Northern California dates set
The California Horse Racing Board has set the 2017 racing dates for Northern California and will finalize them at the December meeting
Chuck DybdalNov 22, 2016
The California Horse Racing Board has set the 2017 racing dates for Northern California and will finalize them at the December meeting
Gulfstream Park officials announced late Monday that the Florida Department of Agriculture has lifted the quarantine on Barn 5, which had been implemented two weeks earlier after a horse in that barn died and subsequently tested positive for equine herpesvirus.
The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission on Tuesday approved new rules that will require account-wagering companies to post bonds as a condition of licensing beginning in 2017.
Art Sherman, the trainer of 2016 Horse of the Year candidate California Chrome, has been named the winner of the 2016 Big Sport of Turfdom, which is awarded by the Turf Publicists of America annually to honor a “person or group of people who enhance coverage of Thoroughbred racing through cooperation with media and racing publicists.”
A new economic impact study paid for by members of the Maryland equine industry claims that the state horse industry generated $1.15 billion in economic activity in 2015, up 23 percent when compared to economic activity in 2010.
There will be plenty of money awaiting fans betting the Thanksgiving Day card at Del Mar on Thursday after no one hit the pick six on Sunday, producing a carryover of $82,246 in the general pool and adding to the growing carryover in the single-ticket jackpot pool.
Trainer Art Sherman said he hopes to get California Chrome a prep race before the Jan. 28 Pegasus, and has spoken to Ed Allred – owner of Los Alamitos – about putting on a race Dec. 17.
The California Horse Racing Board on Thursday approved the licenses for six account-wagering companies through the end of January after a two-hour discussion that failed to resolve a litany of concerns.
Trainer Marcial Navarro has been suspended a total of 60 days and trainer Bruno Tessore for 10 days for medication violations, according to rulings issued by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation earlier this week.
The Grade 3, $800,000 Sunland Derby, which was not run this year due to an outbreak of equine herpesvirus at Sunland Park, will headline the New Mexico track’s stakes program during the meet that opens Dec. 16.