Absolutely delighted(and very shocked and overwhelmed) to have been nominated for Photographer of the Year at this year’s HWPA Awards. In a category as tough as this, a nomination is as good as a win. So this one’s for you dad, I hope I’ve done you proud wherever you are ❤️
Godolphin Flying Start graduate Liza Hendriks has announced the launch of @QuinellaSilks, a new company specializing in custom racing silks. A portion of every order is donated to the @PDJFund 💙
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Billsperfectstorm retired to Rerun in 2016 and was adopted out shortly afterwards. He went to the 2017 RRP and then was sold. Over the past decade he has had a couple of homes and was eventing.
A couple of days ago, one eagle eyed 👀 horse advocate saw him for sale in a local PA group and let the owners know that he was a Rerun horse and as such, could always come back.
Yesterday Amy and I drove a 600 mile round trip to pick him up and bring him home.
He is in good condition and was clearly very loved so no hate please.
He traveled like a trooper and has settled right in. The vet will be here later for his work up. At nearly 15 years old, it is anticipated that he will become a resident.
Welcome home Bill.
Frankel has been very much in the news this week as his reputation as a sire has been strengthened by recent big race results.
It was actually Frankel who started my love affair with horse racing photography. It was this photo that I took on my Sony Ericsson C905 after Frankel won The Lockinge at Newbury in 2012 that started me off on a journey that I have thoroughly enjoyed and gained great pleasure from.
After this, I was running around racecourses with my mobile for a year or so before @meteorshoweryn who had seen my keen enthusiasm gifted me his Nikon D300 when he had to return to Japan when his visa ran out. I remember Yuji putting it around my neck at Kempton the day before he caught his flight home. I was quite humbled.
I just wish I’d discovered this wonderful hobby earlier in my life. It’s a hobby that feeds the soul and captures memories that last a lifetime.
Hip 824 at Keeneland November 🍁 Book 2
• Broodmare by TAPIT, now the damsire of over 150 Stakes winners
• She's a Grade 2-winning daughter of Eclipse Award Champion Dreaming of Anna
• IF to the Champion Gun Runner son SIERRA LEONE
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@MaryEllet@ZenyattaMafia There is also a King Spa 30 minutes from Newark just fyi 😉 not sure who may have a 9 hr layover in NJ that needs to hear this.
It's here - my annual Melbourne Cup preview, back for the 20th time but making its debut for @thepakistanstar!
Get the story of each runner in this year's race, their predicted finishing position and also a speed map.
As always, it's completely free!
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FOX Sports expands its year-round horse racing coverage with premier winter racing 🏇
🏇 The Gulfstream Park Championship Meet joins AMERICA'S DAY AT THE RACES in 2027 🏇 The $1 million EquiTrack Florida Derby airs March 27 on FOX
🗒️: https://t.co/5wg3Xi7INF
Here is the first horse we ever bought and raced, Miss Moana, @NewgateFarm a couple of years ago with her first foal, a Flying Artie filly.
This little filly is now the Group 3 Reginald Allen winner, Beyond The Reef! @breednet@TheStraightonX@RayThomas_1
Next weekend is the Sergeant Reckless festival on Jeju. Robin Hutton's book has now been published in Korean. I met Robin and Reckless memorial sculptor Jocelyn Russell more than 10 years ago & they were back in Seoul recently. We have all aged - some better than others!
“When I asked him, he reacted really well & showed a turn of foot – a little bit, but I asked only a little bit. He’s following our orders well,” assistant Yuki Araki on FOREVER YOUNG #フォーエバーヤング who worked Sunday in prep for @breederscup
More ⬇️
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In a Jockey Club Gold Cup moment for the ages, Angel Cordero, Jr. visits with '26 winner Forever Young. In addition to winning the JCGC 3 times, Cordero also rode Forever Young's great-great grandsire Seattle Slew in a valiant runner-up effort on Oct. 14, 1978 #フォーエバーヤング