Ahmed Zayat, the prominent racehorse owner, was allowed to bet on credit through New Jersey’s state-run account-wagering system in violation of state laws, according to a report on a New Jersey website.

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1. “The devotion of the largest group of hero-worshipers that ever found a quadrupedlian hero was a major phenomenon of American racing in 1953,” journalist and historian Joe Estes wrote at the end of that year. He was, of course, referring to the sport’s first television star, Native Dancer.

For six decades, the Gotham Stakes – which will be contested Saturday at Aqueduct – has served as a final prep in New York for the Wood Memorial Stakes.

Remarkably, during that time, 11 horses who ran in the Wood Memorial went on to win the Kentucky Derby, whereas only one who ran in the Gotham won the Derby.

That “one” was the immortal Secretariat, who captured the Gotham in 1973, equaling the track record for one mile (1:33.40). Two weeks later, the big red horse stunned the racing world when he finished third in the Wood.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – Keith McCalmont, of the Woodbine Entertainment Group’s media communications department, is among this year’s finalists in the Sovereign Award writing category.

The finalists in each of the three media categories were announced Thursday by the Jockey Club of Canada. The winners will be announced at the annual Sovereign Awards gala here Friday, April 19, on the eve of the of the 2013 Woodbine meeting.

Near the finish of the 2006 Travers, Bernardini looked every inch a champion, bounding along with the fierce grace of a leopard, his jockey slapping his neck in celebration half a furlong out from a 7 1/2-length victory. It may have seemed like a one-horse exhibition of greatness in the making, but Bernardini was far from alone on the track that day.

It’s important for a sire to be well represented with winners, but the ones with runners who win when it counts stand above the rest.

By that measure, El Corredor starts his New York stallion career at the front of the line. He led all sires based in the state in 2013 by stakes wins and stakes winners as well as by number of turf winners in 2012.

A 16-year-old son of Mr. Greeley, El Corredor was represented by nine stakes winners who combined to win 14 stakes in 2012, led by multiple New York stakes winner Beautiful But Blue.

“It’s that glorious uncertainty that makes racing the most fascinating, exhilarating sport in all the world.” − John E. Madden

Thus spoke the master of Hamburg Place more than a century ago. And so it remains today. Outstanding racehorses and wonderful sires can appear from unexpected corners of this vast international sport, igniting hope in the breasts of even the most humble of horsemen. The subject of this article was one such pleasant surprise.

New York’s resurgence as a center of breeding activity in 2012 is one of the North American bloodstock industry’s most positive developments in the last five years, and new stallions continue to flock to the Empire State in order to take advantage of breeders’ incentive awards powered by gaming revenues. Despite some of the welcome changes, some things remain the same in New York, such as Freud’s position atop the state’s sire lists.

Frost Giant had the genes to become a top sire in New York, but he also got a boost from a committed owner and some careful management on his way to the top of New York’s freshman and juvenile sire ranks.

Since moving from Kentucky to New York three years ago, Posse has reigned as the Empire State’s leading general sire – and 2012 was no different.

The 13-year-old Silver Deputy horse, North America’s leading freshman sire in 2007, has led New York’s general sire list every year since 2009. Powered by top performers such as Rolling Fog and Caleb’s Posse, the stallion, who stands at Vinery at Sugar Maple Farm in Poughquag, N.Y., again led the way by progeny earnings, winners, and juvenile stakes winners in 2012.