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03novAll Day10Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale

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5 hours ago

National HBPA
🚨 We are ONE WEEK out from the Claiming Crown! Message us if you have a special story to share about your Claiming Crown team! 👑 🏇 We are excited to welcome the workhorses and their connections to the Bluegrass for this special event! ...
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1 day ago

National HBPA
Trainer Carlos Santamaria tells us the importance of the Claiming Crown as he prepares to have his first starter in American racing's day in the spotlight for the blue-collar claiming horses that are the backbone of the sport across the country. Here he is with Workman Ranch's Global Sensation. Join us Saturday, Nov. 14, for the Claiming Crown at Churchill Downs. If you can't make this popular racing day in person, enjoy betting an afternoon of full fields of hard-knocking horses at your favorite simulcast outlet or ADW platform. Sponsored by the National HBPA and Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association in conjunction with the Kentucky HBPA and Churchill Downs. ...
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3 days ago

National HBPA
Ten days from now: One of the most exciting and fun days of racing returns to Churchill Downs Nov. 14 and to your favorite simulcast outlet or ADW platform. The Claiming Crown brings full fields of horses with amazing stories as we fete our industry's backbone and the men and women behind them. Don't miss out on the TwinSpires Claiming Crown NHC online qualifier tournament which will award at least two seats to the NHC Championship. Info at this link: www.ntra.com/events-main/twinspires-claiming-crown-nhc-qualifier/Kentucky HBPA Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association Kansas Thoroughbred Association Pennsylvania Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association Tampa Bay Downs HBPA, Inc. Florida Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association Iowa Horsemens Benevolent and Protective Association, Inc. Indiana HBPA Thoroughbred Racing Association of Oklahoma (TRAO) Arkansas HBPA Nebraska HBPA Finger Lakes Hbpa New York Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association Maryland Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association BloodHorse Thoroughbred Daily News Horse Racing Nation ...
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🚨 We are ONE WEEK out from the Claiming Crown! Message us if you have a special story to share about your Claiming Crown team! 👑 🏇 We are excited to welcome the workhorses and their connections to the Bluegrass for this special event!

@HorseRacingKK @garypaljr @Steve_Byk

@nationalhbpa @ChurchillDowns @arhbpa @CTHBPA @FingerLakesHBPA @FloridaHorsemen @IndianaHBPA @IowaHBPA @lahbpa @NebraskaHBPA @PA_HBPA @virginiaracing @stoolpresidente Come see the Claiming Crown at @ChurchillDowns. No sheikhs, no billionaires, just blue-collar horses and the horsemen who grind every day. The working man's Breeders' Cup. 🏇 #ClaimingCrown

Salahudin, third in the @BreedersCup Juv at @Keeneland won by his stablemate Hughes, could run back in @ChurchillDowns' G2 KY Jockey Club, @BobBaffert tells @Steve_Byk. This and more in today's #ChurchillDowns update by @horseracingKK. 📸@CoadyMediaUSA #KyDerby2027 @JoeyDaKRacing

Today is entry day for next Saturday's Claiming Crown at @ChurchillDowns.

The 12-race card will feature nine Claiming Crown races as well as the $300,000 Dream Supreme (Listed).











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