Caren, a four-time stakes winner last season, was named the 2016 Canadian Horse of the Year and champion 3-year-old filly on Thursday night at the 42nd annual Sovereign Awards ceremony in Toronto.
Twelve congressmen have signed a letter sent to the Department of the Treasury supporting a change to the tax code that would be highly favorable to horseplayers, according to the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, which has lobbied for the change.
Equestricon, LLC announced Wednesday a partnership with Horse Country, Inc. that will bring the organization and eight of its most recognizable Kentucky-based member farms to the Saratoga Springs City Center August 14-15 for the first international horse racing convention, fan festival, and trade show.
Santa Anita concluded the winter-spring portion of its six-month meeting Sunday with mixed results in attendance and handle figures.
H.W. Salty Roberts, the founder of the Race Track Chaplaincy of America, died Friday morning at a hospice near his home in Cooper City, Fla., according to the organization. Roberts was 85.
Dortmund, the winner of the 2015 Santa Anita Derby and five other stakes, has run his last race.
Randy Rouse, who last year became the oldest trainer to win a Thoroughbred race in North America at age 99, died at 100 on Friday.
The Thoroughbred Owners of California on Saturday morning restored their consent to TwinSpires.com taking bets from California customers on California races just hours before one of the biggest cards on the Santa Anita racing calendar, the top official for the organization said.
The New York Racing Association will once again be able to appoint the majority of its board members under provisions of a budget deal reached between the New York legislative and executive branches on Friday night, according to a copy of the legislation and New York racing officials.
The 2018 Eclipse Awards ceremony will be held at Gulfstream Park in South Florida on Jan. 25, a Thursday, as part of a move to align the event with the Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup, the administrators of the ceremony announced on Friday.
