In Today’s HRU

  • Pure Country makes history with Dan Patch award
  • Hanover Shoe Farms smashes all-time earnings record
  • O’Brien Award finalists announced
  • McNairs could make O’Brien Award history
  • Damiano and the three-legged dog
  • Ask The Guru: My finest hour, more shoeing advice and a horse I wish I had trained
  • Brush And Crush: A sneak peek at presents under the tree
  • Treasured holiday traditions
  • Dean’s List: The sound of silence on Christmas morning
  • Hollywood’s Hits: The book on Foiled Again
  • European Report: Christmas Eve stakes providing tickets to prestigious Prix d’Amerique
  • Between The Lines: A call for greater transparency

photo: Ariana G (Yannick Gingras) was also a unanimous choice for a Dan Patch. She won the 3-year-old Trotting Filly of the Year award | Dave Landry