Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint winner Regally Ready retired
Regally Ready, the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint winner in 2011, has been retired and is now based in Ocala, Fla., trainer Steve Asmussen said Thursday.
Mary RampelliniDec 30, 2016
Regally Ready, the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint winner in 2011, has been retired and is now based in Ocala, Fla., trainer Steve Asmussen said Thursday.
Masochistic was formally disqualified on Friday from a second-place finish in the $1,365,000 Breeders’ Cup Sprint at Santa Anita on Nov. 5 because of the presence of a banned steroid.
For the second consecutive year, the New York Racing Association will offer $100,000 purses on some of its maiden races for 2-year-olds during the 2017 Aqueduct and Belmont Park spring meetings.
For the second consecutive racing program, the pick six proved too tough to hit at Santa Anita on Thursday. There are two rich carryovers in the pick six for Friday’s program - $361,436 in the main pool and $77,450 in the single ticket jackpot pool.
The IRS and the U.S. Department of the Treasury on Thursday issued proposed new rules that would greatly benefit horseplayers by allowing bettors to count all wagers made in a specific pool for the purposes of determining whether federal tax reporting and withholding requirements are triggered.
Ramon Preciado, the Pennsylvania-based trainer whose license was revoked in the state on Dec. 21 on two separate rulings, is unlikely to continue fighting the penalties and is preparing to leave horse racing altogether, his attorney said on Thursday.
The Grade 1, $1 million Heritage Place Futurity on June 3 will lead a $5.6 million stakes schedule during Remington Park’s meet for Quarter Horses.
Matt Crawford has been named the new racing secretary at Sam Houston, the track announced. The Thoroughbred meet opens Jan. 20.
One barn on the Fair Grounds backstretch is under quarantine after a horse stabled in it tested positive for equine herpesvirus.
The New York stewards suspended veterinarian Camilo Sierra for 30 days and fined him $1,500 for submitting health certificates for horses he failed to examine. The suspension, which was to take effect Tuesday, was reduced to 20 days for Sierra waiving his right of appeal.