The National Thoroughbred Racing Association has created an aftercare program designed to connect horses that need homes with potential adopters.

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Stephan Panus, vice president of the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, asserts that such individual tutorials will lead fans to leads fans to gain confidence to bet, increasing handle that day and on subsequent visits to the track.

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Born in 1996, the Japanese thoroughbred won 12 major races in his native country between 1999 and 2001, and was inducted into the Japanese Racing Association Hall of Fame in 2004.

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