Jockey Glen Murphy is expected to be sidelined for about eight weeks after breaking his pelvis in two places during a schooling race at Sunland Park in New Mexico on Feb. 22. He was released from Las Palmas Hospital in El Paso, Texas, on Thursday, and will spend his downtime in Oklahoma City, said Kathy Murphy, the rider’s sister and agent. 

Glen Murphy, 47, was thrown when his mount in the schooling race fractured a hind leg. He also broke a rib in the accident and had a punctured lung that quickly healed, said Kathy Murphy.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. – Because of torrential rain and flood-like conditions, Gulfstream Park was forced to cancel its Saturday card after five of 12 races were run. Racing was expected to resume Sunday.

“The rain just didn’t stop,” Gulfstream general manager P.J. Campo said in a media release. “For the safety of our customers, jockeys, horsemen, and employees, we felt it best to cancel the races for the remainder of the day.”

OZONE PARK, N.Y. -- Trainer Rudy Rodriguez will serve a 25-day suspension and pay a $2,500 fine as a result of two horses having overages for flunixin, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory also known as Banamine and used for therapeutic use.

The suspension, issued by the New York Gaming Commission, begins Monday and runs through March 26, which covers 13 racing days at Aqueduct. Beginning with the entries of Thursday, Gustavo Rodriguez, Rudy’s brother and assistant, will be the trainer of record for horses from that barn that race.

Jesse Choper, a professor of public law at UC-Berkeley since 1991, has been reappointed to the California Horse Racing Board, according to a statement released Friday by the office of Gov. Jerry Brown.

Choper, 79, has been a member of the racing board since 2006. His reappointment is subject to approval of the state Senate. Aside from serving on the full racing board, Choper chairs the racing board’s legislative, legal and regulations committee.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. -- Oaklawn Park will add two Wednesday programs to its meet in March after receiving Arkansas Racing Commission approval for the dates at a meeting Saturday. The move came a few hours after Oaklawn announced Saturday’s program was canceled due to freezing temperatures. It was the sixth canceled program of the meet that opened in January.

Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark., has canceled live racing for Saturday, according to track spokeswoman Jennifer Hoyt. It is the sixth weather-related cancellation of the meet that opened in January. 

Oaklawn lost Friday's card due to freezing temperatures. The weather also cost the track its opening weekend in January and its holiday Monday program Feb. 16.

The track, which races through April, was originally scheduled to race 57 dates in 2015.

Suffolk Downs and a local horsemen’s group have reached a deal allowing the group to lease the track for brief live race meets in 2015 and 2016, the two parties announced Friday.

The deal is contingent on approval by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission and the passage of legislation allowing Suffolk Downs to offer year-round simulcasting through the end of 2016, according to a joint announcement between the owner of Suffolk and the New England Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association. The boards of both groups approved the agreement Friday.

Churchill Downs officials on Friday released a list of 154 early nominees to the 141st Kentucky Oaks, led by reigning champion Take Charge Brandi and other accomplished horses atop the current 3-year-old filly division, including Condo Commando, I’m a Chatterbox, Callback, and Angela Renee.

Jerry Hollendorfer led all trainers with 17 nominations, followed by Todd Pletcher with 14.

The Grade 1, $1 million Oaks is set for May 1. Late nominations for $1,500 remain open through April 8. Supplementary nominations on day of entry cost $30,000. Early nominations cost $200.

LEXINGTON, Ky. – A subsidiary of The Jockey Club, the nonprofit organization that owns several large racing-related companies, has bought a controlling interest in Blood-Horse, the media organization that publishes the weekly magazine covering Thoroughbred racing and breeding, the companies announced Friday.

Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark., has canceled Friday's program "due to the extreme cold," the track announced. Oaklawn anticipates racing Saturday.

Oaklawn has lost five dates at this meet due to the winter weather that has gripped many parts of the country, including its opening weekend in early January. Oaklawn also had to postpone its first major prep for the Arkansas Derby, the Grade 3, $300,000 Southwest Stakes, by six dates because a winter storm forced the cancellation of its original placement on a holiday Monday program Feb. 16. The race was run last Sunday.