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Kitodan earns claiming horse of the year honors

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Kitodan earns claiming horse of the year honors

Kitodan was claimed twice last year and won the Grade 3 Dueling Grounds Derby at Kentucky Downs. Kitodan will be honored at the awards luncheon on March 7. He will also attend the National Horsemen’s Benevolent & Protective Association conference March 6-10 at Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans. Kitodan is getting time off at Foster”s farm in Utica, Ky., near Owensboro. His goals are to win the Kentucky Turf Cup in September and the Breeders“s Cup Turfing at Santa Anita.

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