Pocket Aces Racing

I got into racing via horses who had nothing to do with racing, as it is for many people with no family ties to rely on. Horses were a side hobby for me due to competitive swimming taking up enormous amounts of my time (a contentious topic in my house when I entered those famously stable teenage years) and my introduction to Thoroughbreds was, ironically, thanks to a mistake on my part. I had asked my instructor once what the fastest horse in the world was, as someone had erroneously...

As 2023 draws to a close, the TDN is asking industry members to name their favorite moment of the year. Send yours to suefinley@thetdn.com. The most memorable moment of 2023 was our Keeneland September yearling class assembling at the sale. I always look forward to that two-week stretch and the excitement surrounding all the new horses we bring into the stable. Twice this year, I thought we were finished buying...once after picking up the Caracaro filly and again after we bought the War of Will filly we were (and still...

The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame will host its fifth annual Racing Partnership and Syndicate Night Aug. 1 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Attendees will have the opportunity to speak with representatives from 20 partnerships about getting involved in Thoroughbred racehorse ownership. This year's participating partnerships include Team Valor International, West Point Thoroughbreds, Windhorse Thoroughbreds, BBN Racing, Belladonna Racing, Crown's Way Racing, Pocket Aces Racing, Celtic Magic Thoroughbreds, Taste of Victory Stables, Sackatoga Stables, Centennial Farms, Bourbon Lane Stables, Brown Road Racing, Bond Racing Stables, McMahon...

Jared Shoemaker, co-managing partner of Pocket Aces Racing, grew up in Lexington and fondly remembers going to Keeneland with his extended family from the time he could walk. It was one of his favorite things to do as a child. By the time he was in high school, he admits to spending a lot of afternoons at the track while supposedly in class. Not one to miss a good day of racing--no matter the reason--he scheduled all of his lectures at the University of Kentucky to be done by noon...

Fresh off a breakthrough victory at the graded level and subsequent $600,000 purchase by Town & Country Farms at the recently concluded Keeneland November Sale, Temple City Terror (Temple City) gave those that backed her into 65 cents on the dollar scarcely a nervous moment as she ran out a hands-and-heels winner of Friday's GIII Long Island S. at Aqeuduct. Content to take up her customary position at the back of the field, the 6-year-old switched off nicely for Jose Ortiz as a somewhat hard-to-handle Big Time Lady (Big Brown)...

Distance specialist Temple City Terror picked up the first graded stakes win of her career as she nears the end of her6-year-old season in the GIII Rood & Riddle Dowager S. Sunday at Keeneland. Victress of the 12-furlong Keertana S. each of the last two seasons at Churchill, the dark bay ran second to MGISW War Like Goddess (English Channel) in the GII Glens Falls S. two back Aug. 6 at Saratoga and was last seen finishing fourth in the GII Flower Bowl S. there four weeks later. Off as...