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Fourth Season of Foal Patrol to Debut on Dec. 29

Season 4 of the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame’s popular live webcam series Foal Patrol will debut online at www.foalpatrol.com on Tuesday, Dec. 29. Season 4 will feature in-foal mares at Mill Ridge Farm, Safari North at Pauls Mill Farm, and Three Chimneys Farm – all based in Kentucky – and Old Tavern Farm in New York. Season 4 will also feature champion sire Tapit at Gainesway Farm in Kentucky.

Jack Knowlton Diary: Tiz the Law Takes on Classic, ‘Race Within a Race’

Managing partner Jack Knowlton and his fellow Sackatoga Stable owners stepped out of a yellow school bus at Churchill Downs to gain an upset victory with New York-bred gelding Funny Cide in the 2003 Kentucky Derby. In another unexpected development, Knowlton and Sackatoga have returned to the national spotlight with another stellar New York-bred.

Melen Savoring Ride to ‘Winner’s Circle of Life’

Guaranteed to turn heads on Halloween, Steve and Tanya Melen cruise downtown Tiburon in his 1964 red Mercury Comet Caliente convertible. He is dressed as the “Joy of Painting” artist Bob Ross, complete with a resplendent beard. Tanya has been transformed into one of his aesthetically pleasing landscapes with happy little trees. “Bob” turns to the camera and says, “Look at the beautiful nature and scenery. Aren’t the trees beautiful? Don’t they make you want to stop and take a little breath? I think I am going to paint them.

Second of July Bringing Gleaves Back to Big Stage for Breeders’ Cup

When Second of July springs from the starting gate in the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint, know that his trainer, Phil Gleaves, is someone to loudly root for. When it comes to selflessness, when it comes to putting fatherhood above all else, he is second to none.

Combination of Skill, Luck Has Albaugh Family Eyeing Breeders’ Cup Double

Some might say it takes an equal amount of luck and skill to have a horse advance to the Breeders’ Cup World Championships. In the case of Albaugh Family Stables, it possesses so much of both that it has a pair of 2-year-olds pointed toward the season-culminating event at Keeneland Race Course.

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