Emma Berry
@emmacollingsberry.bsky.social
Scribbler and snapper, mostly of racehorses. European editor of Thoroughbred Daily News. Newmarket-based with a smattering of Highlands.
Very much enjoyed chatting to Lavinia Fabre while in France last week. A winning trainer in her own right after just two runners, she will form a training partnership with her legendary father later this year. Full interview below.
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New Trainer Lavinia Fabre on Learning From the Best
New trainer Lavinia Fabre recently saddled her first winner at Saint-Cloud and will soon train in partnership with her father, Andre Fabre.
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October 27, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Very much enjoyed chatting to Lavinia Fabre while in France last week. A winning trainer in her own right after just two runners, she will form a training partnership with her legendary father later this year. Full interview below.
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This year alone, the BEBF has contributed £2m to British racing. It is vital extra funding, made possible by contributions from the stallion studs, supporting the industry from the grassroots up. Honoured to have been asked to take over from Simon.
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TDN's Emma Berry to Succeed Simon Sweeting as Chair of British EBF
The TDN's Emma Berry will succeed Simon Sweeting as chair of the British EBF in January 2026. Berry, who joined the Thoroughbred Daily News as European editor in 2015, previously worked as deputy edit...
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October 3, 2025 at 2:57 PM
This year alone, the BEBF has contributed £2m to British racing. It is vital extra funding, made possible by contributions from the stallion studs, supporting the industry from the grassroots up. Honoured to have been asked to take over from Simon.
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‘The weekend's results have served a strong reminder that, at 23, Dubawi remains an incredibly dominant force.’
@emmacollingsberry.bsky.social examines the importance of Dubawi in the pedigrees of the big winners this past weekend.
@emmacollingsberry.bsky.social examines the importance of Dubawi in the pedigrees of the big winners this past weekend.
Twenty Years On, It's Still Dubawi's World
Twenty years ago, Dubawi claimed his third Group 1 victory in the Prix Jacques Le Marois. On Sunday, Sajir, his third-generation male-line descendant, claimed his own first top-level win, also in Deau...
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August 10, 2025 at 6:30 PM
‘The weekend's results have served a strong reminder that, at 23, Dubawi remains an incredibly dominant force.’
@emmacollingsberry.bsky.social examines the importance of Dubawi in the pedigrees of the big winners this past weekend.
@emmacollingsberry.bsky.social examines the importance of Dubawi in the pedigrees of the big winners this past weekend.
The ties that bind.
“Having the Sangster colours back in Ballydoyle and winning a Group 1 means a lot to everyone.”
Sam Sangster securing Diego Velazquez to stand in Newmarket will also mean a lot to the team at the National Stud.
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“Having the Sangster colours back in Ballydoyle and winning a Group 1 means a lot to everyone.”
Sam Sangster securing Diego Velazquez to stand in Newmarket will also mean a lot to the team at the National Stud.
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'An Incredibly Emotional Moment': National Hero Sangster Delivers G1 Stallion for Newmarket
DEAUVILLE, FRANCE — There have been few more rapturous receptions to a winner in the usually reserved enclosure of Deauville than that given to Diego Velazquez on this sweltering Sunday afternoon. Sam...
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August 17, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The ties that bind.
“Having the Sangster colours back in Ballydoyle and winning a Group 1 means a lot to everyone.”
Sam Sangster securing Diego Velazquez to stand in Newmarket will also mean a lot to the team at the National Stud.
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“Having the Sangster colours back in Ballydoyle and winning a Group 1 means a lot to everyone.”
Sam Sangster securing Diego Velazquez to stand in Newmarket will also mean a lot to the team at the National Stud.
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“And it's my first Group 1 winner in those colours. We have been knocking on the door, and it was nice to reverse that,”
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'An Incredibly Emotional Moment': National Hero Sangster Delivers G1 Stallion for Newmarket @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social
'An Incredibly Emotional Moment': National Hero Sangster Delivers G1 Stallion for Newmarket
DEAUVILLE, FRANCE — There have been few more rapturous receptions to a winner in the usually reserved enclosure of Deauville than that given to Diego Velazquez on this sweltering Sunday afternoon. Sam...
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August 17, 2025 at 4:47 PM
“And it's my first Group 1 winner in those colours. We have been knocking on the door, and it was nice to reverse that,”
'An Incredibly Emotional Moment': National Hero Sangster Delivers G1 Stallion for Newmarket @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social
'An Incredibly Emotional Moment': National Hero Sangster Delivers G1 Stallion for Newmarket @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social
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“He, at the moment, looks like he has the potential to be the best we've ever had, and we're going to stick with him.”
'We're in it to Own Racehorses and Enjoy Them': Mick Mariscotti on Crack Juvenile Zavateri by @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social
'We're in it to Own Racehorses and Enjoy Them': Mick Mariscotti on Crack Juvenile Zavateri by @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social
'We're in it to Own Racehorses and Enjoy Them': Mick Mariscotti on Crack Juvenile Zavateri
“We're enjoying it enormously.” Those are words racing needs to hear from every owner. In the case of Mick and Janice Mariscotti, who have been in the game long enough to have experienced both good d...
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August 6, 2025 at 11:13 AM
“He, at the moment, looks like he has the potential to be the best we've ever had, and we're going to stick with him.”
'We're in it to Own Racehorses and Enjoy Them': Mick Mariscotti on Crack Juvenile Zavateri by @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social
'We're in it to Own Racehorses and Enjoy Them': Mick Mariscotti on Crack Juvenile Zavateri by @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social
This was a joy to write. Loved speaking to Franca about this most special of days.
🗣️ "He was a hell of a horse. I'm very lucky to have been around when he was there."
50 years since the Grundy vs. Bustino showdown in the 1975 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes and it still thrills Franca Vittadini. TDN's @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social checks in.
50 years since the Grundy vs. Bustino showdown in the 1975 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes and it still thrills Franca Vittadini. TDN's @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social checks in.
Diamonds Are Forever: Franca Vittadini Remembers the Double Delights of Grundy's King George Victory
Those old enough to have seen it may well go to the grave thinking they will never witness another race like it. Grundy vs Bustino, the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes, 26 July 1975....
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July 26, 2025 at 9:23 PM
This was a joy to write. Loved speaking to Franca about this most special of days.
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🗣️ "He was a hell of a horse. I'm very lucky to have been around when he was there."
50 years since the Grundy vs. Bustino showdown in the 1975 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes and it still thrills Franca Vittadini. TDN's @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social checks in.
50 years since the Grundy vs. Bustino showdown in the 1975 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes and it still thrills Franca Vittadini. TDN's @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social checks in.
Diamonds Are Forever: Franca Vittadini Remembers the Double Delights of Grundy's King George Victory
Those old enough to have seen it may well go to the grave thinking they will never witness another race like it. Grundy vs Bustino, the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes, 26 July 1975....
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July 25, 2025 at 2:59 PM
🗣️ "He was a hell of a horse. I'm very lucky to have been around when he was there."
50 years since the Grundy vs. Bustino showdown in the 1975 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes and it still thrills Franca Vittadini. TDN's @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social checks in.
50 years since the Grundy vs. Bustino showdown in the 1975 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes and it still thrills Franca Vittadini. TDN's @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social checks in.
John and Dereham, a happy trainer and his happy horse.
July 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM
John and Dereham, a happy trainer and his happy horse.
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"I have never seen a market where there is such depth."
@emmacollingsberry.bsky.social reports from the JRHA Select Sale in Japan where Equinox's first foals led the way, followed closely by Kitasan Black foals, as buyers from all over the world came out in force.
@emmacollingsberry.bsky.social reports from the JRHA Select Sale in Japan where Equinox's first foals led the way, followed closely by Kitasan Black foals, as buyers from all over the world came out in force.
'I'm About To Cry': Bidders Go All In On Equinox's First Foals At The JRHA Select Sale
HOKKAIDO, Japan — Via a select bunch of his first foals, Equinox made a JRHA Select Sale debut every bit as explosive as his killer turn of foot on the track, with 23 of his youngsters sold for an ave...
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July 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
"I have never seen a market where there is such depth."
@emmacollingsberry.bsky.social reports from the JRHA Select Sale in Japan where Equinox's first foals led the way, followed closely by Kitasan Black foals, as buyers from all over the world came out in force.
@emmacollingsberry.bsky.social reports from the JRHA Select Sale in Japan where Equinox's first foals led the way, followed closely by Kitasan Black foals, as buyers from all over the world came out in force.
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🗣️ "Nearly all the good ones that I've had that have come out early and done well have made very good older horses."
@emmacollingsberry.bsky.social checks in with Rod Millman, who sends out the fast young filly Anthelia in Saturday's £250,000 Weatherbys Super Sprint.
@emmacollingsberry.bsky.social checks in with Rod Millman, who sends out the fast young filly Anthelia in Saturday's £250,000 Weatherbys Super Sprint.
'I Don't Try to Buy Cheap Horses, I Try to Buy Nice Horses Cheaply'
Think of the West Country and one tends to picture wintry days and the big jumping yards, but amid the rolling hills of Devon sits one of the smaller Flat operations which routinely finds at least one...
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July 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
🗣️ "Nearly all the good ones that I've had that have come out early and done well have made very good older horses."
@emmacollingsberry.bsky.social checks in with Rod Millman, who sends out the fast young filly Anthelia in Saturday's £250,000 Weatherbys Super Sprint.
@emmacollingsberry.bsky.social checks in with Rod Millman, who sends out the fast young filly Anthelia in Saturday's £250,000 Weatherbys Super Sprint.
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Fresh from her travels to Japan for the Select Sale @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social shares insights from the trip in Seven Days as well as:
🔹 A Bonanza for the Budget Breeders
🔹 Trotting Hot to a Hundred
🔹 Another Egan to Note
🔹 A Bonanza for the Budget Breeders
🔹 Trotting Hot to a Hundred
🔹 Another Egan to Note
Seven Days: Supergroups and Underdogs
The early part of last week was spent covering the JRHA Select Sale in Japan, a trip that is always illuminating, to an auction that remains extraordinary. Number one of the list of most surprising th...
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July 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Fresh from her travels to Japan for the Select Sale @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social shares insights from the trip in Seven Days as well as:
🔹 A Bonanza for the Budget Breeders
🔹 Trotting Hot to a Hundred
🔹 Another Egan to Note
🔹 A Bonanza for the Budget Breeders
🔹 Trotting Hot to a Hundred
🔹 Another Egan to Note
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Seven Days by @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social : A Photo Finish Like No Other for breeder Marc Ruehl
And
🔹 Delacroix Proves His Worth
🔹 The Wootton Boys
🔹 Palace Pier Emerging
🔹 Looming Threat to British Racing
And
🔹 Delacroix Proves His Worth
🔹 The Wootton Boys
🔹 Palace Pier Emerging
🔹 Looming Threat to British Racing
Seven Days: A Photo Finish Like No Other
Unbridled joy was present in bundles at Hamburg on Sunday as recent amateur-turned-apprentice Nina Baltromei urged Hochkonig to victory on the line in the 156th Deutsches Derby, denying the Karl Burke...
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July 7, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Seven Days by @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social : A Photo Finish Like No Other for breeder Marc Ruehl
And
🔹 Delacroix Proves His Worth
🔹 The Wootton Boys
🔹 Palace Pier Emerging
🔹 Looming Threat to British Racing
And
🔹 Delacroix Proves His Worth
🔹 The Wootton Boys
🔹 Palace Pier Emerging
🔹 Looming Threat to British Racing
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“As we remember them, it is easy to feel an extra sorrowful pang of 'things ain't what they used to be'.”
Seven Days: Lamenting The Four Horsemen by @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social
Seven Days: Lamenting The Four Horsemen by @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social
Seven Days: Lamenting the Four Horsemen
On the day that Kevin Prendergast was remembered at the Curragh in the naming of the International Stakes, and a day after Peter Easterby was laid to rest, another great of the training ranks was lost...
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June 30, 2025 at 5:21 PM
“As we remember them, it is easy to feel an extra sorrowful pang of 'things ain't what they used to be'.”
Seven Days: Lamenting The Four Horsemen by @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social
Seven Days: Lamenting The Four Horsemen by @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social
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“That's why I'm here. A bit of
maintenance and a few Group 1 winners, that will do me.”
Lambourn Dances to the Tune of his Forefathers on a Derby Day to Savour by @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social
maintenance and a few Group 1 winners, that will do me.”
Lambourn Dances to the Tune of his Forefathers on a Derby Day to Savour by @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social
Lambourn Dances to the Tune of his Forefathers on a Derby Day to Savour
THE CURRAGH, Ireland — The sun came out as he came in. Lambourn, a dual Derby winner, just like his sire before him, and his grandsire before that. He had to work for it, mind. This was no procession...
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June 29, 2025 at 7:31 PM
“That's why I'm here. A bit of
maintenance and a few Group 1 winners, that will do me.”
Lambourn Dances to the Tune of his Forefathers on a Derby Day to Savour by @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social
maintenance and a few Group 1 winners, that will do me.”
Lambourn Dances to the Tune of his Forefathers on a Derby Day to Savour by @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social
It’s been a special week. Two honest and tough horses, Cloudy Rose and Dereham, winning as they liked at Brighton and Newmarket. These victories, however small, mean the world to us.
June 29, 2025 at 6:55 AM
It’s been a special week. Two honest and tough horses, Cloudy Rose and Dereham, winning as they liked at Brighton and Newmarket. These victories, however small, mean the world to us.
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“Whether you're partying in the car parks or punting from the comfort of your own sofa, it is an unmissable, stamina-sapping five days.”
Seven Days: A Royal Ascot of Diverse Delights by @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social
Seven Days: A Royal Ascot of Diverse Delights by @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social
Seven Days: A Royal Ascot of Diverse Delights
It has been a strangely discombobulating week in some respects. It started in Westminster last Monday with the All-Party Parliamentary Group issuing its stark warning of the triple threat to the indus...
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June 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
“Whether you're partying in the car parks or punting from the comfort of your own sofa, it is an unmissable, stamina-sapping five days.”
Seven Days: A Royal Ascot of Diverse Delights by @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social
Seven Days: A Royal Ascot of Diverse Delights by @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social
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🗣️ "To have their support means so much. To think that our little stud can produce a horse who's in training at Ballydoyle."
A big day on the grand stage of #RoyalAscot for the small breeders, from Docklands to Gstaad and American Affair. @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social recaps the day.
A big day on the grand stage of #RoyalAscot for the small breeders, from Docklands to Gstaad and American Affair. @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social recaps the day.
Union Jack Flying High as Small Breeders Strike on the Big Stage
ASCOT, UK — There may be cause for concern when it comes to the tumbling number of foals bred in Britain but, with Ascot festooned with the Union Jack, the first three races represented a terrific res...
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June 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
🗣️ "To have their support means so much. To think that our little stud can produce a horse who's in training at Ballydoyle."
A big day on the grand stage of #RoyalAscot for the small breeders, from Docklands to Gstaad and American Affair. @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social recaps the day.
A big day on the grand stage of #RoyalAscot for the small breeders, from Docklands to Gstaad and American Affair. @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social recaps the day.
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"When the call came, I had to double-check that it was Barry on the other end of the phone! When you get those opportunities, you have to take them."
C. Keane, Juddmonte's newly retained jockey, got acquainted with some of their #RoyalAscot-bound horses this morning. @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social
C. Keane, Juddmonte's newly retained jockey, got acquainted with some of their #RoyalAscot-bound horses this morning. @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social
Colin Keane Describes His 'Pinch Yourself Moment'
NEWMARKET, UK — Colin Keane, Juddmonte's newly retained jockey, has wasted no time in familiarising himself with one of his leading mounts for Royal Ascot and was in Newmarket on Wednesday morning to ...
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June 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
"When the call came, I had to double-check that it was Barry on the other end of the phone! When you get those opportunities, you have to take them."
C. Keane, Juddmonte's newly retained jockey, got acquainted with some of their #RoyalAscot-bound horses this morning. @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social
C. Keane, Juddmonte's newly retained jockey, got acquainted with some of their #RoyalAscot-bound horses this morning. @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social
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🗣️ "He's a Derby winner, by a Derby winner, by a Derby winner. That's pretty extraordinary."
Lambourn, by Australia, by Galileo (and let's not forget Australia's dam, the mighty Ouija Board): an all-the-way Derby winner by almost four lengths.
@emmacollingsberry.bsky.social recaps the Derby.
Lambourn, by Australia, by Galileo (and let's not forget Australia's dam, the mighty Ouija Board): an all-the-way Derby winner by almost four lengths.
@emmacollingsberry.bsky.social recaps the Derby.
Lambourn Latest in Line of Derby Greats
EPSOM DOWNS, UK — Back in those heady days of the early 1980s, Lord Howard de Walden's Slip Anchor slipped the field under Steve Cauthen to land the Derby by seven lengths and all felt right with the ...
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June 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
🗣️ "He's a Derby winner, by a Derby winner, by a Derby winner. That's pretty extraordinary."
Lambourn, by Australia, by Galileo (and let's not forget Australia's dam, the mighty Ouija Board): an all-the-way Derby winner by almost four lengths.
@emmacollingsberry.bsky.social recaps the Derby.
Lambourn, by Australia, by Galileo (and let's not forget Australia's dam, the mighty Ouija Board): an all-the-way Derby winner by almost four lengths.
@emmacollingsberry.bsky.social recaps the Derby.
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🗣️ "Every sport – not just every sport, every human pursuit – has one holy grail. Everything has a pinnacle."
An insightful and refreshing conversation with Jeremy Brummitt, connected to Epsom Derby contenders Lazy Griff and Tuscan Hills. @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social
An insightful and refreshing conversation with Jeremy Brummitt, connected to Epsom Derby contenders Lazy Griff and Tuscan Hills. @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social
The Derby's Guiding Light: Why the Epsom Classic is a North Star for Breeders
“The Derby is the only thing that matters.” It's a pretty definitive opening gambit, even from a man whose words generally don't spend much time in the mincer. Later, Jeremy Brummitt will temper this...
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June 3, 2025 at 6:18 PM
🗣️ "Every sport – not just every sport, every human pursuit – has one holy grail. Everything has a pinnacle."
An insightful and refreshing conversation with Jeremy Brummitt, connected to Epsom Derby contenders Lazy Griff and Tuscan Hills. @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social
An insightful and refreshing conversation with Jeremy Brummitt, connected to Epsom Derby contenders Lazy Griff and Tuscan Hills. @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social
A story for the dreamers: Lulu opted to buy a mare instead of spending the money on a home extension, and that mare’s first foal is now a Classic winner.
“But then she came with that late run, I mean, I was just standing there with my mouth hanging open, shouting, 'Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God.' She just blasted past them.”
Lulu Winter spoke to @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social about breeding Lady Ilze.
Lulu Winter spoke to @emmacollingsberry.bsky.social about breeding Lady Ilze.
'I Didn't Expect Amazing Things': Classic Success for Rookie Breeder Lulu Winter
We have heard plenty of the major owner-breeders this season, with the six Guineas to have been run in Britain, Ireland and France having gone to Godolphin, Juddmonte, Coolmore, and the Aga Khan Studs...
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May 28, 2025 at 9:37 AM
A story for the dreamers: Lulu opted to buy a mare instead of spending the money on a home extension, and that mare’s first foal is now a Classic winner.