It was a dead heat between #PaysonPark trainees in Saturday’s ninth race at Tampa Bay Downs 🏆
Shug McGaughey-trained BELLE OF RIGHTS hit the wire together with OVERSUBSCRIBED (GB), trained by Chad Brown, in the 1 1/16-mile Maiden Special Weight on the turf ✨
Congratulations to all of the connections involved. What an exciting finish! 👏
#PaysonPark proudly offers a variety of activities and services for its backstretch community. Every Tuesday and Thursday, English classes are taught in the cafe. Participants are provided with all the materials needed for class, and more than 30 people have signed up from different barns to learn from Ms. Palacios of Home Sound Bible College. Classes started January 4 and run through the end of the winter season on May 14th. Even three Payson employees are studying English! 📚📝
Other activities include:
🔹Weekly transport to Walmart 🚙
🔹Bible study ✝️
🔹Monthly movie night 🎬
🔹Biweekly chiropractor and wellness checks 🩺
🔹 Access to dental care, optometry and more 👁️🦷
🔹 Soccer league ⚽️
We love giving back to our backstretch!
#PaysonPark kicked off the week with lunch for its backstretch workers, sponsored by the Jockey Club Safety Net Foundation ✨
The foundation’s executive director Shannon Kelly was also on hand to host a drawing, ging out 35 $25.00 gift cards.
The Jockey Club Safety Net Foundation is a charitable trust which provides, on a confidential basis, financial relief and assistance to needy members of the Thoroughbred industry and their families. Founded in 1943, the foundation provides assistance in any number of forms, including financial aid for basic living needs, medication, surgical and hospital costs, therapeutic equipment, voice-recognition computers for quadriplegics and wheelchair-accessible vans, among other needs.
Thank you, @tjc_safetynet! 👏
To learn more, visit 🔗 tjcfoundation.org
Two of three Eclipse Award finalists for Outstanding Trainer winter at #PaysonPark 🏆
Congratulations to Chad Brown, Bill Mott and their respective teams 👏
#HappyNewYear from #PaysonPark, and #HappyBirthday to our Thoroughbreds ✨
A new year brings with it infinite possibility. We can’t wait to see what our #PaysonParkTrainees accomplish in 2024 🌟
’Tis the season for giving ✨
#HappyHolidays from #PaysonPark, where our annual holiday party was a most celebratory occasion for our hard-working backstretch workers and their families 🎁
The event featured piñatas 🪅, a traditional Argentine asado 🥩, gifts 🎁, fellowship ✝️, and a visit from Santa Claus 🎅🏻
🎥: @catiestaszakmediainc
NY Race Track Chaplaincy 2023
#PaysonPark supports the Race Track Chaplaincy NY ✨
Learn more about them at 🔗 rtcany.org
2023 Breeders' Cup Post Positions | Payson Park Winter Residents
The post positions have been drawn for the 2023 Breeders' Cup World Championships ✨
Meet the #PaysonPark winter residents that will be competing, race by race 🤩
Best of luck to these #PaysonParkTrainers and all the
connections involved! 🍀
Congratulations to #PaysonParkTrainers Chad Brown, Christophe Clement and Bill Mott on their pre-entries in the 40th edition of the Breeders’ Cup, to be held at Santa Anita, Nov. 3-4, 2023.
Meet the pre-entered 2022-2023 #PaysonPark winter season trainees, race by race. Best of luck to all the connections involved!
OCEAN GATEWAY put in two bullet works at #PaysonPark before heading north for the summer. She broke her maiden Sunday at Aqueduct 🏆 Congratulations for #PaysonParkTrainers Christophe Clement, owner Robert S. Evans and jockey Javier Castellano 👏
#PaysonParkTrainees PLENTITUDE broke her maiden on debut Thursday at Tampa Bay Downs ✨
Congratulations to #PaysonParkTrainers Christophe Clement, owner/breeder China Horse Club and jockey Samy Camacho 👏
It’s a clean sweep of the superfecta in Wednesday’s 9th race at Tampa Bay Downs for #PaysonParkTrainers!
EQUITIZE (GB) was the winner in his career debut for trainer Chad Brown and owner Klaravich Stables, followed by:
🥈: St. Neots, trained by Victoria Oliver
🥉: Anzio, trained by Shug McGaughey
4️⃣th: All Good Here, trained by Christophe Clement
Congratulations to these horses and their connections 👏
#PaysonPark
The Victoria Oliver-trained MOUNT KENYA rallied from four-wide to win his first start of 2022 at Tampa Bay Downs ✨
It also gave Oliver her first win of the season. Congratulations! #PaysonParkTrainers
As the sun sets over a tranquil evening at #PaysonPark, we are repeatedly filled with gratitude.
From all of us at Payson Park, Happy Thanksgiving!
The beauty and tranquility of mornings at #PaysonPark ✨
We’re thrilled to welcome horses back to our facility for the upcoming winter season. They are certainly already enjoying their turnout!
