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Todd Gralla, a principal at Populous, the architectural design company that worked on the re-design of Belmont Park in New York, will be the keynote speaker at this year’s Jockey Club Round Table Conference on Matters Pertaining to Racing, The Jockey Club announced on Wednesday.
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Wayne Catalano became the 39th trainer to record 3,000 wins when Alilnalot captured the fourth race Sunday at Ellis Park.
Ruidoso Downs canceled the final five races on Saturday’s program, including the $792,229 Rainbow Derby for Quarter Horses, after a severe flood caused widespread damage to the track and infield, the fourth such incident in the last month.
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Churchill Downs Inc. has lifted a three-year ban of the trainer Bob Baffert at its properties, effective immediately, citing a statement that the trainer released to the company earlier on Friday accepting “responsibility” for a positive test in Medina Spirit after the horse’s win in the 2021 Kentucky Derby.
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Mike Puype, the Southern California-based trainer, has been provisionally suspended by the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit on allegations of the possession of two banned substances, isoxsuprine and levothyroxine, according to a report posted on the HIWU website.
The Cal-Expo state fair meeting in Sacramento, Calif., intends to race on Saturday and Sunday evenings this weekend after failing to draw sufficient entries on Friday for the second consecutive week.
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Joseph Taylor, the runaway leader by wins at the 2019 meet at Parx racetrack outside of Philadelphia, has been suspended four years by the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit after two of his horses tested positive for two banned substances, according to HIWU records.
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Colonial Downs in New Kent, Va., canceled its Friday racing program because of "severe weather and excessive rainfall," according to a press release from the track.
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The New York Racing Association and FanDuel have reached an agreement that will restore NYRA’s signal to the company’s betting platforms, just hours prior to the opening race at NYRA’s immensely popular Saratoga Race Course in upstate New York.
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Ruidoso Downs in New Mexico plans to race as scheduled Friday, as crews are making progress repairing a section of the track surface that was impacted by flash flooding due to a storm in the area on Tuesday.
