The Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society’s Ontario Division will honor the outstanding Ontario-bred winners of 2012 at its 31st annual awards dinner Friday, June 14 at Copper Creek Golf Club in Kleinberg, Ontario.
Popular shuttle sire More Than Ready is among the short list of stallions still being considered for Black Caviar's first mating in the upcoming Southern Hemisphere breeding season.
WinStar Farm in Versailles, Ky., is conducting a memorabilia auction on eBay.com, with 100 percent of proceeds going to several charities.
St. Elias Stable’s Third Knight rallied stoutly from a pace-stalking position under Junior Alvarado to prevail in a blanket finish Sunday at Belmont Park, scoring his first win in his third career start.
Multiple Grade 1 winner and freshman sire Pioneerof the Nile was represented by his first winner on May 12 when Zarnica won her debut race at Rostov-On-Don Hippodrome in Russia.
Daily Racing Form will partner with Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course to raise funds for three equine aftercare organizations on Penn Mile Day, Saturday, June 1, at the track.
New Vocations Racehorse Adoption is accepting résumés for its Olivia M. Saylor Internship, which gives college students the opportunity to gain hands-on experience working with former racehorses at New Vocations.
Thistledown Racino near Cleveland, Ohio, recently awarded $17,255 in funds to the Communication Alliance to Network Thoroughbred Ex-Racehorses (CANTER) Ohio branch, which is based out of Mentor, Ohio.
Oxbow’s upset win in the Preakness Stakes dominated the headlines over the weekend, as the bred-for-stamina Awesome Again colt set an easy pace and coasted to victory under Gary Stevens. His pedigree, if not his front-running style, would seem to be suited for the Belmont Stakes, and as of Monday afternoon Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas said he would point the newly minted classic winner to the 1 1/2-mile test in New York on June 9.
William H. Welch, retired Executive Director of the New York Thoroughbred Breeding and Development Fund, died May 14 at his home in Geneseo, N.Y. He was 72.
