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Is the article about the running of the 2023 Kentucky Derby a platform to propagate deaths of horses and the failings of this industry. There's much more missing from this article which is directly associated with the race and should be added. There is a mention of the scratching of Lord Miles which I feel is acceptable but the rest questionable.Brudder Andrusha (talk) 19:49, 8 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with the comment. I have added a proposal to the talkspace that the section of the article concerning horse deaths be removed, and that expanding in the lead that the Derby was noted for its mainstream media coverage of equine deaths in the days leading up to the race. JRHorse (talk) 18:51, 9 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Gentry Brothers Farm was (still is?) a Thoroughbred racing and training stable owned by brothers Robert and Bruce Gentry. Should we keep this article?

• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gentry Brothers

Thanks, --A. B. ^{(talk • contribs • global count)} 11:07, 2 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I've started an article for Paddington in template format. Seems no one wanted to do this even after 4 Group 1 wins. ;) I let the folks who follow British racing to continue updating. Cheers. 15:53, 9 August 2023 (UTC) Brudder Andrusha (talk) 15:53, 9 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I've started a talk page discussion to change the name of the article above to Whitney Stakes. I believe there is no reason to have a (NYRA) at the end of that title, as there is only one Whitney Stakes. It's my opinion there is no need for disambiguation, and the current naming is not consistent with the names of other horse racing stakes articles. I started a move discussion because I'm not sure whether or not the change would be uncontroversial. JRHorse (talk) 12:16, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Looks uncontroversial to me, I can't see any reason for the disambiguator and I've supported the RM. It will need someone with page mover rights to move the article as Whitney Stakes redirects to the (NYRA) one - I could have done that, but now the RM needs to take its course. --Bcp67 (talk) 13:25, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I have pagemover rights, by the way. Next time if you need that done, message me at my talkpage—I’m not editing a lot these days, but all talk page messages ping me on email and I can pop in to help. Montanabw^(talk) 05:42, 27 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

An editor has requested that Silver Train be moved to Silver Train (horse), which may be of interest to this WikiProject. You are invited to participate in the move discussion. Aoeuidhtns (talk) 14:48, 10 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I've submitted Fleetwood Park Racetrack to WP:FAC. I wrote it more from the Bronx history side than from the horse racing side, but it may be of interest to people here. In particular, it could use some additional reviews for FAC. Thanks for taking a look. RoySmith (talk) 17:05, 21 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent work. Enjoyed reading about the track. Brudder Andrusha (talk) 09:31, 25 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Brudder Andrusha Thank you for the kind words. Could I trouble you to leave some comments at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Fleetwood Park Racetrack/archive1? That would help move the review process along. RoySmith (talk) 14:04, 25 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I have just updated the colours for Prix du Cadran and have ended up with two lines across the image of the third place colours. I cannot work out where they come from. Any ideas? Southdevonian (talk) 11:37, 1 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I can't see anything either. Maybe @JockeyColours: could take a look and see if they can fix it. --Bcp67 (talk) 13:01, 3 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

All fixed by @JockeyColours: now. Thanks! Southdevonian (talk) 23:11, 3 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Can some admin from our European group looking into the edit war between ‎Billsmith60 and a new contributor LALTBBPITP in the article about Auguste Rodin dealing with the introduction? Brudder Andrusha (talk) 16:40, 8 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

A debatable issue arose after the recent Breeders' Cup where many articles were updated with regard to the infobox of a thoroughbred. The discussion is on the Inspiral (GB) Talk page, the winner of the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf and deals with what is placed in the section Major wins.Brudder Andrusha (talk) 05:02, 12 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century#Requested move 21 November 2023 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Kiwiz1338 (talk) 04:12, 7 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hello all. I just created Desert Hero (my first racing horse article) and I was wondering if someone more experienced here on racehorse articles could look over the infobox and see if everything is in order please? I think additional info is available in the Racing Post source. The C of E God Save the King! (talk) 16:08, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Looks pretty good. I've added his record and earnings from the Racing Post, moved the years of his wins to after the races, added his sire's sire, but everything else is fine. Bcp67 (talk) 17:51, 29 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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The article Haskell Invitational Trophy has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Not a notable trophy. Lacks sufficient citations, does not appear to have suitable sources, and does not adhere to a neutral point of view. Had considered merging the content into the Haskell Stakes article, but again, there's nothing verifiable that I can find on this subject.

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Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, the speedy deletion process can result in deletion without discussion, and articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion. JRHorse (talk) 21:01, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, I was wondering if anyone might help to make improvements to the article about this year's Oaks and Derby-winning trainer. It appears to be in need of lots of cleanup and copy edits, not to mention that there have also been some COI issues raised on that page in the past. JRHorse (talk) 11:57, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]