Parx cancels Monday card; adds Hall of Fame Stakes to schedule
Parx Racing has canceled its Monday card in anticipation of hot weather that could prove dangerous for horses and riders as the Northeast heat wave continues.
Jim DunleavyJul 24, 2016
Parx Racing has canceled its Monday card in anticipation of hot weather that could prove dangerous for horses and riders as the Northeast heat wave continues.
Gabriel Lagunes won the 1,000th race of his career Saturday night in the fifth race at Mountaineer.
The West Virginia Racing Commission will begin pulling samples this week from horses pointing to the Aug. 6 West Virginia Derby at Mountaineer Park as the first step in the state’s launch of an out-of-competition testing program, according to the commission’s executive director.
Trainer King Leatherbury has been suspended 15 days and fined $500 by the Laurel Park board of stewards for a medication violation. Leatherbury's suspension began July 11 and continues through this Monday.
Though locally based politicians would prefer Gov. Andrew Cuomo leave the current franchise agreement in place with the New York Racing Association as part of any reprivatization bill, there is reason to believe that a future deal could include some sort of cap on the revenue NYRA receives from the video-lottery terminals in place at Aqueduct.
Garden Goddess was scratched as the 8-5 morning-line favorite from a Thursday race at Gulfstream Park after officials determined the filly was ineligible to race because of a premature transfer of ownership. The scratch drew attention once again to an ongoing situation with trainer Marcus Vitali and the status of his sizable stable.
There won't be a Triple Crown winner galloping across these hallowed grounds this summer, but there will be plenty of stargazing to do nonetheless this summer at Saratoga.
Charles Hayward, a former top executive of the New York Racing Association and Daily Racing Form, has launched a racing consulting company called Hayward Advisory Services, according to an announcement from the company.
The highly regarded 2-year-old filly Dynamite Charge had to be euthanized Sunday morning after she sustained a catastrophic injury at the conclusion of a workout at Del Mar.
Attendance and all-sources handle showed increases on Friday’s opening day of the Del Mar summer meeting compared to opening day on a Thursday in 2015.