Shirley Lewis Sucher, the co-founder of Echo Valley Horse Farm in Georgetown, Ky. and breeder of Hall of Famers Winning Colors and Chris Evert, died Sunday.
Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf winner Catch a Glimpse leads the list of finalists for the 41st Sovereign Awards released Wednesday by The Jockey Club of Canada.
Portland Meadows has introduced a jackpot-style carryover wager in an attempt to raise the track’s profile with horseplayers, but the structure of the races has generated concerns about a conflict of interest since all horses in the bet sequence are owned by single person related to the track’s owner.
Jockeys Nik Juarez and Xavier Perez have been suspended after the Maryland Racing Commission last Friday conducted drug tests in the Laurel Park jockeys’ room.
American Pharoah, the 2015 Horse of the Year in the U.S., was named the World’s Best Racehorse on Tuesday at a ceremony in London sponsored by Longines.
Road to the Derby analysis: Smarty Jones Stakes.
Glen Berman, the executive director of the Illinois Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association since 2009, will leave that position to take the head job at the Florida Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association at a critical time for the organization, the FHBPA announced on Monday.
Gulch, a Breeders’ Cup and Eclipse Award winner and the sire of a Kentucky Derby winner, was euthanized Sunday at the Old Friends Equine Retirement Farm near Lexington, Ky. He was 32.
Samantha Siegel has been appointed to the board of directors of the Thoroughbred Owners of California following the recent resignation of George Todaro, the organization announced Saturday. Siegel was added to the board through a vote by directors.
