photo by Tom Donoghue

By: Justin Felisko

LAS VEGAS – The red curtains inside the Showroom at the South Point Hotel Casino and Spa were drawn back and the capacity crowd in attendance of Tuesday night’s PBR Heroes & Legends Ceremony let out a gasp.

Three-time World Champion Bull Bushwacker was staring back at them, basking in all of his glory as the 2016 Brand of Honor recipient.

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2016 CP National Horse Show Kicks Off with Professional Hunter Divisions

John French and Boss won the classic and handy rounds of the Regular Conformation Hunter division to kick-off the 2016 CP National Horse Show on Tuesday in Lexington, Kentucky.

Photo by Lauren Baker, Phelps Media Group

Lexington, Ky. – Nov. 1, 2016 – The top horses and riders in the nation have come together once again to compete at the famed CP National Horse Show held at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky.

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Events Horse Happenings Western

PBR Built Ford Tough World Finals qualifiers & Bullfighters announced

LAS VEGAS (Oct. 31, 2016) – For the first time ever, the world’s top bull riders and fiercest bucking bulls will put it all on the line at the brand-new T-Mobile Arena on the famed Las Vegas Strip for the 2016 PBR Build Ford Tough World Finals Nov. 2-6.