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Happy St. Patrick’s Day! To celebrate this beloved holiday, we decided to share some of our favorite St. Patrick’s Day-inspired racehorse names, plus a few Irish-themed names of horses that are racing today, making perfect hunch bets.

Saint Patrick

River Dance

Saint Paddy

Leprechaun

Green Beer Please

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On Saturday, Bridlewood Farm, Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Robert LaPenta's Tapwrit soared all the way up to No. 2 on the Kentucky Derby points leaderboard after earning 50 points with an emphatic win in the Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby.

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Racehorse Names Perfect for Valentine's Day

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Racetrack Romance: Six Noteworthy Racing Couples

They say that love can be found in the unlikeliest of places. If you’re not a horse person, finding love at a racetrack would probably qualify as one of those unlikely — if not totally strange — places. But if you’ve spent enough time either going to the races or working at the track, it’s not all that far-fetched to imagine romances being sparked over conversations about speed figures or candlelight dinners … by the barn (OK, that one I just made up).

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