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HORSES

Team F
From their barn stabled on the grounds the countless hours they spend in
of the Springdale Race Course, the Camden with their horses to prepare
husband-wife team of Bernie and them for wherever they are bound.
Dalton Kate Dalton quietly go about their Bernie, one of the most popular
daily business as a full-service, two-
and talented riders on the National
person Thoroughbred operation.
from Ireland. Kate, born in America,
Working as a team, the Kate Dalton- Steeplechase Association circuit, hails
conditioned Diplomat won the 2017 has taken her place as one of the most
Husband/wife running of the $150,000 New York successful trainers on the NSA circuit.
Turf Writer Cup in Saratoga, N.Y.
duo covers all That afternoon, Dalton gave a leg “You get more satisfaction riding a
up to her husband who piloted the horse that you work with every day,”
the angles from 18-to-1 longshot to victory in the he says. “You put all the hard work in
to get them ready, and when they win,
Grade 1 chase at the Spa.
it’s the culmination of a lot of things
training to racing What race fans are not privy to are coming together.”

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