Oaklawn Park has increased the minimum purse for its open-company stakes races to $100,000 and created a “Racing Festival of the South Preview Day” that packs the Rebel, Azeri, and Razorback into a single program. Those changes represent the most significant enhancements to a record $6.1 million stakes schedule released Wednesday. The Hot Springs, Ark., track opens for a 57-date meet Jan. 10.
A proposed slaughterhouse facility in Roswell, N.M., set to begin domestic horse slaughter next week, was attacked by arsonists on Saturday, July 27, the owner said on Tuesday.
Grade 2 winner Sir Shackleton will stand at Dana Point Farm in Lenhartsville, Pa., for the 2014 breeding season, marking his return to the Keystone State after two years in Indiana.
Elaine Klein, a prominent owner and breeder in Kentucky who raced horses in partnership with her husband, Bert, and son, Richard, died Wednesday at her home in Buckner, Ky., after a battle with cancer. She was 80.
Saratoga picks by Mike Beer, Dave Litfin, and Kenny Peck for Thursday, August 1.
Brewster Smith's analysis of the Thursday 8/1 card at Yonkers Raceway.
Greg Gangle's analysis of the Thursday 8/1 card at Mohawk Racetrack.
Dave Litfin's Saratoga analysis for Thursday, August 1.
Horses to watch from Mohawk Racetrack.
