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Horse deaths at Churchill Downs
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)


 * 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)

Articles for deletion/Gentry Brothers (Thoroughbred stable)
Gentry Brothers Farm was (still is?) a Thoroughbred racing and training stable owned by brothers Robert and Bruce Gentry. Should we keep this article? Thanks, -- A. B. (talk • contribs • global count) 11:07, 2 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Articles for deletion/Gentry Brothers

Paddington
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)

Whitney Stakes (NYRA)
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)
 * 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)


 * 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)

Move discussion for Silver Train
An editor has requested that Silver Train be moved to Silver Train (horse), which may be of interest to this WikiProject. You &#32;are invited to participate in the move discussion. Aoeuidhtns (talk) 14:48, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

FA review for Fleetwood Park Racetrack?
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)
 * Excellent work. Enjoyed reading about the track. Brudder Andrusha (talk) 09:31, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
 * @Brudder Andrusha Thank you for the kind words. Could I trouble you to leave some comments at Featured article candidates/Fleetwood Park Racetrack/archive1?  That would help move the review process along. RoySmith (talk) 14:04, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

Lines across image
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)
 * I can't see anything either. Maybe could take a look and see if they can fix it.  --Bcp67 (talk) 13:01, 3 October 2023 (UTC)
 * All fixed by now. Thanks! Southdevonian (talk) 23:11, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

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

Infobox - discussion post Breeders' Cup
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)

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

Infobox assistance request
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)


 * 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)

Invite to join the Derby 150 article development and backlog drive
Stefen Towers among the rest!  Gab • Gruntwerk 05:31, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Haskell Invitational Trophy


The article Haskell Invitational Trophy has been proposed for deletion&#32;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."

While all constructive contributions to Wikipedia are appreciated, pages may be deleted for any of several reasons.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing 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)

Kenneth McPeek
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)

Kentucky Derby
Assistance is requested in an ongoing content dispute. See Talk:Kentucky Derby. I will not characterize the dispute here because I don't want to bias anyone's participation. Stefen Towers among the rest!  Gab • Gruntwerk 21:08, 29 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Never mind at this point. We arrived at a resolution where all editors are apparently satisfied. Stefen Towers among the rest!   Gab • Gruntwerk 20:56, 10 June 2024 (UTC)

Pretty Polly Stakes
Hello, I propose moving the above - please see the Talk here if you'd like to chip in: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Pretty_Polly_Stakes_(Ireland) Regards Billsmith60 (talk) 14:25, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

Pedigree template modification
I've just noticed that the Pedigree template has been recently modified with the width of 90% removed. This squashes the pedigree information into a poorly formatted representation which just lacks clarity to the eye. I'd like to get the opinions of the project and ask the editors, , and  why this modification was done without input from this project, which extensively uses this template in the articles of thoroughbred racehorses.Brudder Andrusha (talk) 16:12, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
 * I have no opinion on the width. How would anyone know to notify this project? There is no WikiProject template on the template's talk page, and the template has zero documentation explaining what is is for, how the parameters work, or anything else. If you want to be consulted, please make your presence known in the usual ways. – Jonesey95 (talk) 16:23, 11 July 2024 (UTC)
 * I would think that before changing something in a template you would locate where the template is used. Why just change a parameter of a table? Who even proposed it and why? Consultation after you made the edit is like well the horse bolted before the first race...Brudder Andrusha (talk) 19:34, 11 July 2024 (UTC)