Monmouth: Paco Lopez white hot
Paco Lopez had a huge week at Monmouth Park, winning with 13 of his 26 mounts, and was voted Jockey of the Week by the Jockeys’ Guild.
Jim DunleavyJun 29, 2016
Paco Lopez had a huge week at Monmouth Park, winning with 13 of his 26 mounts, and was voted Jockey of the Week by the Jockeys’ Guild.
Average daily handle was up at this year’s Pimlico meet, which consisted of 28 racing days, nine fewer than in 2015.
Dr. Tim Parkin, who is a member of the EID Scientific Advisory Committee, told the conference that the number of fatal injuries has declined by 19 percent since 2009.
Kentucky Agriculture Department officials met with Mercer County officials Monday to look at 44 abandoned Thoroughbreds to evaluate their condition in a case involving horses that had been in the care of or owned by Chuck Borell and his daughter Maria Borell.
Another high-profile case of horses being abandoned and in poor condition has surfaced in Kentucky, and this one has an even higher profile because one of the persons involved is Maria Borell, who trained Runhappy to win last year's Breeders' Cup Sprint. Maria and her father, Chuck Borell, are the reported owners of the horses, though there are conflicting statements as to who actually owns the horses.
Del Mar will start its summer meeting July 15 with an across-the-board decline in overnight purses of about 10 percent.
Legislation that would legalize Internet poker in California and provide California racing interests with a $60 million annual subsidy passed the Assembly Committee on Appropriations by a vote of 14-1 on Wednesday.
The question on a lot of people's minds in racing Friday was whether Brexit, the exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union, would have any effect on the auction or bloodstock markets in North America. The short answer is probably not, though it's too early to tell.
Gulfstream Park and Tampa Bay Downs are the latest to join the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation’s Ocala Initiative, each donating $10,000 in support of the cause.
Daily Racing Form's Jay Hovdey and Mark Simon earned first-place honors in their respective categories at the American Horse Publications Equine Media Awards, presented at the organization's annual seminar in Orlando, Fla.