The Starting Gate

From last to first and everything in between.

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The incomparable Cigar 🏆 . #GulfstreamPark #PegasusWorldCup #PWC17 (at The Village at Gulfstream Park)

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Congratulations #CaliforniaChrome on his second #HorseoftheYear title! This tenacious racehorse thrilled #Chromies in 2016. It has been an amazing ride throughout his career! . #EclipseAwards #HotY #chromieismyhomie #pegasusworldcup #bc16 #kentuckyderby #losalamitosracecourse

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#TheGreatRacePlace where you can always find a win, place, or show that dazzles #NewYearsDay . #SantaAnitaPark #MidnightStorm #SanPasqual #horseracing #gobabygo #SanGabrielMountains #California #beauty (at Santa Anita Park)

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Secret Weapon finished second in the #HKCup to the #beastfromtheeast #Maurice 🇯🇵 it was a very good result for the Dennis Yip trainee #HKIR . I caught the handsome gelding galloping early in the week over the turf. The weather was grand and the horses even more so 🏇 . #HKRacing #horseracing #shatinracecourse #hongkong #visithk (at 沙田馬場 Sha Tin Racecourse)

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Went to wish #CaliforniaChrome safe travels to @gulfstreampark ✈️ I will be flying at the end of the month to Florida to see his final race! He has done so much for racing in America and I hope he can go out with a win in the #PegasusWorldCup 🏇🏆💰 . #Chromie #LosAlPhoto #chromieismyhomie #shermanracing #horseracing #worldsrichesthorserace (at Los Alamitos Race Course)

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#Jetsetter 🛩 #HighlandReel from #UK ➡️#France ➡️#California ➡️#HongKong the #BreedersCup Turf winner looked amazing even after logging thousands of miles and plenty of stamps in his passport! . He almost pulled off another spectacular win in the #HKVase before getting caught by #SatonoCrown at the wire. HR's whiskers just weren't quite long enough! 🐭 . #HKracing #aidanobrien #shatinracecourse #BC16 #QPAT #HKIR #RoyalAscot #horseracing (at 沙田馬場 Sha Tin Racecourse)

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Five thousand #Chromies 🏇 . The #LosAl grandstand was as full as I've ever seen it to watch #CaliforniaChrome run his final race in the golden state. He put a smile on everyone's face and didn't disappoint with a 12 length victory in track record time. . #ChromieIsMyHomie #WinterChallenge #LosAlamitos #horseracing #GoChrome #LosAlPhoto #Chromie #PegasusWorldCup (at Los Alamitos Race Course)

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#WinxWednesday Repping the daughter of #StreetCry hard at #HKIR 😁 #noshame #fangirl 🏇 . #GoWinx #shesapples #australianracing #WINX #hkracing #shatinracecourse #hughbowman #coxplate #thecoolest #superfan (at 沙田馬場 Sha Tin Racecourse)

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🌅 Ready for those #SantaAnitaPark sunrises 🐴 the best part of waking up... . #BC16 #breederscup #SAWinter #morningworkouts #trackwork #FrenchConnection @santaanitapark @breederscup (at Santa Anita Park)

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I've got my 👁 eye on you #CaliforniaChrome . Walking out to greet his adoring #Chromies at #LosAlamitos before the #WinterChallenge . #ChromieIsMyHomie #LosAl #PegasusWorldCup (at Los Alamitos Race Course)

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#HappyValley 🏇 After dark 🌃 . #hkjc #hkracing #hongkong #horseracing #underlights #happywednesday #hkir (at 跑馬地)

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📷 #HelloFromTheOtherSide @askrubenhow2bet . #CaliforniaChrome looks right at home in the #winnerscircle @losalamitosracecourse for the #WinterChallenge . #CalChrome #Chromie #PegasusCup #chromieismyhomie #losalamitos #LosAlPhoto (at Los Alamitos Race Course)

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#TBT just a little track in #HongKong we like to call #HappyValley 🏙🏇 settled in between skyscrapers & basketball courts is a single wide grassy lane with tight banked turns up against a sheer cliff of a grandstand 🏞 . #HKRacing #HKJC #happywednesday #travel #visithk @hkjc (at 跑馬地)

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She's apples 🍎👌 It was so nice to meet Australian jockey Hugh Bowman 🇦🇺🏇 the jockeys at #HKIR are not only professional with the media but courteous to fans. Needless to say I was beyond excited to get my #Winx hat signed by her famous rider! . Bowman also won the 2016 @longines International Jockey Championships at #HappyValley - I'm hoping he'll have a chance to ride at #BreedersCup next year 😜 . #HKRacing #IJC #HongKong #HughBowman #shesapples #bc17

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The @hkjc Sha Tin parade ring is like no other - not only is it massive (surrounded by stadium seating and press boxes), but its beauty is combined with function. The roof has telescoping panels to open on a fair weathered day, as was the case at #HKIR . #HKRacing #HKCup #HKMile #HKSprint #HKVase #HKJC #paddock #paradering #walkingring #HongKong #horseracing #shatinracecourse (at 沙田馬場 Sha Tin Racecourse)

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Seeing Maurice win the #HKCup will stick with me forever ❤ So grateful for the opportunity to attend #HKIR 🏇 . My iPhone was stolen the day before the big races, but luckily I have great friends like @maryellet who was nice enough to loan me her old one so I could capture this video. Thank you Mary! #lifesaver . #モーリス #競馬 #HKRacing #JRA #JapanRacing #TeamHori #HongKong #shatinracecourse #horseracing #HKJC @hkjc

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Japan's world traveler A Shin Hikari looked smooth in his gallop yesterday for the #HKCup . #HKIR #エイシンヒカリ #shatinracecourse #HKRacing #JapanRacing #JRA #HKJC #RoyalAscot #競馬 (at 沙田馬場 Sha Tin Racecourse)