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Finalists Announced For Annual TOBA National Awards

Edited Press Release The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association (TOBA) announced the finalists for four of the organization's premier national honors that will be presented during the 41st Annual TOBA National Awards Dinner on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026 at The Kentucky Castle in Versailles, KY. The TOBA National Awards celebrate outstanding achievements in Thoroughbred breeding, racing, and ownership. The winners in these four competitive categories will be announced live during the awards ceremony. The State Breeders Luncheon, which honors breeders from 20 states and Canada, will be held on Friday,...

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Book'em Danno Day Scheduled For July 17 At Monmouth Park

In honor of champion and favorite son Book'em Danno (Bucchero), Monmouth Park has officially designated Friday, July 17, as 'Book'em Danno Day,' with the multiple Grade I winner scheduled to race in the six-furlong Mr. Prospector Stakes that day, the track said in a Thursday press release. Under the conditions of the race, the $100,000 purse for the Mr. Prospector doubles to $200,000 if a multiple Grade I winner starts in the race. In addition, Monmouth Park will have a special Book'em Danno T-shirt giveaway to the first 2,000 paid...

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If Money Is Right, Sprint Champ Book'em Danno Could Race At Monmouth On Day Before Haskell

Monmouth Park and the connections of last year's champion male sprinter, Book'em Danno (Bucchero), are negotiating to get the five-year-old New Jersey-bred gelding to race at Monmouth on Friday, July 17, which is the day before the track's premier event, the GI Haskell Stakes. Dennis Drazin, the chairman and chief executive officer of Darby Development LLC, which operates Monmouth, disclosed the plans during Wednesday's New Jersey Racing Commission meeting. Drazin explained that the initiative would involve a special day in Book'em Danno's honor, with the aim of promoting the overall...

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Book'em Danno Once Again Honored As New Jersey-Bred Horse Of The Year

Reigning Eclipse Champion Book'em Danno (Bucchero) has been named New Jersey-bred Horse of the Year for the third consecutive year by the Thoroughbred Breeders' Association of New Jersey, the organization said in a press release on Tuesday. Owned by Atlantic Six Racing LLC and trained by Derek Ryan, the gelding won four of five starts during 2025. The state's all-time leading New Jersey-bred money earner, now boasting $1,855,425 in career earnings, swept Saratoga's older sprint series--the GIII True North Stakes, GII Vanderbilt Stakes and GI Forego Stakes--en route to being...

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After Romping in Pasco, Jersey-Bred Star Book 'em Danno on His Way to Saudi Derby

Bred in New Jersey, Book 'em Danno (Bucchero) is a 3-year-old, has been beaten only once in five starts, has won three stakes and is coming off a career-best effort when beating up on five inferior rivals in the Jan. 13 Pasco S. at Tampa Bay Downs. With most owners and trainers, to have a horse like that would mean they'd be hyper-focused on getting to the GI Kentucky Derby. But not trainer Derek Ryan or the partnership that races under the name of Atlantic Six Racing LLC. They're headed...

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