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Barbara Banke (Stonestreet Farms), Walker Hancock (Claiborne Farm), Gray Lyster (Ashview Farm), and Elliott Walden (WinStar Farm) have been re-elected to the Breeders' Cup Board of Directors, and each will serve a four-year term according to an announcement Wednesday by Breeders' Cup Limited. Banke will continue as Chairman of the Board of Directors, a role to which she was appointed in 2021 and re-elected in 2023 and 2025. "We congratulate Barbara, Walker, Gray, and Elliott on their re-election to the Breeders' Cup Board," said Antony Beck, Vice-Chairman of the Breeders'...

Dan Flinter, the chairman of the Irish National Stud (INS), died at the age of 75 earlier this month. From Athy, Co. Kildare, Flinter attended Athy CBS and later University College Dublin. An economist, he was formerly chairman of The Irish Times. Besides horses, Flinter also was interested in art, theatre, and sport. The INS said in a statement, "The Board, management and staff of the Irish National Stud were deeply saddened to hear of the death of our esteemed chairman, Dan Flinter. Dan was appointed chairman of the Irish...