Shamrock Farm, a property owned by the family of National Thoroughbred Racing Association president Tom Rooney that is 20 miles from Pimlico Race Course, has been selected as the location for a new training center by the state-owned Maryland Thoroughbred Racetrack Operating Authority, the MTROA announced on Monday.
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Bill Nader came aboard as executive director of the Thoroughbred Owners of California late in 2022 after 15 years as an executive at the Hong Kong Jockey Club, perhaps the most successful racing operation in the world, when judging on a handful of enviable metrics, such as purses, field sizes, and, most importantly, stability. The differences could not be more different.
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Sam Calvario and Tim McCanna tied for leading trainer with 16 wins at the Golden State Racing meeting in Pleasanton, Calif., that ended on Wednesday, the final day of Thoroughbred racing in Northern California until at least mid-June. By Thursday afternoon, the two men had scattered across the United States.
Equibase, the racing data company owned by a partnership of racetracks and The Jockey Club, has entered into a partnership to help develop wearable technologies for racehorses with Stable Analytics, a company that is currently testing out a biometric sensor, the two companies announced on Thursday.
The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority has appointed 16 veterinarians to its new Veterinary Advisory Committee, which will begin meeting early in 2025 to provide feedback to the authority’s executives and other standing committees.
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The American Turf Stakes, a 1 1/16-mile grass race restricted to 3-year-olds at Churchill Downs, will be run as a Grade 1 in 2025, while the Alfred G. Vanderbilt, a six-furlong dirt race at Saratoga, was downgraded from a Grade 1 to a Grade 2 for next year, according to a list distributed on Wednesday by the American Graded Stakes Committee.
A face-to-head collision with a loose horse prior to Sunday’s second race at Los Alamitos forced starter Gary Brinson to the sidelines – but only for several hours. Brinson missed the remainder of the Los Alamitos afternoon program, but was back at the track, and back on the job as a starter, after the second race of the evening meeting, which concluded with the $1.8 million Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity for Quarter Horses.
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The end of the Golden State Racing meeting at Pleasanton on Wednesday, and the absence of racing dates in Northern California for the foreseeable future, has led veteran trainer Steve Specht into retirement.
The racing-fatality rate at racetracks under the jurisdiction of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority during the third quarter of this year was 0.93 per 1,000 starts, according to figures published by HISA on Tuesday.
The New York State Gaming Commission has approved a plan to migrate Catskill OTB’s existing wagering accounts to Suffolk OTB, commission officials said at a meeting on Monday.
