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Racegoers at Saturday's Preakness Stakes in Baltimore will be the last to see the race conducted in front of the historic Pimlico grandstand and clubhouse. For nearly all of those witnesses, that won't be a bad thing.
Nominations for the American edition of the Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards opened May 8, with the nomination period running through July 15. After multiple stages of judging to determine finalists and then select winners, the honorees will be recognized in a ceremony Oct. 15 at Keeneland.
Total wagering during the month of April on Thoroughbred races run in the U.S. dropped 11.4 percent compared to the same month last year, according to figures distributed by Equibase on Monday, but the decline was mitigated somewhat by two fewer weekend race dates this year and a 4.5 percent decline in the number of races held.
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Churchill Downs Inc. and NBCUniversal, the parent company of NBC Sports, have reached an extension on the network’s Kentucky Derby broadcast rights that will keep the race on the company’s broadcasting platforms until 2032, the two companies announced on Saturday.
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All the miles that trainer Eric Foster has traveled has led to 1 1/8 miles in the spotlight on the first Friday in May. The trainer has had breakout success with some savvy claims in recent years, and one of those is Bourbonette Oaks winner Everland, who goes in the Kentucky Oaks.
Samantha Randazzo, The Jockey Club steward at the New York Racing Association tracks since late 2022, is no longer serving in that capacity, according to The Jockey Club, effective immediately.
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The veterinary team at Churchill Downs that is responsible for pre-race inspections has been provided with a new data-analytics tool that will generate risk-factor scores for horses that are entered in races at the track, according to officials of the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority.
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The owner of Kentucky Downs and a partner have reached an agreement to purchase Wyoming Downs and all of its off-track betting parlors, the parties announced on Monday. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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Prominent owner and breeder Marty Wygod, breeder of this year’s Kentucky Derby candidate Resilience, died in his sleep Thursday night at Scripps Hospital in La Jolla, Calif., near his home in Rancho Santa Fe. He was 84.
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Society Man will have some new owners when he runs in the Kentucky Derby, trainer Danny Gargan said Thursday. Dean and Patti Reeves, who own Reeves Thoroughbred Racing, and Carl and Yurie Pascarella have bought part interest in the gelding who finished second at 106-1 in last Saturday’s Grade 2 Wood Memorial at Aqueduct.
