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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 >>
YESTERDAY 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 ...
May 21, 2013
Woodbine's bid to expand casino gambling rejected by Toronto council
The Woodbine Entertainment Group’s plans for expanded casino gambling suffered what would appear to be a fatal blow on Tuesday when Toronto City Council voted 24-20 against Mayor Rob Ford’s proposal to put more slot machines and table games at the ...
Preakness TV rating up 13 percent
The race portion of the Preakness Stakes broadcast on NBC-TV on Saturday drew a 5.9 rating, according to NBC, up 13 percent over the rating for the race portion of the broadcast last year and the highest rating since 2009.
Kentucky commissioner agrees forfeiting purse not intended to be mandatory
The executive director of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission testified on Tuesday that the commission did not initially intend to make purse forfeiture a mandatory penalty when a horse tested positive for a certain class of drugs.
Santa Anita, Del Mar to seek extra 2014 dates at CHRB meeting
A redesigned Southern California racing calendar necessitated by the looming closure of Hollywood Park is the chief topic Thursday when the CHRB meets in Sacramento.
Dick Jerardi: Pimlico proves that Preakness has something for everybody
Pitbull was every bit as big in the 2013 Pimlico infield as Oxbow was on the track. And that really is the Preakness, something for just about everybody.
Richard Lies, retired California trainer, dies at 71
The retired California-based trainer Richard Lies died late Monday after an extended illness. Lies, 71, died at home in Carlsbad, Calif.
Trainer loses entire stable in Oklahoma tornado
Mark Lee, a Thoroughbred trainer who regularly competes in Oklahoma, lost his entire 12-horse stable in the deadly tornado that hit Moore, Okla., on Monday afternoon. Lee was based at the Celestial Acres Training Center that experienced extensive ...
May 20, 2013
Moore, Okla., Thoroughbred training center damaged by tornado
The extent of damage to a Thoroughbred training center near Oklahoma City caused by a Monday afternoon tornado was not known as of Monday night, according to a spokesperson for the facility’s ownership. It is believed Celestial Acres Training Center in ...
Pocahontas purse redistribution disputed at hearing
Attorneys for the owners and the trainer of a filly disqualified from last year’s Grade 2 Pocahontas Stakes at Churchill Downs for a medication violation argued on Monday during an appeals hearing that the state had erred when ordering the purse of the ...