Sam Houston hires Crawford as new racing secretary
Matt Crawford has been named the new racing secretary at Sam Houston, the track announced. The Thoroughbred meet opens Jan. 20.
Mary RampelliniDec 28, 2016
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.
The West Virginia Racing Commission has approved the schedule at Charles Town for the second half of next year. The commission okayed racing dates for Charles Town through May at its November meeting.
The Breeders’ Cup in a press release on Tuesday said it will wait until the California Horse Racing Board’s investigation is completed before deciding on penalties going forward for Masochistic, trainer Ron Ellis, or any of his assistants.
Tara’s Tango, the California-based Grade 1 winner who was among the top fillies on the West Coast in 2016, has retired from racing and will become a broodmare at Stonestreet Farm.
Vincent Viola, owner of St. Elias Stable with his wife, Teresa, was selected by president-elect Donald Trump to serve as secretary of the Army.
Penn National jockey Luis Belmonte has been charged with attempted homicide and is being held in the Dauphin County Prison in Pennsylvania on $1 million bail, according to WPMT FOX 43 news of Harrisburg.
With trainer Ramon Preciado's license set to be revoked Thursday, Parx Racing officials said they would no longer accept entries from him beginning Monday, when the track's Dec. 26 card was to be drawn.
Los Alamitos ended a two-week winter Thoroughbred meeting on Sunday with an increase in average daily all-sources handle of approximately 16 percent from last year's December meeting.