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Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux, Clement L. Hirsch, Pillar of the Turf, Oak Tree Racing Association, America's Best Racing, horse racing, ABR

Clement L. Hirsch: Businessman, Sportsman, Pillar of the Turf

In the pantheon of influential names in California racing, Clement L. Hirsch ranks up there with Bing Crosby, Dr. Charles Strub, and Elias “Lucky” Baldwin, owners and breeders whose passion for the sport translated to a lifetime of work on its behalf.

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SLIDESHOW: Meet the Contenders for the 2025 Haskell Stakes

The $1 million NYRA Bets Haskell Stakes July 19 is the marquee race at Monmouth Park and drew a strong cast of runners expected to compete in the 1 1/8-mile Grade 1 stakes for 3-year-olds.

Dr. Agne, Cherie DeVaux, Saratoga Race Course, Lady Eli

Dr. Agne, Son of Champion Lady Eli, Wins Emotional Career Debut at Saratoga

If you watch the replay of the sixth race at Saratoga Race Course from July 11 (see below), you’ll start to hear some shrieking shortly after the field of 2-year-old maidens hit the quarter pole. The shrieking intensified as No. 3 Dr.

Excellent Truth, She Feels Pretty, Saratoga Race Course, Diana Stakes, Chad Brown

Chad Brown Gets 10th Diana Stakes Win as Excellent Truth Edges She Feels Pretty

The $485,000 Grade 1 Dunkin' Diana Stakes drew some of the best turf fillies and mares the division has to offer, and down the stretch it was Excellent Truth and She Feels Pretty that put on a show July 12 at Saratoga Race Course.

Jockey Club, Round Table, conference, Saratoga, Griffin Johnson, social media, influencer, Steve Kornacki, NBC, speakers, America’s Best Racing, ABR, Stake in Stardom, Sandman, Everett Dobson, chairman, Jim Gagliano, horse racing

Griffin Johnson, NBC's Steve Kornacki Among Scheduled Speakers at Round Table Conference

The Jockey Club announced July 10 the speakers for its 73rd Annual Round Table Conference on Matters Pertaining to Racing, which will be held July 31 at the Hall of Springs in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., at 10 a.m. ET, following a networking breakfast that begins at 9 a.m. It will also be livestreamed on The Jockey Club’s website at jockeyclub.com.

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