The Jockey Club and the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation will hold the seventh Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit on June 28 in Lexington, Ky. The summit brings together a cross section of the breeding, racing, and veterinary communities to discuss improvements in racehorse and rider safety.
Touch Gold, the winner of the 1997 Belmont Stakes and resident of Adena Springs in Paris, Ky., has been pensioned from stud duty and now resides at Old Friends Equine Retirement in Georgetown, Ky.
The post-World War II internationalization of Thoroughbred racing began officially in 1952 with the inauguration of the Washington, D.C., International at Laurel Racecourse. First won by English-trained Wilwyn, the International was the first annual event specifically designed to attract horses from both Europe and the U.S. Laurel’s late owner John Shapiro, the inventor of the International, would hardly recognize the international landscape of Thoroughbred racing in the 21st century, an era characterized by huge, multi-race events that attract top horses from all over the globe. Not least among those international events is Hong Kong’s International Races festival held last weekend at Sha Tin.
Over $110,000 was pledged by Thoroughbred owners and trainers toward aftercare efforts during New Vocations’ annual Breeders’ Cup Pledge fundraiser.
The LNJ Foxwoods operation of Larry, Nanci and Jaime Roth will be the top sponsor of the upcoming Thoroughbred Charities of America annual stallion season auction, to be held Monday, Jan. 4 to Saturday, Jan. 9.
Castleton Lyons is accepting entries for the tenth annual Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award, a competition recognizing excellence in writing in the Thoroughbred industry
Grade 1 winner Havana will begin his stud career in The Philippines at Rancho Santa Rosa in Quezon City.
Stephen Got Even, a Grade 1 winner and longtime resident of Lane’s End Farm in Versailles, Ky., has been pensioned from stallion duty and will reside at Old Friends Equine Retirement in Georgetown, Ky.
