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Daily Racing Form's 2012 Year in Review Fan Poll
Cast your vote for some of the biggest racing events of the 2012 season. Results will be published in the Dec. 29 edition of DRF Weekend.Full Story >>
May 24, 2013
With California dates assigned, stabling options next on agenda
With the assignment of racing dates for 2014 and 2015 by the California Horse Racing Board on Thursday, finding stabling for more than 1,000 Thoroughbreds displaced by the upcoming closure of Betfair Hollywood Park will be the primary focus of meetings ...
May 23, 2013
CHRB awards extended dates to Santa Anita and Del Mar
The changing landscape of West Coast racing will include an unusual twist to the calendar – Santa Anita will stay open into July and Del Mar into the month of December. The California Horse Racing Board on Thursday gave the industry its first look at a ...
Curious case of Sign shows drug rule flaws
How did a 2-year-old filly who had allegedly never been administered a drug inexplicably end up with that drug in her blood sample on raceday? That was one of the questions at the heart of an appeal heard earlier this week at the offices of the ...
CHRB meeting: Stall space chief issue in racing dates discussion
The imminent closure of Hollywood Park has created widespread turmoil in the California racing industry, and that was reflected while the California Horse Racing Board tried to resolve 2014 racing dates at its monthly meeting held Thursday in Sacramento.
Oklahoma tornado killed at least 150 horses
In a sobering count, more than 150 horses died as a result of the violent tornado that swept through Moore, Okla., on Monday.
History Challenge answers
Thursday is the 100th anniversary of the day racing returned to New York after an absence of two years and nine months.
History Challenge: A century of racing's return to New York
Thursday is the 100th anniversary of the day racing returned to New York after an absence of two years and nine months.On Friday, May 30, 1913, an estimated crowd of 35,000 at Belmont Park hailed the return of the sport and a strange form of oral ...
Sutherland says she'll return to saddle at Del Mar
Chantal Sutherland, who announced her retirement here last summer, was at Woodbine on Thursday morning and plans to return to riding at the Del Mar meeting, which begins July 18.
C.J. McMahon and agent, both 18, finding youth isn't easily served
It can be extremely tough for an 18-year-old jockey and his 18-year-old agent to convince owners and trainers to hire them - something jockey C.J. McMahon and his agent, Robert “Rocco” O’Connor 3rd, are finding out at Churchill Downs.
May 22, 2013
Oklahoma tornado: 34 horses found alive at Celestial Acres Training Center
A handful of racehorses were rescued from the rubble of the Celestial Acres Training Center in Moore, Okla., following Monday’s tornado and were sent to Remington Park in Oklahoma City on Wednesday. Also, Heritage Place, the nearby sales complex, has ...