breeder and owner

Breeder and owner John C. Oxley has been selected by the Thoroughbred Club of America (TCA) as the 2024 Honor Guest, the organization said in a Wednesday press release. Oxley will receive the award at the TCA's 93rd Testimonial Dinner, which will be held at Keeneland on Friday, Nov. 15. "The Thoroughbred Club of America is delighted to name John C. Oxley as its 2024 Honor Guest", said Club President Charlie Boden. "Mr. Oxley is a true horseman whose equestrian exploits in the saddle are well documented and only eclipsed...

An hour after leaving the operating room following kidney transplant surgery, Ken Ramsey's attention turned to Thursday's program at Gulfstream Park, where Clearly Copper (Copper Bullet) raced and won under his familiar white and red colors in the sixth race on the card, the racetrack said in a release Thursday afternoon. "My mother's up there with him. She texted that he was asking if the horse had run yet," said grandson Nolan Ramsey in the Gulfstream Park winner's circle after saddling Clearly Copper for a 4 1/2-length maiden-breaking triumph. "An...