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Abby Adsit always knew where she belonged. In the early days as a child, her fellow schoolgirls dreamed of becoming a fairy princess. She, being from a horsey family that lived in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. pictured herself as a horse trainer.
The phone in David Nunn’s pocket is ringing like crazy these days.These things happen when you win your first graded stakes race on one of the biggest racing days of the year in New York.
The first double-meet weekend of the 2013 steeplechase season turned into a showcase for the proverbial little guy as wins came early and often for stables that don’t routinely crack the top 10 on the circuit. Good for the game, no matter who you root for.
Final Four Saturday is a sports fans’ dream day. The first Saturday in April frequently carries similar weight for the racing world.
$1,074,751: Career earnings for the four starters in the Sandhills Cup at Stoneybrook Saturday. Yes, a over million dollars, earned by four horses, in an allowance race – in steeplechasing.
The handicappers are back at work, looking for winners on the steeplechase circuit. Joe leads the early going with five wins to three apiece for Sean and Tom.
Trainer Graham Motion and Barry Irwin’s Team Valor International – the team behind 2013 Dubai World Cup and 2011 Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom – will soon part ways, according to a statement released today by the racing syndicate.
Animal Kingdom, conqueror or the Kentucky Derby and the Dubai World Cup, will look to a new challenge later this month in plans announced today by Team Valor International and trainer H. Graham Motion through reclusive racing spokeswoman April Fulsdae.
