Mo Dont No, whose 11-race campaign as a 3-year-old produced eight victories and four stakes wins at distances ranging from six furlongs to 1 1/4 miles, was named 2016 Ohio Horse of the Year during the Ohio Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners dinner last Saturday night in Galloway, Ohio.
The owners of Suffolk Downs in East Boston, Mass., have reached an agreement to sell the track and its property to a real-estate development company, but live racing and simulcasting is expected to continue at the track through at least the end of 2018, according to officials.
Trainer Eduardo Ramirez has been fined $1,000 by the stewards at Delta Downs for his part in a incident involving two horses that raced under swapped identities, and he could face additional penalties.
Retired jockey Larry Melancon is undergoing twice-a-day physical therapy while continuing to recover from the partial paralysis and other effects from a stroke he suffered earlier this month.
The pick six single-ticket jackpot carryover at Santa Anita is $346,241.88 when racing resumes Thursday. There were 14 perfect tickets Sunday; the pick six paid $9,740.80. There were 366 tickets with five winners; the consolation payoff was $78.80.
A formful day of racing on Saturday at Santa Anita resulted in 101 winning pick six tickets worth $1,276.80 a copy, but did add to the ever-growing single-ticket jackpot carryover, which stands at $317,374.27 going into Sunday's card.
John Van de Kamp, a former California attorney general who brought considerable credibility to the fledgling Thoroughbred of Owners of California when he was hired as the organization's second president, died on Tuesday at his home in Pasadena, Calif., following a brief illness.
Jill Byrne, the director of broadcast and programming at Churchill Downs for the past nine years, has been hired by Breeders’ Cup Ltd. to be the organization’s senior director of industry relations.
Delta Downs in Vinton, La., and Sam Houston in neighboring Houston both recently concluded Thoroughbred meets.
There were five horse-racing bills filed in the Texas Legislature last week, including bills seeking historical racing and account wagering. The next step for all of the bills is to obtain committee hearings, according to an announcement on the filings put out by both the Texas Thoroughbred Association and the Texas Horsemen’s Partnership.
