The 2016 Thoroughbred racing calendar in Southern California could look similar to the last two years, or could include changes as significant as springtime meetings at Del Mar and Los Alamitos, a two-month autumn meeting at Santa Anita, or racing at Los Alamitos until Christmas Eve.
A group that represents Thoroughbred owners, breeders, and farm managers in Kentucky has joined a lobbying effort for legislation that seeks the appointment of a federal overseer for the sport’s medication policies and enforcement, the lobbying organization announced on Wednesday.
Sometimes opportunity knocks. During the past couple of Saturday nights, most of the top Meadowlands drivers were at Mohawk competing in major stakes races. This meant more drives for young Jersey-based drivers like Vinny Ginsburg.
New York’s horsemen would be willing to put up an additional $750,000 for the purse of the Travers Stakes this year to lure Triple Crown winner American Pharoah to Saratoga as long as the purse account is made whole through revenue on the day, the head of the New York Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association said at a board meeting of the New York Racing Association on Wednesday.
Derick Giwner's analysis of the Friday 6/26 card at The Meadowlands.
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Santa Anita will open its autumn meeting on the final weekend of September after reaching an agreement this week with officials from the Los Angeles County Fair and Los Alamitos over two disputed days of racing.
Catch a Flight has come a long way in a short time. On Saturday at Santa Anita, five months after he lost his U.S. debut in a first-level allowance, the Argentine-bred, Brazilian-raced import is favored to win the Grade 1 Gold Cup at Santa Anita.
The New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program, joined by several prominent figures in Central Kentucky's Thoroughbred breeding and sales industry, held a ceremonial groundbreaking to celebrate the construction of its new retraining and adoption facility at Mereworth Farm in Lexington, Ky., on Wednesday.
Frank Fletcher’s primary objective in racing is to win the Arkansas Derby at his home track of Oaklawn Park, and he took a significant step toward making that happen last week when he purchased an Into Mischief colt for $575,000 at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. June 2-year-olds in training auction.
