Jonas Gibson, a trainer based in Louisiana, was arrested on Oct. 25 in Bossier City, La., and charged with stealing at least three racehorses, according to state law-enforcement authorities.
Suedois sustained a stress fracture of a foreleg during a turf gallop Thursday and has been withdrawn from the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint.
Kids to the Cup (KTTC), the organization founded by the late owner and breeder Trudy McCaffery to expose children and teens to the racing industry, is being relaunched under new leadership.
There were ties in the jockey and trainer standings at the Belmont Park fall meet, which concluded Sunday.
Several familiar faces will be at this week’s $100,000 Retired Racehorse Project Thoroughbred Makeover and National Symposium, presented by Thoroughbred Charities of America at the Kentucky Horse Park.
Laurel Park handled $4.45 million on the Maryland Million card Saturday, an increase of 18.5 percent from last year's handle of $3.78 million.
Baccelo, winner of the Grade 3 Iselin Stakes at Monmouth Park in August, had to be euthanized after suffering a fractured right foreleg during training Thursday morning at Belmont Park. Baccelo was one of seven equine fatalities - two racing-related - to occur at Belmont in a one-week period.
Sixty-one winning tickets, each worth $16,690 for $1, were sold Thursday at Keeneland on a pick 6 that drew more than $1.1 million in new handle.
The California Horse Racing Board failed to approve a 2017 racing calendar for Northern California on Thursday after a discussion that lasted more than 2 1/2 hours and included testimony from more than a dozen racing and track officials.
A Kentucky circuit court ruled Thursday that Charles and Maria Borell have no claim to horses found earlier this year on a farm leased by Charles Borell, according to the state’s agriculture department.
