The Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit has withdrawn cases it had previously been pursuing against the trainers Keri Brion and R. McLane Hendriks for positives in horses they trained for a metabolite of cocaine, the organization announced on Friday.
Skip to main content
Create Your DRF Account
New to DRF?
Everything you could possibly
need in one place
need in one place
Register
Don't have an account?
Register Here
DRF Past Performances
Bobby Ussery, the Hall of Fame jockey whose exploits as a rider led to a particular portion of Aqueduct’s main track to be dubbed “Ussery’s Alley,” died earlier this week in Hollywood, Fla., due to congestive heart failure, according to his son Robert Ussery Jr. He was 88.
Officials at FanDuel are focusing their investigation into Wednesday’s suspicious betting patterns on a glitch or a hack that resulted in one or more of its accountholders being able to place bets at a fraction of the actual cost of the wagers or at no cost at all, according to multiple officials who have knowledge of the probe.
Thu, 11/16/2023 - 14:19
Joe Servis, a former jockey and racing official and the father of Thoroughbred trainers John and Jason Servis, died Nov. 14 due to complications associated with bladder cancer, according to John Servis. He was 92.
Joe Servis rode races for 11 years, mostly in Delaware, Maryland, and West Virginia, according to John Servis. When he retired from riding, he became the East Coast manager for the Jockey’s Guild.
John Servis said that his father helped draw up the plans for a renovated jockeys’ room at Churchill Downs in the 1960s, something he was very proud of.
Thu, 11/16/2023 - 11:42
If there was a legitimate money-winning or money-laundering strategy behind the millions of dollars bet on Wednesday afternoon in exotic pools at racetracks across the U.S., no one in racing knows yet what it could possibly be.
Wed, 11/15/2023 - 16:27
FanDuel, the parent company of TVG, shut down one or more accounts on its horse racing wagering platform on Wednesday and has started an investigation into suspicious bets placed in a number of super-exotic pools earlier that afternoon, the company said in a prepared statement.
Natalia Lynch, a trainer based in New York, has been issued two separate two-year suspensions by an arbitrator for a positive test for altrenogest, an estrus suppressant, and the possession of a banned thyroid drug, according to a decision posted on the website of the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit.
DEL MAR, Calif. – The Chosen Vron will be dropping in class just a wee bit next Saturday at Del Mar.
Two weeks after he finished fifth in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint, The Chosen Vron will wheel back to face California-breds in the $100,000 Cary Grant Stakes on Nov. 18. “He’s doing great, I’m going to come back in two weeks,” trainer Eric Kruljac said Sunday.
Dolce Zel’s next start is to be determined after a comeback win for new trainer Phil D’Amato in the $81,500 Kathryn Crosby Stakes on Saturday at Del Mar.
Dolce Zel broke through the gate before the start, but jockey Flavien Prat prevented her from running off. He got an assist from Dolce Zel herself, who sensed it was not time to go.
Frank LaBoccetta, who trained a number of stakes winners on the New York circuit, including 1982 Wood Memorial winner Air Forbes Won, over a 34-plus-year training career, died on Nov. 1 from a heart attack, according to his wife, Theresa. He was 85.
Born in Brooklyn, LaBoccetta attended John Adams High School, only a few blocks away from Aqueduct. According to his biography in a New York Racing Association media guide, LaBoccetta got his first experience around horses in 1955 overseeing polo ponies for the Hall of Fame trainer Hollie Hughes.