Big Sport of Turfdom awarded to American Pharoah connections
The connections of Triple Crown winner American Pharoah have been selected to receive the Big Sport of Turfdom Award from the Turf Publicists of America
Matt HegartyNov 17, 2015
The connections of Triple Crown winner American Pharoah have been selected to receive the Big Sport of Turfdom Award from the Turf Publicists of America
Mike Dempsey, the longtime director of racing at Monmouth Park, will retire at the end of the year.
A large wager that was canceled just minutes before the first race on Saturday at Del Mar prompted an investigation by officials from the racetrack, the California Horse Racing Board, and TVG, through which the wager was placed and then canceled.
The Iroquois Steeplechase in Tennessee and Cheltenham Racecourse in western England are launching a $500,000 bonus for a horse that can win the Ladbrokes World Hurdle at Cheltenham and the Calvin Houghland Iroquois Hurdle.
A Fayette County Circuit Court judge on Friday granted a motion by Keeneland and the Breeders’ Cup to be dismissed from a lawsuit that sought to prevent the organizations from distributing the purse of the Breeders’ Cup Sprint because of a dispute between the owner and trainer of the winning horse, Runhappy, according to the attorney representing the trainer.
Suffolk Downs in East Boston, Mass., will hold six days of live racing in the summer and early fall of next year under a plan approved by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission on Thursday.
Chris Wittstruck, writing for the U.S. Trotting Association website, won the 2015 Stanley Bergstein Writing Award, which is sponsored and presented by Barry Irwin and Team Valor. The award was announced Thursday night at a ceremony at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky sales pavilion in Lexington.
Julian Pimentel, a prominent Maryland-based jockey, was charged with assault by Anne Arundel County, Md., police last week after being involved in an altercation at a local restaurant, according to a police report.
The New York State Gaming Commission has reduced a $15,000 fine it levied on jockey Victor Espinoza for wearing unauthorized promotional material during the Travers Stakes at Saratoga in August to $2,500, according to a ruling released following Espinoza’s appeal of the decision.
Trainer Maria Borell has filed a lawsuit against the owners of Breeders' Cup Sprint winner Runhappy, seeking nearly $120,000 from the colt’s earnings in compensation along with other payments.