ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – Super-tests for drugs being performed on winners of all races at Arlington Park this summer have generated five positive tests for trace levels of clenbuterol.
AUBURN, Wash. – Skyrider, a 12-time winner at Emerald Downs, tops a field of eight older horses in Friday’s feature race, a $7,500 claimer at one mile. The feature is the sixth of seven races on a card that begins at 6 p.m. Pacific.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Several promising older maidens will take part in Friday’s nominal Woodbine feature, including the Roger Attfield-trained Perfect Cherokee, who should be well-backed in the 1 1/16-mile maiden special on Polytrack.
The Maryland Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday that a referendum asking voters to approve a casino near a mall in Anne Arundel County should be placed on the ballot after all.
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission on Tuesday approved regulations paving the way for the installation of slot-machine-like devices at racetracks while simultaneously agreeing to ask a state judge to issue an opinion on the legality of the machines.
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Audrey and Richard Haisfield’s Stonewall Thoroughbred operation will relocate its stallions to Ocala, Fla., after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy for five of their Stonewall-related entities.
OMAHA, Neb. – The biggest weekend of racing in Nebraska begins Thursday evening as Horsemen’s Park opens for its 13th annual summer Festival of Racing, a four-day fair meet that draws the largest racing crowds of the year in Nebraska.
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas – Jockey Chris Landeros, the leading rider at Lone Star Park, has been suspended 14 days for careless riding in a July 11 turf race in which there was a two-horse spill. The suspension, which was issued by the Lone Star stewards Friday, is scheduled to run from Aug. 19 to Sept. 1.
AUBURN, Wash. – A pair of stakes races for 2-year-olds headline a 10-race card Sunday at Emerald Downs. First post is 2 p.m. Pacific, the Strong Ruler Stakes for colts and geldings is the sixth race on the program, and the Knights Choice for fillies is race 8.
NEW YORK – Saratoga opens Friday for a 40-day meeting, the longest at the beloved upstate track since 1882. The meet has grown from 24 to 30 to 36 and now 40 days over the last two decades, each time for the same reason and raising the same questions about geese and golden eggs.
