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Dear Partners and Friends, The summer race meet at Saratoga is not that far away! We have two important pieces of information to share with you: First, we have again rented the six bedroom house on Union Ave. (One block from the track), as our summer residence. The house is...

Dear Partners and Friends, Everywhere you look Donegal runners are popping up in Graded Stakes races and Donegal is trying to knock down these major victories. While Conor Foley does a great job with the overall stable report, I thought I would share the information I have gathered today in my...

Dear Partners and Friends, We knew Keen Ice was up against it yesterday trying to succeed at the short, short distance (for him) of a mile and a sixteenth. Complicating matters was the fact that Gulfstream uses the short stretch for this distance, making it the shortest stretch run of...

Dear Partners and Friends,  Yesterday I promised you "the rest of the story" on Keen Ice switching gears and going to the Holy Bull this Saturday at Gulfstream rather than Feb. 7 at Aqueduct. Before getting to the rest of the story, I thought you might enjoy some of the...

Dear Partners and Friends, I can't say enough for this year's naming committee. They have been thorough, creative and successful.   Below you will find the approved names of seven of our eight colts. The eighth (Harlan's Holiday) has been submitted, but we are waiting to hear back. So here you...

Dear Partners and Friends, This morning I received a call from Paul Murans. Paul, who lives in Indianapolis and is a huge Colts fan, says that when you send athletes to the Northeast you get cheated. This got me to thinking that with the Grade II, $400,000 Holy Bull Stakes this...

All, Yesterday I had the privilege of spending some time with Irish You Well at the Fair Grounds in New Orleans.  Below you will find some photos taken by onlookers that show how good he looks.  Drop dead gorgeous in fact! When I took Irish out for a walk he...

A number of you have asked if we will be holding our handicapping tournament again this year. Foolish people! Of course we will, and here are the early details:The contest consists of three separate contests and an overall winner.  The "50 Derby point" contest begins on February 21 and runs...

Dear Partners and Friends, As things currently stand, Rock Shandy and Finnegan's Wake will both be racing at Santa Anita on February 7. That is the same day Keen Ice may run in the Withers in New York. What is a Donegal Nation person supposed to do? Okay, so maybe...

Dear Partners and Friends,  Many of you regularly ask what our stakes/prep schedule will look like as we get ready for the Oaks/Derby so you can give some thought to races you might want to attend.With the usual caveat that we have to let the horses tell us when and...