The Jockey Club Thoroughbred Incentive Program (T.I.P.), which encourages the retraining of Thoroughbreds into other disciplines, has created a performance award pilot program for the second half of 2013.
Duane and Wayne Murty, the brothers charged with second-degree animal cruelty after neglected horses were found on a central Kentucky property they leased, entered not-guilty pleas to those charges Monday in Woodford District Court, the Lexington Herald-Leader has reported.
Leading Australian freshman sire Northern Meteor died Tuesday at Widden Stud in New South Wales following a severe bout of colic, Racing Post reports.
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.
Champion and standout Australian commercial sire Fastnet Rock was represented by his first winner in the Northern Hemisphere on Monday, as his daughter Oriel broke her maiden at Windsor in England.
Grade 2 winner Flashpoint has been purchased by Spendthrift Farm and will make his stallion debut in 2014 at Le Mesa Stallions in Carencro, La.
Grade 2 winner and Louisiana freshman sire Behindatthebar was represented by his first winner on July 27, as Miss Monroe broke through with a victory in her third career start at Louisiana Downs.
Equine veterinarian and health care entrepreneur Dr. Steven Allday has been elected to the board of Old Friends, the Thoroughbred retirement group based out of Georgetown, Ky.
