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The Jockey Club has released a statement rebutting an avalanche of criticism directed at the organization over the past several years by Mike Repole, the outspoken owner and breeder.
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Siblings to Grade 1 winners naturally begin careers with high hopes, and the runner-up debut by Goodgollytizmolly suggests those hopes are justified. Goodgollytizmolly, by Clubhouse Ride and a sibling to retired millionaire sprinter The Chosen Vron, makes her second start Friday in the featured seventh race at Santa Anita
Illusion Seelster tallied at 67-1 in race six and The Ideal Dancer A prevailed at 24-1 in race seven on Tuesday night (January 27) at MGM Yonkers Raceway, and those upsets were the catalyst to the Pick 5 wager not being hit. As a result, Wednesday's (January 28) program will include a $7,112.22 carryover and a $20,000 guaranteed pool in the sequence.
A filly from the first crop of Taiba sold for $150,000 to lead a big day for yearlings, and a big day for consignor Beth Bayer, at the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co.’s winter mixed sale on Tuesday.
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Hall of Fame driver Carmine Abbatiello, one of harness racing’s most successful and popular drivers throughout a career that spanned more than four decades, passed away Tuesday (Jan. 27), his family announced. He was 89.
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Greg Reinhart's analysis of the Thursday 1/29 card at Yonkers Raceway.
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Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark., has canceled racing for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday because of a forecast for freezing temperatures, the track announced Tuesday.
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The U.S. Harness Writers Association's (USHWA) annual Dan Patch Awards banquet, presented by Caesars Entertainment, is set for Sunday night, Feb. 22, at Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando, Fla. The deadline to make room reservations is FRIDAY, JAN. 30, and can be made by using the USHWA link to the hotel's reservations page.
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The Illinois Racing Board on Monday, citing continuing unresolved financial concerns, suspended the state-issued license permitting Suburban Downs in near-suburban Chicago to operate a racetrack. Suburban Downs is the name Hawthorne Race Course uses to operate the Standardbred side of the track’s racing operations, and Monday’s action imperils Hawthorne’s Thoroughbred season, which is scheduled to open in late March.
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Keeneland will debut the interior hospitality spaces in its new paddock building during its upcoming spring meet in April.
