Three-time Super Bowl-winning tight end Travis Kelce recorded his first win as an owner June 22 when Swift Delivery swept to a two-length score in a 1 1/16-mile allowance race at Woodbine.
The upcoming weekend in horse racing is highlighted by two Win and You’re In prep races at Churchill Downs for this fall’s Breeders’ Cup World Championships.
First hosted in 2017, the Real Rider Cup is back this week to support aftercare with 28 riders signed up to take part in the first part of the show hosted in Lexington, Ky. on June 28, with the second leg of the event hosted in Maryland during the Mars Maryland 5 Star event at Fair Hill on Oct. 18.
When Leslie and Anthony Arcuri lost their beloved horse Ghazi in October, the grief was intense. Ghazi had been part of their family for 30 years and had been through life’s highest highs and lowest lows with the couple.
Gucci, a 30-year-old Thoroughbred that the Arcuris adopted in 2004 from the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF) in Montpelier, Va., was grieving, too. Ghazi had been Gucci’s best friend for two decades. It quickly became clear that Gucci needed a new friend. Gucci was TRF’s first successful adoption from their Montpelier location.
Wow, where has this month gone?! With spring shows in full swing and our eyes on summer schedules, the calendar has been jam-packed as of late, and you know what they say, “time flies when you’re having fun!”
For Teddy Spaghetti, it’s been a month of new experiences, well-deserved rest, and getting back to the basics. For Natty Bumppo, it’s been another month of getting to know each other and weighing our future options.
