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Santa Anita Resumes Racing with Key Stakes and Jockey Updates as Ortiz Jr. Claims Earnings Title

Santa Anita plans to resume thoroughbred racing Friday through Sunday after rain cancellations earlier in the week, with an added program on Thursday, January 8. Highlighted is Saturday’s Santa Ynez Stakes featuring the return of Explora, a Bob Baffert-trained...

Jason Weaver’s All-Weather Horse Racing Tips for Chelmsford and Wolverhampton

Jason Weaver offers his all-weather horse racing tips with two selections for Chelmsford and four for Wolverhampton. At Chelmsford, he favors Urban Law in the 14:42 race, noting the horse’s promising handicap mark and suitable step up in distance,...

Explora Opens 3-Year-Old Season in Santa Ynez Stakes at Santa Anita

Explora, the favorite and runner-up in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) at Del Mar, is set to begin her 3-year-old season in the $100,000 Santa Ynez Stakes at Santa Anita Park on January 3. This 7-furlong race for...

RSPCA Rescues Tangled Gull and Stuck Horse in 2025 Animal Emergencies

In 2025, the RSPCA carried out numerous animal rescues, including freeing a gull trapped in a football net in Ramsgate and saving Albert, a horse stuck in mud in Edenbridge. The gull was found with a rope tightly wound...

Paul Alan Leslie, 59, Beloved Farmer and U.S. Army Veteran, Passes Away in East Fallowfield Township

Paul Alan Leslie, 59, of East Fallowfield Township, PA, passed away on December 27, 2025. A lifelong resident of the West Chester area, Paul proudly served in the U.S. Army in Germany and most recently worked as a grinder...

American Horseback Tour Operator Karen Johannsen Dies After Brutal Assault in Antigua

Karen Johannsen, a 66-year-old American horseback tour operator from Madison, Wisconsin, tragically died on December 26 after a brutal assault while leading horseback riding tours on Runaway Beach in Antigua. She suffered catastrophic injuries, including a massive head injury,...
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