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New York-bred dual classic winner Funny Cide closed out his career with a victory before an enthusiastic crowd at Finger Lakes in Farmington, N.Y., on July 4, 2007. The track and his connections will mark that anniversary, and pay tribute to the “gutsy gelding” as the one-year anniversary of his death approaches, with a tribute day this Thursday.
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Keeneland will award a season-record $9.6 million for 22 stakes races during the 17 days of its fall meet from Oct. 4-26, the track announced Thursday.
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Hawthorne Race Course is bringing together an elite cast of horseplayers for its fifth invitational contest on Sunday and a live stream of the event will include strategy discussions with some of the participants.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal of a U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling upholding the constitutionality of the federal legislation that established the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority.
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Ruidoso Downs, which cancelled three days of racing this weekend because of ongoing forest fires in the mountains near the southern New Mexico track, has tentatively scheduled a resumption of racing for June 28.
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It is no longer possible to take a nostalgic visit to Goldengatefields.com, and peruse the history of the Northern California track that closed on June 9.
Despite numerous meetings in recent weeks, California racing officials have yet to finalize a funding method for the California Horse Racing Board for the upcoming fiscal year, leaving the strong possibility the issue will be decided at the regulatory agency’s meeting in Sacramento on Thursday.
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Lone Star Park leading rider Harry Hernandez is expected to miss the remainder of the meet due to injuries sustained in a three-horse incident Friday night, according to his agent Cody Autrey.
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Rich Strike, the upset winner of the 2022 Kentucky Derby who has not raced in more than a year, will move to the care of trainer Bill Mott “in a few days” to begin more serious training, owner Rick Dawson says.
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Jockey Frankie Dettori, who called off his retirement late last year, will be based in Saratoga this summer when the meet opens on July 11.
