Two congressmen who have a history of supporting legislation seeking federal oversight of racing said on Thursday night in a joint release that they have introduced a bill that would ban interstate wagering on horse racing, depriving the industry of the main source of its revenue.
Handicappers Matt Bernier and Kenny Peck are going head to head with $500 to wager on the Kentucky Oaks Day card at Churchill Downs.
Injured jockey Sheldon Russell’s surgery on Thursday turned out to be more involved than hoped for, according to his agent Marty Leonard. The 3 1/2-hour surgery at Sinai Hospital near Pimlico revealed one of Russell’s lungs was pierced in three locations by ribs he fractured during the spill.
A highly anticipated meeting between the last two Belmont Stakes winners in Saturday’s Grade 3, $150,000 Westchester Stakes at Belmont Park won’t take place after a minor foot injury forced the connections of Palace Malice, the 2013 Belmont winner, to scratch.
Sky Classic, a Canadian Hall of Famer, champion in the United States., and sire of 1999 Canadian Horse of the Year Thornfield, died Thursday in his paddock at Pin Oak Stud in Versailles, Ky.
Penn National Race Course in Grantville, Pa., has issued a second ejection notice to Juan Vazquez, claiming that the trainer violated a state racing rule by “attempting to gain favorable treatment through payment of a gratuity to a racing official,” according to a Penn National official and Vazquez’s attorney.
Grade 1 winner Can the Man will join Jimmy Creed and Warrior’s Reward among the sires that comprise the inaugural stallion roster at Spendthrift Australia for the upcoming Southern Hemisphere season.
Derick Giwner's analysis of the Saturday 5/2 card at The Meadowlands.
DRF sales editor Joe Nevills analyzes the Kentucky Derby field, in post position order, in the form of Haiku; a Japanese poem of 17 syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five.
Matt Rose's analysis of the Saturday 5/2 card at Yonkers Raceway.
