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With Homebred Filly, Sagamore Hopes For A Great Story

Just about a year ago, Sagamore Farm was wrestling with the unexpected loss of its star three-year-old filly. In a freak training accident at the farm, Millionreasonswhy, the winner of the 2011 Matron (gr. II), crashed through a rail and died of internal injuries. From six starts, she had won three times and never finished…

July 5, 2013 in Brooklyn Backstretch.

Millionreasonswhy Dies in Training Accident at Sagamore Farm

I was gutted to hear this news this morning. Some bad news hits harder than others, and this one, for some reason, hit hard.  Earlier today, I was thinking about Sagamore Farm as I remembered writing about Bed o’Roses, the Alfred Vanderbilt/Sagamore filly who champion 2-year-old filly in 1949; the race named for her will be…

July 1, 2012 in Brooklyn Backstretch.

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